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1. Use shooting mode for concert photography
For a beginner, you may start off using aperture priority mode or shutter priority mode. There are great options for a beginner because you’ll be stressed enough with all the other things going on around you. However, the only manual mode would give you the flexibility. To take a high quality concert photography, you should try to use Manual mode and pre-set aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Then change them on the fly using the internal exposure bar in the viewfinder. You should constantly checking the LCD screen and have a look at the histogram to see if the exposure is correct.
Canon Zoom Lens 75-300MM III USM: ISO 800, Speed 1/320 and Aperture F5.6
2. Big aperture will work best for concert photography
In most cases, set the aperture to the smallest number on the lens e.g. f/1.8 (which reflects a big aperture wide open). This allows the most possible light to enter your sensor. Most high quality zoom lenses have an aperture of f/2.8, the best prime lenses offer f/1.4 or f/1.8. For a budget lens, you may want to get a 50mm f/1.8.
Sony A6000 E-mount 55-210mm lens: ISO 800, Speed 1/100 and Aperture F5.6, 100MM
3. Shutter speed for concert photography
In general, I set 1/100 as a minimum, faster whenever possible for concert photography. Otherwise you risk blurred photos.
Canon Zoom Lens 75-300MM III USM: ISO 800, Speed 1/400 and Aperture F4.5, 130MM
4. Set High ISO Values for concert photography
ISO or film speed refers to the sensitivity of your digital sensor. The higher the ISO setting the less light is needed for a proper exposure, but the more noise you will encounter in your pictures. "Normally, I set ISO 1600 for concert photography. If my shutter speed is too low, I may increase ISO setting to 3200 or 6400. Personally, I prefer to take more digital noise over a blurry image. Crank the ISO".
Sony A6000 E-mount 55-210mm lens: ISO 1600, F5.6, Speed 1/320, 55MM.
5. Use exposure metering for concert photography
There are three basic types of exposure metering: matrix (also called evaluative, multi-zone, segment, honeycomb or electro-selective pattern metering, depending on who made your camera and how cool you want to sound when you talk about its metering system), center-weighted and spot metering (which also has a sibling known as partial metering). Normally, I will set centre-weighted exposure metering for concert photograph. The centre-weighted metering tends to produce more correct and consistent results for stage scenes, where some parts are brightly lit while other parts may be totally dark. Because the exposure is calculated depending on where the lens is pointed. Don't use the multiple zone light meter setting, such as Matrix (Nikon) or Evaluative (Canon). These multiple zone light meter settings measure many parts of the scene, and are apt to be confused by the lighting.
Canon Zoom Lens 75-300MM III USM: ISO 1600, Speed 1/100 and Aperture F5
6. Use the focus point for concert photography
For a beginner, use the central focusing or single-area focusing mode for concert photography because of low light situations. “This will be the most accurate one. If you don’t always want to have the artist in the middle of the frame, you have to recompose. Simply push your shutter button halfway down to focus on the artist’s face. By holding the shutter button halfway down you lock focus. Now move your viewfinder until you get the desired framing and push the shutter button fully down”. However, under dim light conditions, the auto-focus function sometimes take too long to work. Ideally, you should get used to manual focusing. In dim light conditions, this is often faster than auto.
Canon S100: Speed 1/125, Aperture F5.6 and ISO 100.
7. Use Auto White Balance
I use the auto white balance setting on my camera. The reason being is that I shoot in RAW format and can therefore adjust the white balance setting in post-production anyway.
Canon Zoom Lens 75-300MM III USM: ISO 800, Speed 1/60 and Aperture F5.6, 55MM
8. Multiple Shot (Burst) Mode
Set your camera to multi-shot mode (may be called High Speed shooting mode). It allows you to rapidly shoot three to four photos in a row (depending on the frames per second of your camera model. It’s more likely that at least one of the four photos is tack sharp whereas the others might not be in focus.
9. Never Use Flash
First, you are not allowed to use a flash in concert photography. Imagine ten photographers burst their flashes at the same time. This would be quite annoying for the artist. Second, straight flash pictures don’t look awesome.
10. Finally, If you want to take good concert photos, be prepared to take A LOT of bad ones!
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