Tip on the Pit - Photographer’s help
WordPress archive doesn’t seem the easiest to browse, even more difficult if you are after the topic of the photographers’ tip I write at the end of each post. In this page you have the full list of helps that you may love if you belong to the wonderful world of live music photographers:
All-seated venues
Appeal: Why not “LAST 3 songs, no flash”?
Ask for the policy in advance…or shoot the mixer
Backstage shootings
Beyond 3 songs - Shooting the entire show
Bright lights and dark lights, how to set your cameras
Call against photographers’ form agreement
Chasing a jumping frontman
Crowd-surfing
Details - Ignore the band
Duos - just the 2 of them
Drum Kit, ampli, cables and more unwanted stuff on stage while the support is on
Flying pints and (surf)crowd madness
Frame the whole band on stage
How to use band names on the background
Interaction within band members
Interaction between band and audience
Knowing the band in advance
Long hair: a rock classic
Low stage venues
Make use of the band’s name on the drum
My film, my developer, my procedure
No-pit venues. A photographer’s survival guide.
One song, no flash, left side of the stage, what the hell are you talking about?
Overemphasizing the contrast, a trick to save poor, dark images
Photographer’s hell, he’s sitting in front of a microphone!
Post production - How to select the best shots
Shall I shoot the support band?
Sharpness, what a challenge!
Shooting from the back of the venue
Shoot the drummer!
Silhouette
Slow, second curtain synchro flash
Smoke machines and bloody fog on stage!
TTL Flash
Venues - Brixton Academy, London
Venues - ULU, London
Venues - (Save the) Astoria
What if the performers wears a hat?
What to do to stay in the venue for the entire concert.
Why photographers take tabloid snaps?






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