I’m going to a music festival Friday-Sunday, and I have passes to be in the photo pit for three songs. My grandma is sending me with her Nikon d3300 to take pictures, but I’ve never really used a camera before, aside from my cell phone. I’ve practiced taking pictures of my cats for the last few days, but I’m sure there’s some settings I will need to adjust for the concert. I have two lenses; an 18-55mm, and a 55-200mm but I only have space to bring one. Does anyone have any tips for me? Should I just ditch the camera and use my cell phone?
Bring the 18-55 cause it’s probably a bigger aperture.
Don’t be shy to bring up the ISO. A noisy shot is better than a blurry one. Shutter should be at least 1/100 if no image stabilization.
Practice before in low light at home with your cats.
I’m an absolute amateur, so maybe this is completely wrong, but I like to shoot with exposure brackets in quick series mode when I’m in conditions that I’m not confident about.
That increases the probability that at least one of the shots is not super over- or underexposed.
Yup. That’s exactly what I was taught.
Oh that’s an interesting approach, I only remember that for HDR pics. Didn’t use that technique much, maybe a little for car/structural photography.
If it works for you, then it’s not wrong. I would still advice to develop a better feeling for light metering but this seems like a great way to learn.
Cause in the end you are wasting two out of three shots if I understand right.
I was doing film for a while and it helped me a lot to develop a feeling for reading light in a scene. Like other people already mentioned, stages often have a brightly lit subject in front of a dark background.