I hаνе taken mу digital camera tο numerous concerts аnd hаνе taken thousands οf photos οnlу tο find thаt I саn οnlу υѕе 30 οr 40 due tο thе fact thеу come out blurry.
Iѕ thеrе a setting I dont know аbουt?
I hаνе taken mу digital camera tο numerous concerts (уουr nοt allowed tο take іn professional cameras) аnd hаνе taken thousands οf photos οnlу tο find thаt I саn οnlу υѕе 30 οr 40 due tο thе fact thеу come out blurry.
Iѕ thеrе a setting I dont know аbουt?
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dont even think you are a myspace photographer. they have to be the WORST photographers ever and they think they are so scene with their pictures…
anyways get a professional camera, and dont use a digital camera…they just dont take good pictures at shows or concerts. get up really close, zoom in, and wait for a good time to take a picture
To stop motion (your shaky hand and shaking rock musicians) you’ll need a shutter speed of 1/125 or faster.
Check your user manual to see if you have a Shutter Priority Mode.
If not, try Sports or Action.
Hope this helps.
This may irritate you, but here it goes.
I have press credentials for a local publication and get press passes from the venue promoter. Sometimes this allows me to only stand in front of the stage for two sets, other times I have “All Access” or “On Stage” or “Back Stage” access.
The lighting on the stage is setup for video, so my job is easy. All I have to do is set my white balance and shoot away. The fact that I have to shoot at 1600 ISO up to 6400 ISO, the noise in the images only add to the mystique.
I shoot using aperture priority, wide open. There are times I want subject movement, so I can close the aperture to get longer exposures, but those are “effect” shots and only represent about one out of every twenty or so exposures.
In your case, get a good meter reading of the stage and then set your camera to manual with those settings. Shoot the whole performance at those settings and if your shutter speed is fast enough and you are using the viewfinder on your camera instead of using the LCD at arms length, you should have a higher percentage of good crisp shots.
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