I’ve been taking photos at concerts lately and have been getting good shots but I’m not getting great shots if that makes sense.

I use a sony 7IV with a tamron 28-75 and a 70-200. Usually I shoot 1/200, usually auto iso, and then lowest aperature.

  1. I get banding in a lot in photos for some reason and I’m not sure why.
  2. the photos aren’t super clear so I’m not sure what to do. is auto enough?
  3. I’ll be honest I mainly do auto for lightroom editing but i’m not sure if I could be doing more

any advice is appreciated

  • Lensgoggler@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I used to shoot concerts back in the day. Mostly small ones but a few alternative festivals too. It was amazing.

    First, I’d suggest just pick an iso manually. Inspect the setting and just choose it yourself. Light changes a lot during a show and that may confuse the camera metering.

    Observe what’s happening, where the lights are. Don’t just shoot whatever to get the most photos. Zero in on the subjects, find that emotion, that connection between the artist, the music and the audience. Always with your finger on the button, even when you’ve lowered the camera, ready to click. Be like a hawk, looking for That Moment.

    Not sure which concerts you shoot, if you’re already doing the ones with 3 song rule. But, my experience is the beginning of the show may be a bit meh - artists and audience is warming up. The best moments actually come later during the gig… So if you can hang out the whole gig, do that but also be patient, constantly on the lookout of the magic to appear. It’s always there.