How to become a concert photographer

Posted on September 19th, by Matthias Hombauer in Tutorials. 5 comments

Being a concert photographer can be very exciting. Imagine yourself standing 6 feet away in front of your beloved idol and taking portraits of them. Not only do you have the ability to shoot one image but can take hundreds of pictures. As a passionate music lover this seems like a dream and indeed this is a close description how it can feel.

I started my career shooting in small clubs for an internet magazine about 2 years ago. When I had a bunch of good concert pictures I applied for music magazines and record labels. Once the snowball effect started I found myself standing in front of big stages and had the opportunity to shoot artists like Leonard Cohen, Deep Purple, The Prodigy, Rammstein, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys and Jamiroquai to name some of them. If you also would like to become a concert photographer, but you don´t know how to start, this tutorial will be for you.

In the next couple of blog posts I´ll cover the following points:

How do you start to become a concert photographer?
What equipment do you need?
How do you get the shot?

Stay tuned and I hope it will improve your skills in this exciting field of photography.

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5 Responses to “How to become a concert photographer”

Michael Lunny says:

November 27, 2011 at 10:53 PM

Matthias, you’re a great man, the info here is so good you will be convincing many photogs to go out and buy the equipment they need to shoot concert venues.
Thanks for taking the time and effort and at no cost to help other photogs.

Michael

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admin says:

November 28, 2011 at 12:15 AM

Hi Michael!

Thank you and I really appreciate your comment

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Georg says:

April 3, 2012 at 9:51 AM

Hey Matthias,
True words from an experienced pro!
keep the good work up, cheers, Georg

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ee says:

October 7, 2012 at 10:03 PM

Hi, just found your awesome blog. When will you be publishing the rest of your tutorial series? I’d love to read your tips!

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Matthias Hombauer says:

October 7, 2012 at 10:34 PM

Hi ee!

I’ll post them in the next couple of days.

Thanks, matthias

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