The photo show is a photography business complex that would be difficult to summarize in one article, however, we attempt here to give you the basics and some tips to make your own way. The most complex here has managed well on light, it will affect the equipment, speed, placement, framing, ... here we will see through the different sections.
The camera: Reflex silver, SLR, compact digital camera.
In the picture together using a compact digital has discouraged the rise in sensitivity (iso) thereof is not without damage, their sensor is smaller, the noise will be very present on the cliches .
The reflex that can change optical functions of each situation you will always have the right equipment based on your subject.
Optics: Fixed Focus, zoom, wide open!
Pictured together we seek above all the most luminous optical potential that is to say, those that offer the greatest aperture (characterized by the lowest number on the lens).
In digital we must take into account that the sensor size influence on the size of the focal length: a 50mm 1.8 will become an interesting 80mm 1.8
These lenses are also more expensive, we can separate them into two groups:
The primes:
Have objectives that generally offer the best value price - in fact, a 50 mm which has a maximum aperture of 1.8 is around 150 euros. The advantages are: the price, weight, opening generally high.Zooming: A zoom is a zoom lens: an additional ring to change the focus of an ongoing, changing along with the magnification of the image but not the prospect of shooting. The zoom is technically an objective lens with several groups, some of which are mobile which allows to vary the focal distance between two extreme values. The numerical ratio between longest and shortest focal length is called "amplitude" or "power" of the zoom. For example, a 35-105 mm zoom is "3 × zoom. Zoom advantageously replaces a series of fixed focal length lenses. The opportunities are increasing rapidly zooms, ranges from 28 to 70 mm (wide angle to normal) and 70-200 mm being the most common. The f/3.5 maximum aperture rarely exceeds for the first and f/4.5 for the latter. But there are professional versions to f/2.8. "Source wikipedia for the photo together zooms that have a constant aperture is 2.8 are strongly recommended to address the lack of light.
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Nikon d70 matrix metering, speed 1 / 100 Focal length 28mm, aperture 2.8 iso: 200 | Nikon d70 spot metering, speed 1 / 80 Focal length 50mm, aperture 1.8 iso: 640 | Nikon d70 matrix metering, speed 1 / 60 Focal length 90mm, aperture 2.8 iso: 200 |
Flash: a proscribed
The flash in most of the concert is prohibited, its use eliminates all light effects that are part of the benefit. Use in remote or possibly slow sync is possible as discussed in the section devoted to William Gaessler the photo flash and wide angle.
Sensitivity: high sensitivity silver grain = noise = digital
If you work with film ISO 800 are perfect. There are other more sensitive films (1000, 1600, ISO 3200). The higher you go in isos over the photo will be provided with grain that is quite beautiful in silver and contributing al'intérêt the picture.
If you are in this fine digital grain this transformed into noise see soup pixel, which is much less attractive, we advise you to stay in values below 600 isos (noise is treated differently on digital SLR cameras, on the market canon 5d is a manager best SLR digital noise).
Speed: not under the lens to see even a little more digital
One of the rules in general speed is not to go below the size of a 50mm lens you do not go down below 1 / 50 for the digital conversion factor given that "transforms" a 50mm 80mm we will not fall below 1 / 80 to prevent blur from the photographer.
This is of course a general rule, assuming that you're shooting freehand without a tripod, optical or stabilized housing. We must separate the blur of the photographer and the blur of the subject.
For luting cons blurring from camera shake the housing there are several methods:
The tripod tripod allows you to stabilize the housing up, but in performance you handicap lot in your travels.
The monopod: the monopod as its name suggests is a tripod is a foot .... It does of course not the same stability, but allows you more freedom in your travels, it is strongly advised to train to use a monopod before using it in such events
The optical and switching speeds: They can gain some valuable speed and thus fall isos.
Note that these are the only methods to reduce blur from the photographer, can be perfectly stable artist or group it will not be forever. The blur of the subject may be interesting to give an impression of movement speed.
