I just started shooting concerts and am in dyer need of criticism.
Thanks for your help.
Chris

another

one more

last one for now

Here is a few more

Hanock Hickman on Keys

Peace and Love Band

Hey Chris,

Over all they look good. Especially your tighter detail shots.

The "another" shot and the "one more" shot are my least favorite.

I personally find shooting the "two guys rockin" shots are harder than single shots and that's where you need to be more careful.

The "one more" shot is too soft for my taste and the guy in the foreground is not adding anything to the shot.

There is no cohesiveness between the two guys in the "another" shot.

There is a lot of emotion to capture in live music and I find that shooting tighter works for me.

Shooting live music is a lot like shooting sports, you really have to use your intuition to anticipate what you think is going to happen.

As well, listening to the music as it's happening is important because there are many "cues" between the performers that you can pick up on.

I hope this helps and keep up the good work.

If you want to see some of my past music shots: my music

rod

Ryan B with The Company

Guitarist for The Company

Peace and Love Band

The Company at Tempo

Buff Dillard

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Originally posted by CMULLE01:
The Company at Tempo

I don't have time to critique every shot, but I'll add my two cents. It looks like you are shooting at a better level than most people who are "new" to concert photography, and better than some who have been doing it for years. I make my living off of music photography, and I've seen a LOT of people who THINK they are good at it. They aren't...

With that being said, you still have a ways to go, mainly in your editing. Remember that one bad shot can spoil all the other good ones. People tend to remember the bad one over the rest. You have a few shots here that are GREAT, a few that are average, and a few that are bad. Edit it down to the GREAT shots and forget the rest. Those ones are only for you and God to look at. The rest of creation should not even know they existed.

I quoted the "The Company at Tempo" shot, because it is one of the bad ones. Always remember that motion/action doesn't automatically equal a great photo. You are lacking a central focus, there's a lot of boring space in this shot, and the visual flow is missing. Try to capture more stuff like your "Buff Dillard" shot, where you DO have all those entities in place...