you gotta get used to shooting from the crowd. I work at a venue where 1-2 shows a year have a barricade and yeah there's other vantage points but you're gonna have to shoot from the crowd at some point
speaking of vantage points, stop ONLY using the photo pit. there's only been a handful of times in my entire life where I was denied shooting after the three songs were over. besides arenas/amphitheaters, you'll probably see that once or twice EVER. usually just security not knowing what they're talking about. it's cool you get to stand in front of the stage for a little bit but man. you better be hitting the balcony if there is one and you should take a few from the crowd if you can. I try to move around and not be annoying because I know there's always people who paid and get frustrated when someone stands in front of them with a camera and doesn't move
only get a fisheye if you're touring, have a residency gig (even partial), a big bag, or if you like to waste money and space. get literally any other super wide. if you shoot canon, the 17-40 is basically the cheapest L lens out there and it works wonders. I've gotten some of my best photos ever with it. (these were with it btw
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and also please stay away from B&W as much as you can. it's the next worst thing next to a speedlite imo. if you HAVE to use it, then sure use it but otherwise you need to learn to live without it. obviously I get it if you're dealing with awful colors but listen, you gotta start experimenting. deep blues and reds should be the only excuse really. anything else you can work with hue saturation. also don't forget about COLOR TEMPERATURE, vibrance, and saturation. vibrance SAVED me at my job before I started talking to the lighting people more. then when I combined the two it made my life so much easier.
now let's play a game with retouching, next post