The measurement of light-Weighted, Spot and matrix
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Nikon d70 spot metering, speed 1 / 200 200mm lens, aperture 2.8 iso: 1400 |
There are three types of Metering: Center-weighted, spot and matrix. Although these determinations are variable depending on the material, the result remains the same.
The matrix metering: it can measure light over the whole image. It is advisable to use them as often as possible and for all types of photography: landscapes, architecture, portraits, close-up.
The center-weighted metering: it concentrates approximately 15% of the image (center), while spot metering is concentrated on less than 8% (always at the center).
These measures are almost mandatory in photo together, because usually artists are highlighted in relation to the scene itself, working with spot metering on the face of the singer's unit will manage the shutter speed / aperture of has so correctly expose the face of the singer regardless of the merits of the photographic scene is probably not very interesting (wires, boxes, pipes ect ...)
Camera mode: aperture priority?, Shutter priority?, Manual?
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Nikon d70 matrix metering, speed 1 / 250 Focal length 90mm, aperture 2.8 iso: 200 |
For me only the aperture priority and manual mode with an interest: We put on the full lens aperture is monitored for speed does not drop below the waist of the focal length (to avoid blurring from camera shake) framework and it is triggered.
The addition of digital SLR: Most digital SLR cameras have a feature auto iso is very useful for the picture together, because if conditions do not allow to stay in decent speeds at full opening, it activates the iso and it goes into manual control its opening to the greatest possible openness, its speed is chosen, we go in and spot metering device itself decides isos depending on light conditions.
RAW or Jpeg?
Volker Gilbert author of a very good book on the raw will speak better than me so I quote :
"The RAW (or RAW format instead since there are a bunch) represents the raw information gathered by the sensor at the time of the shooting. The sensor is colorblind pure strain and only receives information bright usually interpreted using the matrix Bayer RGB color filter feature. It is obvious that raw file requires sophisticated processing to obtain a presentable image. And there you have two options:
Trusting the DSP of the camera that converts the raw data in JPEG or TIFF (more rarely) by applying the transition all settings that you previously selected (white balance, saturation, tone curve, color space , sharpness, etc..).
Okay, you're finally having (trying to palpate a file, it's difficult) to a file ready for use. Happiness? Yes, if you've checked your perfect shooting, made the white balance with onions and set your file with impeccable precision. But I never did flirt with perfection shoot JPEG. And this, despite the use of traditional techniques (and thermocolorimètre meter), used to overcome my anxieties to a new technology.
The use of JPEG involves knowing what you will do your image. Offset Printing, Internet publishing, digital photo minilab in each use requires very specific development parameters and you can not know in advance whether such and such a picture will not be used in a context different from that originally envisaged.
But beyond the constraints for the choice of parameters, you know that the JPEG or TIFF is a lean interpretation, minus your captured file? You took care to cram 4096 tones per layer (= 12 bit depth of a normal DSLR) to find yourself with 256 levels (8 bits = JPEG or TTR produced by your camera) to the arrival? Well, it's stupid not to choose what we throw in passing ... "
Minimize the noise shooting: exposing the right
Working in concert at 100 iso setting even as much is pretty unrealistic, most concerts are limits in terms of light.
The first reaction to reduce noise and increase the shutter speed would deliberately underexpose the photo shoot to "raise" then the brightness in photoshop.
In digital "face" image even at 100 iso, do not pixelated, but the rise in noise is impressive, the film development is more flexible for this kind of exercise.
In a digital sensor the bulk of the momentum is on the right of the curve in the highlights, which is why I recommend (and I'm not alone), to expose the limits of the areas cramées (right) to have the most material located on the right side of the histogram, which then allows to play and contrast while greatly reducing noise.
A well exposed image on the right (ie. as close as possible to the burned areas) and 800 isos will produce less noise than underexposed photo iso 200 recorded in photoshop.
