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How to get good pictures at concerts WITHOUT flash

benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,224
edited August 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
To those who cannot be swayed by the fact that photography isn't allowed (myself included), take a look at this website..
http://www.betterphoto.com/exploring/concerts.asp
For those who don't feel like reading it all, just note this:
"Not only will a flash most likely not be allowed (and unnecessarily distract the performers), it will probably do you no good. On-camera flashes are rarely powerful enough to reach the required distance. Taking a picture with your flash will more often than not illuminate nothing other than the back of the head of the person directly in front of you. Your camera will as well be metering for that flashed head in front of you, rather than the band members on the stage further on. With your flash turned on, your chances of getting any decent shots are greatly diminished."
So TURN OFF YOUR FLASHES
'05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

EV
Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
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  • torontojamfantorontojamfan Posts: 76
    i tell people this all the time, no one listens :(

    im not even a photographer, its just common sense
    '98: Barrie
    '03: Toronto
    '05: Toronto
    '06: Toronto, Toronto
    '07: Munich
    '08: Vancouver (EV), Mansfield II, Toronto I (EV)
    '11: Toronto, Toronto, Hamilton
    '13: London Ontario
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