How To set your Light Meter for Concert Photography

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Have you ever wondered why your images are coming out extremely dark when you are shooting live events? Well the main reason is that your light meter is being thrown off by the stage lights. What is happening is your light meter is seeing extremely bright stage lights and it is tricking your camera to "think" there is a ton of light in the whole scene when there really isn't.

Let me paint the picture for you. If you are inside and you see your light meter read 1/8000 of a second you should know that that is not correct. Now its correct in the term that if you were shooting just the stage lights it would need to be shot that fast. But if you are trying to capture a band they would just come out dark because of such a fast shutter speed. This is all part of the mentality of photography and knowing when something is either to good to be true or just can not be right.

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[golfman90]

hey bro. do u have a book released?

[JaredPolin]

@golfman90 not yet its being edited.

[punkandpixie]

Never did get that link for the book Fro... just looked way back in the mails and no luck... anything I can do?

[JaredPolin]

@punkandpixie I just sent it to you.

[davidkaiserch]

Thank you Jared for explaining in depth how you work. I know that concerts shooting is your baby (in particular when its Avril:-) So basically, you keep your aperture mostly unchanged. I think that´s a good way to go. Thanks for this, Jared.

[JaredPolin]

@davidkaiserch the less you change the better off you are.

[NKEILSudios]

@Tenebrius1963 me being a theatre photographer, which is pretty close to some concerts, would tell you to manually focus or if your camera can auto focus on a specific (me being a canon can't know what you have) person's body/head. either that, or get a prime (if you don't) 50m/30mm and take the photo with the fstop really open.that will trick your camera into seeing people better.

[Tenebrius1963]

Great video!

My main problem with shooting concerts so far (D700 with f2.8 lenses) is with focus. If i shoot a tight shot with my 70-200mm or wide with 24-70mm or 17-35mm i usually focus on the performers eyes and than reframe but the focus doesn't lock so when i lower my camera i'm ending up with a screw up focus.  Any tips with focusing and where you focus?

Thanks

[golfman90]

@JaredPolin oh ok then. I was hoping to purchase one of your books since your videos are very well done.

[davetv13]

Great video very helpful not only for concert photography but for any kind of stage photography like high school musicals etc.

[daSenfgurke]

@daSenfgurke that "tricking the system" tip is actually a funny thing! never thought of this before ^^ i'm going to try this next time ^^

[daSenfgurke]

I just photographed a friend who is a DJ in a club. I was struggling very hard with the low light. Gonna read your E-Book now. ;D

[TheCreature530]

is this at the troc

[sefsefization]

nikon d700(2nd handed) or nikon d7000?

I'm not in to video and already have some primes who will fit on full frames.