Photography Tutorials

Photography tutorials by NYC music photographer Todd Owyoung, with an emphasis on shooting events with available light at high ISO.

Lighting Techniques: Backlighting for Band Portraits

In this shot of The New Heathers, I superclamped an SB-600 just out of frame in the elevator...

Requesting a photo pass is a simple task, and one thing every music photographer should know how to...

I've been playing around with the idea of providing lighting diagrams to supplement the write-ups of the band...

If you're attending Vans Warped Tour this year, it's going to be sweaty, crowded, and a whole lot...

The photo pit is a brutal place. One approach to concert photography: When the lights go down, if...

Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan, and the making of a jump shot. The band just cranked...

Andrew Bird, whose kind manager, Andrea Troolin, granted me my first photo pass. A reader asks about how...

The 21 megapixel sensor of the 5D Mark II. Beautiful, isn't it? Does size really matter? A...