Shooting rock concerts

I was wondering if anyone has any insight in shooting rock concerts
with a film SLR camera. With the lighting and movement, I was
wondering what works best, especially when you'e close up, right at
the front?

-James

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James

Fast lens, fast film & a steady hand.....

You should probably have a couple bodies with a lens range of 28-200 (not in
one lens though)

It would be ideal to have:

28-70mm f/2.8
80-200mm f/2.8

& maybe even a 50mm f/1.7 on hand...

I find that Fuji Press film seems to work the best. (800 or 1600, depending
on the lighting)

Most places won't allow flash. Also, some may consider it inconsiderate to
shoot during the whole performance. Most arenas won't allow photography at
all for professional acts, so you might make sure everything's ok before you
take your gear to the arena...

Read here for some useful info. It may not be 100% accurate, but in
different arenas, he's right on a lot of the legal issues...

http://www.photo.net/concerts/mirarchi/concer_i.htm

Paul
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> I was wondering if anyone has any insight in shooting rock concerts
> with a film SLR camera. With the lighting and movement, I was
> wondering what works best, especially when you'e close up, right at
> the front?
>
> -James
>
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I shoot quite a few Rock Concert shots, and have found that you can't beat
fast film, and a good lense

Personally I use mostly a Canon 70-200 2.8L and Fuji 800 film, in my Canon
A2E cameras. Also have a 28-80 2.8-4.5 L however can't usually get close
enough to really use it.
I also use a canon flash with a lumaquest bounce to fill in a bit of the
shadows, usually you are down much lower than the performers, and the stage
lighting is high so you need to open up the shadows just a touch on the
face.if .

I did play with a Canon D30 body with those lenses a couple of years ago,
and with it set to 1600 ASA I got amazing results, I have had a couple of
them printed to
12x18 on a Light Jet printer and was blown away with the results. Just
saving to buy a 10D

The link to them is here.

http://www.shuttercity.com/ShowGallery.cfm?AcctID=7165

I use digital.

Cranking the speed up to 1600 ASA

Using flash takes the atmosphere out of most of the shots.

Canon D30 - now a 10D

http://www.xsync.co.uk

Dave B.

"James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I was wondering if anyone has any insight in shooting rock concerts
> with a film SLR camera. With the lighting and movement, I was
> wondering what works best, especially when you'e close up, right at
> the front?
>
> -James
>
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I Agree, I even keep a few gells in my pocket to throw over the flash
sometimes to keep the atmosphere but still throw in jus a little light, 1/4
to 1/2 stop worth. Many times the brightest lights are the banks that are
right over head, so a little catch light in the eyes opens things up.


"Dave B." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I use digital.
>
> Cranking the speed up to 1600 ASA
>
> Using flash takes the atmosphere out of most of the shots.
>
> Canon D30 - now a 10D
>
> http://www.xsync.co.uk
>
> Dave B.
>
> "James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I was wondering if anyone has any insight in shooting rock concerts
> > with a film SLR camera. With the lighting and movement, I was
> > wondering what works best, especially when you'e close up, right at
> > the front?
> >
> > -James
> >
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>
>

My first concert.

http://www.bigmikes.org/photos/collective_soul/

Shot with a Canon EOS 3, 70-200 2.8 & Fuji Press 1600. It wasn't great
but for a first effort it wasn't too bad. Actually, alot of the photos
printed alot better from a lab that I was able to scan them. I hadn't
quite learned how to work my Nikon 4000 at the time.

http://www.bigmikes.org/photos/colle...eve_04_f20.htm

That shot won a local radio contest and got me my second concert.

http://www.wideopenphotography.com/photos/bon_jovi/

It was shot with a Canon 1D & 70-200 2.8 lens, no flash allowed. I
wouldn't have used it anyways.

Camera was set to 800 speed and I snapped like mad for two songs,
which is all their tour manage would allow. Shutter speeds were
anywhere from 1/30 to 1/125. The lighting was changing alot so I would
just turn the dial for a few shots then turn it some more, then back
it up and do it again. I was shooting so quickly that it's the first
time I'd actually had to wait for the camera to write to disk. The 1D
is capable of 21 frames at 8fps before having to empty it's buffer.
With only two songs I shot like a madman killing off like 370 frames.

Shooting digital makes it much easier both because you can look at it
and see if your exposure is good, which I did a few times, and because
you can just shoot and not worry about having wasted film with
over/underexposed shots. Plus, changing film can be time intensive ...
at least when you're talking about having only 5 or so minutes of
shooting.

Your event may differ if it's not a big name act but typically the big
boys do not allow you to shoot the whole set. Two, three, maybe four
songs and you're gone. Flashes are almost always frowned upon. It's
challenging but fun. If you're camera has a spot meter you might try
to use it for the exposure but with the scene and lighting changing it
you may not get all the shots. But some darker shots

Mike


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>I was wondering if anyone has any insight in shooting rock concerts
>with a film SLR camera. With the lighting and movement, I was
>wondering what works best, especially when you'e close up, right at
>the front?
>
>-James
>
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Cool....

Looks like some good breaks!

Paul
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"Michael Stevens" <bigmikeatbigmikesdotorg> wrote in message
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> My first concert.
>
> http://www.bigmikes.org/photos/collective_soul/
>
> Shot with a Canon EOS 3, 70-200 2.8 & Fuji Press 1600. It wasn't great
> but for a first effort it wasn't too bad. Actually, alot of the photos
> printed alot better from a lab that I was able to scan them. I hadn't
> quite learned how to work my Nikon 4000 at the time.
>
>
http://www.bigmikes.org/photos/colle...eve_04_f20.htm
>
> That shot won a local radio contest and got me my second concert.
>
> http://www.wideopenphotography.com/photos/bon_jovi/
>
> It was shot with a Canon 1D & 70-200 2.8 lens, no flash allowed. I
> wouldn't have used it anyways.
>
> Camera was set to 800 speed and I snapped like mad for two songs,
> which is all their tour manage would allow. Shutter speeds were
> anywhere from 1/30 to 1/125. The lighting was changing alot so I would
> just turn the dial for a few shots then turn it some more, then back
> it up and do it again. I was shooting so quickly that it's the first
> time I'd actually had to wait for the camera to write to disk. The 1D
> is capable of 21 frames at 8fps before having to empty it's buffer.
> With only two songs I shot like a madman killing off like 370 frames.
>
> Shooting digital makes it much easier both because you can look at it
> and see if your exposure is good, which I did a few times, and because
> you can just shoot and not worry about having wasted film with
> over/underexposed shots. Plus, changing film can be time intensive ...
> at least when you're talking about having only 5 or so minutes of
> shooting.
>
> Your event may differ if it's not a big name act but typically the big
> boys do not allow you to shoot the whole set. Two, three, maybe four
> songs and you're gone. Flashes are almost always frowned upon. It's
> challenging but fun. If you're camera has a spot meter you might try
> to use it for the exposure but with the scene and lighting changing it
> you may not get all the shots. But some darker shots
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 19:33:24 GMT, James <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >I was wondering if anyone has any insight in shooting rock concerts
> >with a film SLR camera. With the lighting and movement, I was
> >wondering what works best, especially when you'e close up, right at
> >the front?
> >
> >-James
> >
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James <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone has any insight in shooting rock concerts

Give http://www.photo.net/concerts/mirarchi/concer_i.htm a visit. I
am a concert lighting designer who shoots most of his own work and
found this site to be pretty helpful.

C. Andrew Dunning - Landru Design - Nashville, TN
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www.landrudesign.com