Entertainment & Concert Photography by Brad Moore
This has been a crazy year of photographing concerts! I was going to do my Top 10 Photos, but it was difficult enough to narrow it down to 25. So, here in no particular order, are my 25 Favorite Concert Photos of 2011: Cage The Elephant The Avett Brothers Sleeper Agent Sleigh Bells Hillsong United [...]
If you’re at all interested in portraiture and/or lighting, one of my absolute favorite photographers, Dan Winters, was recently interviewed by Rob Sheppard over at A Photo Editor. It’s a three-part interview, so here are links to Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. (Also, here’s a direct link to Dan’s insane music portfolio. Click that [...]
So, last week I was on the road with Scott Kelby for his Light It. Shoot It. Retouch It. LIVE! seminar tour, which was a ton of fun but resulted in a lack of blogging here. I’m back now, but I haven’t yet recorded the second video in my workflow series. That’ll come later this [...]
I get a lot of questions on workflow, so I’ve decided to do a series of videos on… – File Management – Making Selects – Applying Metadata – Post Processing – Exporting to the Web That’s not written in stone, so I may throw another one or two in there. But for now, here’s the [...]
Want to take better photos? Then immerse yourself in great photography. It sounds obvious and simple, but it’s true. The more you look at amazing photography, the more developed your vision will become. Let’s think about it this way… If you want to be a *entertainment photographer, and you only ever study the work of [...]
Saturday’s Yonder Mountain concert was at an outdoor venue, and it was a bit rainy that evening. I didn’t want to take any chances, so I threw some rain gear into my bag before heading out the door. What exactly was that gear, you ask? Well I’ll tell you… —————— Think Tank Hydrophobia 70-200 Photo [...]
This post isn’t directly related to concert photography, but I think there are points that can apply to any type of photography. I recently received an email from someone who wanted advice on getting into assisting, so I thought I would share it here for anyone who might also have an interest in assisting. Q: [...]
Photo Courtesy of Nikon USA Above is the Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. I know you’ve read over and over how you should only buy fast lenses for concert photography, but the reality is that those are big dollar items. The three main lenses most photographers use range from around $1700-$2200 apiece, and this lens roughly [...]
Brian Medlin of Person L performs at State Theatre in St. Petersburg on April 8, 2010 I was visiting with my college photo professor recently, and he was looking through some of my recent work. The image above came up, and he asked, “Why’d you go black and white with this one?” “Because the light [...]
Green River Ordinance – Outside The Ritz Ybor in Tampa, Florida – April 13, 2010 Remember when I said that knowing Steven Samuels, GRO’s tour manager, had an advantage? This is it. I showed up early and was able to do a quick portrait session before the show. When I got to the parking garage [...]
Outside Plaza Theatre, Orlando Florida – March 14, 2010 I shot a series of portraits of Matt Wertz before his recent show in Orlando where he was opening for Five for Fighting. The idea behind this was to show the glamorous life of a traveling up-and-coming musician, so I thought I would photograph him in [...]
Rack of Lamb Photo by Scott Kelby // Camera Photo by Brad Moore If you’ve been in the photography business very long, you know it’s about way more than just being able to work behind the camera. There are tons of moving parts that you have to maintain in order to be successful. Lately I’ve [...]
That’s the number one question I’ve been asked since starting my concert photography a few months ago, so I thought I would do a quick blog post to answer it. I’ll start off by giving credit where credit is due. My buddy Alan Hess has been an integral part in helping me figure all this [...]
As many photographers and music lovers were last week, I was saddened to hear of the passing of legendary music photographer Jim Marshall. I was lucky to have the opportunity to meet Jim a few months ago at the Leica booth at Photo Plus Expo. It was a very brief meeting, but one I’ll remember [...]
