Tips for shooting outdoor music gigs

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Hi all,

Off to Arley Hall in a couple of hours for The Levellers and Seth Lakeman.:thumbs:

Anyone got any top tips for getting good shots of the acts, settings, position etc.
I've got a D40x a D70 and 18-55mm, 55-200mm and 200mm-500mm lenses and a tripod and monopod and I don't really want to take everything because it leaves less room for booze:beer:

Cheers

Andy
 
Might be worth checking you'll be allowed in with that gear, bit a shame to be turned away for having a "pro" camera by security :(
 
It's one of these picnic gigs, so you show your ticket and drive in then lug tons of food etc to a grassy knoll. Hopefully the camera bag will look like one more bag of food.

Andy

By the way I've just had a squint at your gallery and those are the kind of gig pics I'm after getting. Most excellent.
 
Hi Andy

The conditions will be unique for gig photography and especially low light. What you need to take will depend on how far back from the stage you find yourself.

I'd set the ISO to about 400 use the 50-200mm shoot in colour, mono doesn't always work well on gig images and colour noise seems to work OK on this type of photography. Take a plastic bag to cover the camera IF it rains. Shoot in RAW and have a fantastic time.

Enjoy

Paul
 
Cheers Paul,

I think I'll be able to get reasonably close and the forecast is for better weather later so fingers crossed. I'll post any half decent ones tomorrow.

Andy
 
Cant give you any advice but enjoy your day.Very few music festivals over here.
 
Cheers Guys,

Off we go then. Thanks for the help.

Andy
 
No problems with security:). Stood right at the front with camera on a mono and snapped happily away, along with many others. I'll post some shots later, I'm just having a look at them now.

Andy
 
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