Different types of concerts Lebacq Sebastien : Accreditation, places, photo examples:
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EOS 20d, Canon 17-40 f4 L, 1/400eme, Spot, 3200 iso, -2/3IL Sebastien Lebacq |
The major concerts such Johnny, U2, Red Hot are certainly spectacular, but without accreditation, take pictures quickly became a job for Tom Cruise, besides the cameras are often banned at the entrance.
On the other hand, intimate concerts given in small rooms can be really in the mood, almost all the public is less than 5 meters from the artist, but the lighting is often much less good. But then in those rooms, cameras are often welcome, both from the manager of the box as the part of the artist. The latter gladly accepted picture (usually without flash), and it is sometimes possible to offer the pictures (I did it for the concert of mudflows, rock band Belgian ... they were thrilled to receive photos, that they immediately posted on their website).
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Case Objective EOS 20d Sigma 70-200 f2, 8 at 1/60th f2, 8, in exhibition 2 / 3 EV ISO 800, matrix metering Sebastien Lebacq |
Example: these pictures were taken during the concert groups known enough for people interested in this style of music, but in a small concert hall in Verviers (Belgium), Spirit of 66 (which has a capacity approximately 300 seats).
Concert Pain of Salvation, the Spirit of 66: Thanks to the box, you can use the 800 ISO without too much trouble, provided to restate a little later with the photo software to remove much of the noise.
To maintain a sufficient speed, in addition to iso, large lens opening is a major asset.
Being under expose 2 / 3 IL avoids burn out too much of the picture but also to gain in shutter speed.
Pictured together, to have a photo that stands out a bit, it is also important to calculate the time at which it starts to enter an expression or a particular situation.
The 50mm is an excellent optical picture together because it has a very open and an incredible dive, not to mention its ridiculously low price and small footprint.
Here in this photo of the concert Popa Chubby, Spirit of 66 I preferred to ensure the pdc choosing an aperture of f4, and offset by a higher sensitivity (ISO 1600).
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EOS 20d, 50mm f1, 8, matrix metering, 1600 ISO, -1 / 3 EV, f4, 1/60th second Sebastien Lebacq |
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Case Objective EOS 20d Sigma 70-200 f2, 8 1/125eme at f2, 8, in exhibition 2 / 3 EV ISO 800, matrix metering Sebastien Lebacq |
Photo Flash concert by William Gaessler : Wide and slow synchro
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Canon EOS 300D 18-55 William Gaessler |
Unlike the photographers with whom I could discuss, I work 99% of the time the flash.
It Sagit by cons, concert or the use of flash is not embarrassing for the artist or group, I am fan of music called "saturated" (metal, hardcore ..), the rooms in which j ' attend these concerts are usually small bars, clubs, usually quite dark, a small stage.
The Caravan Serail which hosts the majority of these hardcore concerts in Toulouse, is usually for local groups on average 30 entries, up to 250 for a foreign group "more experienced".
The maximum capacity of this room should not exceed 130 persons for a minimum of space between each respectable member of the public, provided that for the "big dates" one learns quickly to the sardine.
What you should know also what kind of concert that the public is generally "boiling hot", rather young, most are there to sweat in hardcore, there is a "dance style" which called KDS (Karate Dancing Style), you can imagine, it must be quite careful with his equipment, the feet that fly overhead are not uncommon.
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Canon EOS 300D 18-55 William Gaessler |
I have been using a little Canon EOS 300D, my technique is to shoot in slow-sync flash, which allows me to have the artist's statement and properly fixed (thanks to the flash) and have his movements and games light through the long break of the device (between 1/15s and 1s in general).
I'm usually fairly close to the artist (focal length 18mm) which I think gives an impression of movement even stronger on the photo.
I plan to soon buy a wide angle zoom (sigma 10-20mm) for his sharpness and his ring of development that has nothing to do with the Canon EF-S 18 / 55 mm (because I use no autofocus, light is generally much too low and changing too fast for the autofocus).
