Event advice
I’ve lined up my first paid job to photograph a music event this summer. But having never covered something like this before professionally, I’m a bit nervous. What is your advice? Anonymous
What a great gig (excuse the pun) you’ve got yourself. There are many different ways you can approach it, but here are my top five tips for anyone shooting a music event…
1. Familiarise yourself beforehand with the layout of the stage and work out your angles. Some of it will be trial and error but you can plan a lot beforehand. You want to move around to get a variety of shots so they’re not all from the same angle. 2. Anticipate the moment and watch before you shoot. If you observe most bands or musicians, they tend to have a pattern to their performance and will often move around the stage a few times in the same way. Watch how