Pictures of a concert?

[calebjohnston]

Anyone have any recommendations for taking pictures at a live show? (Settings, etc)

It's a circa survive/saves the day show if you're wondering. =)

[enckwanzer]

Two questions:

1. What kind of camera?

2. Is it general admission or will you have assigned seats?

[OutThere]

Don't bother with a flash...it'll just waste your battery.

I imagine it'll be dark, so...
Try fiddling with the settings so you can get the maximum exposure without it getting blurry. If you have a manual mode, open up the aperture all the way, put the ISO as high as it'll go without grain-ing out, and then try a few different shutter speeds to see where you can get bright enough shots that don't streak with camera motion.

Concerts are a real pain to shoot, in my experience.

[calebjohnston]

Two questions:

1. What kind of camera?

2. Is it general admission or will you have assigned seats?

General Admission, and a 5 MP Kodak EasyShare cx7525. Nothing special, but it takes acceptable pictures.

[jelloshotsrule]

i filmed a saves the day show back when they were good. it was cool

[calebjohnston]

i filmed a saves the day show back when they were good. it was cool

That's the key unfortunately :|. I'm really just going for circa survive.

[Abstract]

Don't bother with a flash...it'll just waste your battery.

I imagine it'll be dark, so...
Try fiddling with the settings so you can get the maximum exposure without it getting blurry. If you have a manual mode, open up the aperture all the way, put the ISO as high as it'll go without grain-ing out, and then try a few different shutter speeds to see where you can get bright enough shots that don't streak with camera motion.

Concerts are a real pain to shoot, in my experience.

Actually, I'd recommend just cranking up the ISO as high as possible regardless of whether the photos end up pixellated. Getting a clean shot is more important than graininess or anything else. I'd rather have noise than blur.

And you're right, concerts are the worst to shoot. I wouldn't bring my dSLR to one, either, which then makes it even more difficult.

[enckwanzer]

since its general admission, get there early and get as close to the stage as possible. the closer you are, the easier it's going to be to get a clear/clean shot. regarding the flash, try it both ways -- it might work if you're close enough. definitely kick the ISO up if you can.