Photography skills in concerts

Although the auditorium of Jay Chou and other singers' concerts is very dark, the lighting on the stage is totally different. Under the spotlight, the performer's acceptance can be enough to shoot without a flash. If f/4 aperture is used, ISO400-800 can provide a shutter speed of1125 seconds or even higher in many cases, which is enough to freeze the actions of the performers without much change.

The first ten rows or so can generally be photographed from the whole body to the bust (vertical composition). If you choose the position in the back row, the DC with long focal length is also conducive to narrowing the viewing angle, focusing the picture on the stage and avoiding the audience from entering the mirror. On the other hand, recently, some telephoto DC with hand shock prevention function are also quite beneficial for shooting concerts. In addition to the focal length, the camera should also have basic manual functions, such as exposure locking and key metering. A long focal length lens is essential, and it is best to have a large aperture and zoom function.

2. Use the key to measure

Compared with the background, the performers on the stage have a high luminosity under the irradiation of spotlight, and the light difference between the subject and the background is very large. If you use the average metering preset by the camera, the metering will be affected by the dark background, and the subject is seriously overexposed.

As long as you lock the performer's luminosity with key photometry, the problem can be solved. The method of locking exposure varies from machine to machine. For models with many automatic functions, half-pressing the shutter will lock the exposure, and most of them have no independent exposure lock button. You can lock the exposure before the official shooting, and then press the shutter after re-composition.

be concentrated

Nowadays, many digital cameras have multi-point autofocus function. For example, Canon 30D has seven autofocus points. Although you can set the focus position manually, you can safely use the camera's autofocus selection function when shooting a concert. Because the performer's luminosity must be the highest in the concert, it is unlikely that the camera will choose the wrong focus. Save the trouble of focusing, and everyone can concentrate on exposure and composition!

4. Pay attention to the white balance of sunlight

The lighting and color matching of the concert is one of the most wonderful places. However, if you use the automatic white balance mode, the camera will make the lights in the scene white and the photos will be unrecognizable. You'd better use the daylight white balance setting, the color of the photo will look more original.

5, pay attention to black and white clothing.

Although it was mentioned before that people should use key metering, when performers wear all-black or all-white clothes, the metering system of the camera is misled and the photos are likely to be seriously exposed. Therefore, if the performer wears all-white clothes, everyone needs to increase the exposure by about 1 to 1.5 (that is,+1.5 ev); If you wear black clothes, you need to reduce the exposure of 1.5.

Step 6 turn off the flash

The lighting and color matching of the concert is one of the most wonderful places. However, if you use the automatic white balance mode, the camera will make the lights in the scene white and the photos will be unrecognizable. You'd better use the daylight white balance setting, the color of the photo will look more original.

In addition, we should pay attention to one thing. When shooting a concert, the flash is equal to waste, because the distance of the stage basically exceeds the effective distance of the flash. Whether it is built-in flash or external flash, the cold fireworks set off at the scene are easy to reflect light. At this time, using a flash will greatly reduce the effect of the photo.

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