Thursday
Jan282010
Concert Photography
Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 12:11AM
Nifty piece by Jeff Spirer about Photographing Bands and Musicians on photo.net. It's full of really good tips and tricks that you can find out by yourself by shooting a few dozen shows, but if you're just starting out it might save you quite a bit of time.
I was (pleasantly) surprised at how close his gear list recommendation matches my own:
- DSLR (either a Canon EOS 1DMkIII or Canon EOS 40D)
- 35/2
- 50/1.4
- either a 20/2.8 or 85/1.8
- 580EXII flash
- spare camera battery
- extra rechargeable batteries for the flash
- memory cards (at least 8GB)
- business cards
- earplugs
- clear lens filter and lens hood on every lens
I have the "old" 1DMkII, and I substitute 24/1.4 and 100/2 for his 20/2.8 and 85/1.8, but apart from that this is pretty much my list. Except I really need to get some business cards.
tagged concerts, photography
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