May 12th, 2006 at 11:50
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May 17th, 2006 at 5:08
Thank you, nice as tutorials
May 17th, 2006 at 10:43
Very nice tutorial like!
May 17th, 2006 at 11:17
Excellent tutorial!
May 17th, 2006 at 11:52
Very nice this idea of shooting tutorials concert .. gave a little light on some of
my little escarpades techniques ... when the last 3 pictures .. really great!
May 18th, 2006 at 1:10
Superb! A huge thank you! I have learned well for my second concert shoot
May 19th, 2006 at 4:10
From AP pass without setting the D70 since one week I lost all my bearings ...
Your tutorial, very educational puts me in waves
Remains that the practice
Thank you a thousand times
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Lab
June 4th, 2006 at 3:24
[...] The article about the picture together has also been updated with the participation of William Gaessler which works almost exclusively with flash equipment Radius, I finally decided on D200 is controlled, and after the seller to deliver the supplier is based on the tide ... it only remains for me to burn a candle for me to receive the beast quickly. [...]
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:20
Good good all photos ...
AS you tested the Nikon D50 for pictures together?
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June 23rd, 2006 at 3:10
No, but I think that will be very different, the same sensor, was mainly on the side of the optics that will manage
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:07
This is a great job that will allow everyone to remember some basics!
Congratulations for this idea
Olive
August 4th, 2006 at 11:13
Great! I'll put it to good use, thank you.
August 27th, 2006 at 12:21
Little useless question for those like me who have recently started to RAW, but at the white balance in manual mode or tungsten?
Thank you
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August 27th, 2006 at 12:25
In automatic because the light conditions are constantly changing and the raw bdb is done after the photo
September 18th, 2006 at 11:10
Hello,
Excellent tutorial, for my part if I use the flash, it was in slow mode, and red eyes on my D50 it gives very good results
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:42
Well hello, congratulations for your site, your photo and this tutorial full of lessons! good continuation
October 17th, 2006 at 12:03
Thank you very much for all these tips very useful!
October 17th, 2006 at 4:27
if you had to recommend a digital perfectly suited for concerts which will advise you?
October 17th, 2006 at 7:27
A Canon 5D even though I'm not a fan of the case it must be admitted that the noise level management is very efficient
November 22nd, 2006 at 12:19
Super this tutorial!
November 26th, 2006 at 5:38
Wow, all this sprinkled with good music ... (mudflows, but happiness ...)
Cheers
February 10th, 2007 at 8:56
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February 17th, 2007 at 8:40
I just read your article and I must say that I'm starting to hit a little in photography, I thought AC would have been easier but I like it that AC did not in fact ... I learned a lot by reading you especially for the material to be used in concert because I did a lot and my picture's usually too dark (I work with a Canon 350D and I have no goal that the 18-55 and a 70-200 4.0) Now if I have understand I have to save for another goal 50 with a larger opening ...
In fact if you have the opportunity to take my msn for a bit more and m refer answer a lot of questions would be really nice ca ...
And before you go meters I want to congratulate you for your time my photos are superb
February 17th, 2007 at 3:17
Hi Buck
Yes to the concert, he takes a light, a good compromise to start is a 50mm 1.8, it is easily Rockin around 100 euros and offer my sense meillieur value for money.
To answer all your questions there are a lot of very nice forum which it
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/Photonumerique/liste_sujet-1.htm
Benjamin
February 19th, 2007 at 1:44
I'll give you a famous secret for shooting in concert if you do not set goals to open.
Under-expose: it will work even -3 iso & Low (50-100).
Result gain speed and therefore clarity as low sensitivity, it is sufficient to raise the brightness on photoshop without encountering bad pixelation and the ride is conducted smoothly!
See ya!
LeCed.
