How To: Concert Photography

Here’s an inter­est­ing arti­cle about how to get a press pass, what equip­ment to use, and tips about how to get the good photos.

You have five thou­sand fans behind you, and there is a band in front of you. Nobody stands still. In fact, even the notion of stand­ing still ruins the idea of a good music photo. The bounc­ers hate you, because you are in their way. The crowd is jeal­ous of you. Crowd­surfers will kick you in the head. The band thinks you’re annoy­ing. The light­ing is never bright enough, and changes so fre­quently that you’re screwed even in the few moments that it is.

And nonethe­less, con­cert pho­tog­ra­phy is one of my all-time favourite past­times. It’s hard. It’s unre­ward­ing. But it’s deeply grat­i­fy­ing on a per­sonal lever. It’s about cap­tur­ing the mood. Cap­tur­ing the looks. Cap­tur­ing some­thing the audi­ence is feeling.

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