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15 Tips On How to Shoot Better Concert Photographs

Chris Gampat
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02/11/2014
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Concert shooting season isn’t too far away. Before you know it, bands will be lining up for tours all over and you’ll want to catch them. To get better concert photos, you’ll need a couple of pointers to start.

Crank Up the ISO, Keep the Shutter Speed High

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Micro Four Thirds and Fujifilm X Give the Best Compromise of Size, Focusing, and Quality

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If You See the Moment in Your Viewfinder, It’s Already Gone

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Ask for Extra Access

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Capture Intimate Moments

Pro Tip: This photo of the Gaslight Anthem and MxPx's lead singer was shot with the Fujifilm X Pro 1. For the absolute best results, we recommend using the electronic viewfinder over the optical. You'll get faster and significantly more accurate focusing performance. With concert photography, you also sometimes want to shoot a bit more wide and give yourself room for cropping later on in post.
Pro Tip: This photo of the Gaslight Anthem and MxPx’s lead singer was shot with the Fujifilm X Pro 1. For the absolute best results, we recommend using the electronic viewfinder over the optical. You’ll get faster and significantly more accurate focusing performance. With concert photography, you also sometimes want to shoot a bit more wide and give yourself room for cropping later on in post.

Try to Go for the 50mm to 85mm range

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Don’t Try to Deal With Crazy Lighting Situations in the Camera

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Focus on More Than Just the Front Man

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In Fact, Don’t Forget the Drummer

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Shooting Low Is Sometimes Best for the POV

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Don’t Focus and Recompose

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Continuous Shooting Mode Is Your Friend

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Focus Based On Your Framing

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Reviewing Images Could Mean That You Miss The Moment

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Look at the Scene as a Whole, Not at 100%

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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