February 19th, 2007 at 2:02
Hi Ced,
I do not agree with your comment, and I'd rather Partisi overexpose a photo under exposed at 100 iso is much more noisy than a well exposed photo at 800 iso.
A quite interesting article by Volker Gilbert talks about the right exposure in RAW
Working in concert at 100 iso setting even as much is pretty unrealistic, most concerts are limits in terms of light, I already tried to work so early and the result is quite désastrueux (histogram comb Abers chromatic noise very present)
As digital face 'image even at 100 iso, does not pixelated, but the rise in noise is impressive, the film developement is more flexible for this kind of exercise.
In a digital sensor the bulk dynamics is the right of the curve, which is why I recommend to expose the limits of the areas cramées order to have the most material located on the right side of the histogram, this which then allows to play and contrast the exhibition thereby aténuer much noise.
Working in RAW (16bit) for this kind of pictures is required for me to retain maximum detail and modeled.
A photo is well exposed at 800 iso right for me will produce less noise than a photo underexposed 200 isos raised in photoshop. We speak here of a print or an image of 100%.
The box in photoshop this kind of event I'd rather avoid it up when you come back from a concert and you have to deliver images, go through 200 photos underexposed to edit them in Photoshop, I prefer to avoid.
On the Net someone had shown this method of raising low isos and cons with photoshop high exhibit high isos and the results speak for themselves.
I'll be watching tonight to find this comparison, in the meantime if you have images to illustrate your method does not hesitate.
June 3rd, 2007 at 24:01
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June 3rd, 2007 at 12:06
It's nice to share her little secret
I tried to exercise on my blog ( http://www.alaingrodard.fr/blog/2007/06/03/tutorial-techniques-pour-la-photo-de-concert/ )
and I allowed myself linker this page ...
June 5th, 2007 at 11:58
Thank you Alan, I took the opportunity to rework my text and add sections
June 6th, 2007 at 2:46
Between us we will make the best of the world tutorial
June 30th, 2007 at 12:03
July 26th, 2007 at 2:48
I'm a fan of concert photos, I do it intensively for 3 years or less. Bravo for the pictures and advice, I would also say it is interresting to cast a glance into the audience from time to time, this allows photos of nice atmosphere (crowd surfing, circle pit ...)
July 30th, 2007 at 8:32
Mitch, Thanks for your comment sorry for the answer to the flock, I am as amateur as you
and the public is actually something that I forget which is actually very interesting
Thank you for your post
August 3rd, 2007 at 24:08
Extraordinary tutorial! Thank you so much to offer all these things. Personally, I practice at concerts for a year (with learning by doing as they say) and I started to develop some techniques to improve my images. I have, too, try some musical events "neo-mad" (those in which the severity is more rigorous). I find it interesting to talk about here
! As I am still a novice, I was able to enjoy all these generous information! If you want to take a look at the assoc 'with which I work:
http://www.lillelanuit.com
Thank you again for this great job!
March 5th, 2008 at 4:12
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April 27th, 2008 at 11:46
Thank you very much for your great tutorial !!!!!
I tried to follow your advice at the festival Zik'n trolls MENEAC (Britain) this weekend because I had never made a picture with my D80
I've put someone on the following address:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24903591 @ N05/2443878478 /
Bravo again, we want more ....
May 7th, 2008 at 2:50
Thank you for your passage Benjamin, I watched for a long time to put a link to your article oh so interesting (only CSS, licking boots the ball!).
The list is actually complete assholes, I'll include those who willingly push you to cling to the stage and film with their compact, while the pictures and videos are strictly prohibited as specified in the entry that you have battled nearly three weeks to get your accreditation super limited, and the asshole in question only had to hide his CD in a pocket. Sad.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:35
thank you for the advice, I started to crack because nothing to do with the silver, and live my d80 I wanted to throw it, it will put into practice, thank you again
May 28th, 2008 at 9:05
thank you for this tutorial very explicit
So if I understand it is better exposed right
I have a naive question: if you sub sets of 2 / 3 IL like the photo of the Concert of Pain of Salvation you bring exposure to the left of the histogram is not it? this is not contradictory with the first recommendation?
