Post your concert photos

[beegee]

Best concert pic I've ever taken - Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse)

Fiona always has a very strict no camera policy at her shows

 

[bonocomet]

I'm kind of annoyed because I've been to a lot of concerts, mostly when I was a teen. I guess I never took pictures

Same here throughout my 20's mostly, tons of shows, but you were just about NEVER allowed to bring a camera in to a show

My daughter took these last summer of Wierd Al Yankovic (she's 5thMarauder here on Interference but told me to post them for her)

(they're grainy because weren't real close to the stage)

 

[bonocomet]

A few more.

 

[Lila64]

Nice pics everyone

In the 80s, you really couldn't take cameras into arenas. I used to go to shows with some friends, a few who were photographers, and they always had some secret ways of getting their cameras/lenses in. And then they would work at the music swap meets and sell their photos. They had some great shots. We always used to get tix for arena shows in the first 5 rows, back when paying $75 for a ticket was a fortune. Oh, the good old days :memories:

 

[Saracene]

Muse:

Sonic Youth:

Kate Nash:

 

[last unicorn]

Lies and Sicy, I like your U2 concert pictures.

And GG, niiiiice closeup of Bono.

 

[Liesje]

Yes, please? What amazing clarity and contrast in your photos! How do you do it?

Honest to God? I post process EVERYTHING! I'm ten times better on the computer than I am with the camera.

As for the camera, I never use a flash, I use manual settings where I am in control of the ISO, f-stop, etc. I also only took pics during certain songs where I knew I could get them relatively still and the lighting would work.

 

[europop2005]

sorry for the blurryness...crappy zoom

 

[ntalwar]

Also, if you've got tips for taking concert photos, I'd definitely appreciate them. I'm clueless when it comes to which shutter speeds are best and whatnot.

Here's a decent article - you can see the settings used.
You'll have to use one of the manual modes, and it's best to wait for the white lights.

http://www.popphoto.com/howto/3463/secrets-of-killer-concert-photos-revealed.html

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

 

[Thora]

Wow - you guys have some fantastic photos! Most of my concert pics are crap. I'm usually pretty far away from the stage, or I can't get my camera still enough for a good shot.

Here's a few that I could find right now:

Crowded House

Joss Stone

Josh Groban

Justin Timberlake

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

pearl jam

some wacky irish band

 

[VintagePunk]

I haven't really tried to get photos at concerts other than U2, because I knew they had a lenient camera policy. I suppose with the advent of camera phones, it's pretty hard to stop people now, so I would imagine that many performers are more relaxed about pictures now. Anyway, here are a few of my favourites from the Vertigo tour.

Probably the best one we got all tour of Bono:

I've always thought this one would have been awesome, if the lighting had been slightly different, or if I had better photo editing skills:

I like the way this one turned out, how it looks like they're surrounded by a sea of people:

Bono reaching for Mrs. Edge:

Edge is so damn hard to capture, because he's always in motion:

 

[VintagePunk]

Honest to God? I post process EVERYTHING! I'm ten times better on the computer than I am with the camera.

As for the camera, I never use a flash, I use manual settings where I am in control of the ISO, f-stop, etc. I also only took pics during certain songs where I knew I could get them relatively still and the lighting would work.

Heh. Your secret's out, now!

In any case, they do look amazing. So do all the pictures of your animals. I suspect it also has to do with your photography skills, as well.

 

[redhotswami]

Vanilla Ice's scary ass stage from last year

 

[Ava79]

So many fantastic photos in this thread! I myself am usually too lazy to take my camera to concerts because if I do, I just end up trying to get as good shots as possible and that pretty much ruins the concert experience for me. I'm simple like that, can't really concentrate on more than one thing at a time...

Anyway, I got some ok pics from the Vertigo show in Copenhagen.

 

[VintagePunk]

Wow, very, very nice, Ava! So are your pictures of the kitten. What kind of camera do you use?

I just got my daughter an 8.0 megapixel Canon with image stabilization for her birthday, and I took over her old, crappy Sony 4.0. I wasn't exactly wowed by the pics on her new camera so far. Maybe I/she needs to mess with the settings to increase the quality.

 

[discothequeLP]

Vanilla Ice's scary ass stage from last year

that's the stupidest stage i've ever seen.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I was thinking the same thing... Is the DJ Booth behind some sort of hedge?

 

[Ava79]

Wow, very, very nice, Ava! So are your pictures of the kitten. What kind of camera do you use?

Thanks VP I actually have a crap camera, it's an old Olympus Camedia C-310 (3.2 megapixel). Well, it used to be good back in the days when it still was new, but not anymore. As soon as I have enough money I'm going to get a great new camera.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Re: Re: Post your concert photos

Here's a decent article - you can see the settings used.
You'll have to use one of the manual modes, and it's best to wait for the white lights.

http://www.popphoto.com/howto/3463/secrets-of-killer-concert-photos-revealed.html

Thanks for that. I remember you helped me last time, and that's the only reason why my White Stripes photos didn't come out as a mass of blurs! I couldn't find the post where you mentioned the shutter speeds, though.

Great photos, everyone. Those Weird Al shots are crazy.

 

[ADecentMelody]

Lies, very nice compositions and clarity!

I just realized as well that I only have U2 concert pics. Anyway, I took mostly video (once I discovered how to use it) because my ISO wasn't high enough to get clear pics.

Green light

Love and Peace

The Edge

Bono

And look who I found lurking around...

 

[redhotswami]

I was thinking the same thing... Is the DJ Booth behind some sort of hedge?

it's a camo net thrown over a table. classy.

 

[ntalwar]

Re: Re: Re: Post your concert photos

Thanks for that. I remember you helped me last time, and that's the only reason why my White Stripes photos didn't come out as a mass of blurs! I couldn't find the post where you mentioned the shutter speeds, though.

Any time, Steph. The image gallery in the article shows the settings used for about 24 shots - ISO, shutter speed, aperture, etc. So that should help - for closeups 1/80-1/125 seems to be average. Shutter priority mode is good. Keep in mind that most recent compacts with high megapixel counts seem to be noisy/grainy in low light (no flash). Larger cameras or dslrs are better with noise reduction.

 

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