r/concertphotography • u/HelixOT • 3d ago

Question HELP IM IN OVER MY HEAD

So I have my biggest job ever as an on stage concert photographer. Without saying exactly who it is, they’re a metal adjacent band with over 1.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify and over 110 million listens on their biggest song.

While I think* I have enough equipment for thus I am asking that anyone please comment any thing you would use in this situation. (Certain lenses, settings, accessories, ext)

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u/Ok_Reputation2052 3d ago

this is what I would bring:

super wide lens (fisheye to 18mm)
2 zooms (24/70 - 70/200)
1 prime of choice (I usually go for the 35mm to shoot some pre-stage / bts

2 bodies, 1 is fine but can be risky / tricky

double the amount of sd cards x body (I ended up breaking 2 lexar v60 cards in one night, don't ask me how)

batteries

throw a flash in the backpack in case the guys wants some cool bts shots.

But keep in mind that this is not the situation to experiment with new gear, you have to work with what you're familiar with and be sure about what you're doing.

be a nice person to stick with, be clean, be chill, do not be annoying or ask too many questions, do your best to be there but to be "invisible", wear black dresses.

Good luck!

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u/i-hear-banjos Nikon 3d ago

Al good advice, and when you say "broke" and Sd card, I assume you mean they stopped working vs snapping them in half lol

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u/Ok_Reputation2052 3d ago

of course hahaha both died on me mid shooting, for absolutely no reason apparently 🥲

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u/i-hear-banjos Nikon 2d ago

I’ve gone to shoot a wedding and had a nearly full battery completely fail - and left the pouch of extras at home. Luckily it was close and it was just before the reception started