In any case thank you for all of the above
June 28th, 2008 at 12:16
Ha, Sebastien Lebacq knowledge ... yet!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:55
Hello Ben,
in preparation for a shoot tomorrow, I retraced this article very complete and very useful (thank you!). One thing remains unclear to me, overexposure to the right.
I understand the utility in terms more generous (outside during the day for example) but here is beyond me.
Let me explain with an example: imagine my 50mm at its maximum opening of 1.8, Av mode, ISO speed to 400 and exhibit well: 1 / 30 ie very limited.
From what I read, ideally should overexpose one or two notches, to have more material, the numerals being more efficient in the highlights. Ultimately less noise.
Only if I want to keep the same speed I will have to increase the ISO, so adding the cause of the noise!
What is the interest overexpose in such conditions?
Thank you!
October 18th, 2008 at 7:51
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November 6th, 2008 at 1:42
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November 25th, 2008 at 3:36
Good morning.
To begin, thank you for this tuto.
I've spent in digital (Canon 450d), better late than never, and I've never used photo editing software pro (at least yet) ...
A few weeks ago, when I had my digital box past few days I have been photographing friends in concert.
So I chose the easy way tungsten, 1600 iso, 75 / 300 (focal length max: 4) and shutter priority 1 / 160 with the optional burst to bust right light and the expressions and (shame on me after reading these explanations ), jpeg output format). (Of course, without flash, it goes without saying!)
I do not know the places.
I go back in a month and I am a little concerned because I am far from master this box (my bp has a silver cell, therefore, for everything is manual, I galley ...).
The pictures I took are all clean but some are more than good, others often lack ch'touille light or just plain black and blue (they love the blue and magenta in this room )
You talk about the exposure right (so if I have the whole picture on my box, it is a correction of the white ...).
At the objective level, I just found a 85mm 1.8. opportunities.
I envision this concert (without the question of the exhibition because I am hoping that someone will tell me if I understood or not), as follows:
- Focus lens with a max speed 1 / 125, whatever the objective (I take my 85 and my 75 / 300)
- 800 ISO because the noise in some photos was really not that great.
- Naturally: output format RAW!
Do you have suggestions / corrections to suggest?
I'm interested!
Thank you in advance and sorry to expose my ignorance on some points ...
November 25th, 2008 at 3:39
Sorry, I just see that I am a slip!
(...) The exposure right (so if I have the whole picture on my box, it is a correction of BLUE) (...).
February 8th, 2009 at 5:14
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March 6th, 2009 at 1:39
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March 27th, 2009 at 1:30
Super interesting all these technical tutorials, thank you
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:57
This is a very good tutorial. I totally agree with everything you say and that's exactly the way I work. It reassures me! I discovered your site recently and I think you do a very good job. A regular visitor!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:13
Bravo !!!!!
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:48
Thank you for this great article with lots of useful advice? Too bad I'm not falling over rather ...
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:36
Hello! I love how the site and the various articles etc ... tonight I'll take pictures of a concert Orleans and I do not know the conditions under which I will have to make the shoot! but I already make photo stage shows like dance! The lights are more intense and better managed! (And I was digital!) Here I am in a small room and I took my SLR! So I cross my fingers to be reactive! I noted your advise and hope it will suffice! thank you for info!
March 4th, 2010 at 1:46
I did not fully understand the game:
"Minimizing the noise shooting: exposing the right" and the history of underexposure, as it is marked after:
"Being under expose 2 / 3 IL avoids burn out too much of the picture but also to gain in shutter speed."
It is recommended that initially pushed for a special iso instead of by state, then underexpose anyway?
Or should I combine the two?
In anticipation of your help,
Regards