Photography tutorials by NYC music photographer Todd Owyoung, with an emphasis on shooting events with available light at high ISO.
Photography Tutorials
One Approach to Concert Photography
The photo pit is a brutal place. One approach to concert photography: When the lights go down, if...
5 Tips for Better Concert Photography
Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan, and the making of a jump shot. The band just cranked...
Becoming a Concert Photographer
Andrew Bird, whose kind manager, Andrea Troolin, granted me my first photo pass. A reader asks about how...
Camera Gear: Style vs Substance
The 21 megapixel sensor of the 5D Mark II. Beautiful, isn't it? Does size really matter? A...
Band Promos: Options for Location Lighting
It's hard to find good help these days. Speedlights? Monolights? Powerpack setups? So many ways to go strobes,...
High ISO, Digital Noise & Noise Reduction
No concert photographer is a stranger to the challenge of digital noise and challenges of balancing image quality...
Concert Photography & Red Lights
Seeing red? The red wash may just be the most dreaded treatment to ever grace the stage in...