As some research for my final assignment, which at the moment I am planning to incorporate music photography, and also for some personal tips, I have just read an interesting article on the Pixiq website entitled 'How to: concert photography' by Haje Jan Kamps. The full article can be read here.
Pretty obvious stuff and common sense but some good basic pointers for someone who is only just starting out with gig photography. I would love to have read this when I started but it's pointers you actually pick up when you have been doing it a while. I especially liked the paragraph regarding the equipment, as I never know the best lens to use in this situation. Obviously, and as stated in the article, brightness is better for the terrible lighting conditions you can be faced with, but I never thought to take a more wide angled lens before. This refers back to my post about Isaac ferry, where I explained that I've never thought to attempt ome shots from the back of the room before. I'm partial to my Canon 28 - 90 mm f4.5 lens which is great for the kind of gigs I shoot with it at the moment but I do really need to invest in a lens with more brightness I think to fully embrace the shots more. Also, high ISO due to this factor has an overall effect on the final images so it's really in my best interest to get a good bright lens.
The closing paragraph of the article is an inspiration post linking to a music photographer called Andrew Kendall. This is another photographer I am going to have a look at.
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