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    SHOOTING UP A STORM PHOTO PASS

    Oct 10, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS BY PETER ZALUZNY.

    Live music photography is a damn fun job, but alas, it’s far less glamorous than it seems. Those people you see scurrying around between the barrier and the stage for three songs, well, unless we’re working for the band or artist, we can’t access all areas, we rarely get backstage, and we almost never get to meet them. Sorry to kill the legend.

    But really, the challenge of getting photos during the chaos of a concert is a hell of a lot more satisfying than going backstage anyway. We usually only get 15 minutes to grab enough photos for a gallery, in an environment that’s completely out of our control. That is unless it’s a punk band, in which case you have about six minutes to frantically get all the shots. We have to pay attention

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