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Hello! Madelynn here.
Last Thursday, I was approved for my first photo pass! I was given permission to shoot a band named "Family Force 5" and the opening act- "Born Cages".
To begin, I am somewhat new to photography...still. I started concert photography about a month after getting my first camera (ever), a Canon 60D. I took it to a Breathe Carolina concert and the lead singer ended up re-posting one of my shots on his Instagram page. As of right now, I think I'm doing pretty well having considered the fact that I just got the camera around May/early June.
I did my research on my camera (agreement that I had with my dad) and am still learning new things today, but I think I have down more than the basics for "low-light" photography. Concert photography is now a new passion of mine.
Anyways, I basically jumped right into it. I think that helped me because I learn the fastest by learning from my mistakes. So, I began asking around to contribute to some magazines, but the only one that considered me was a publication based out of Toronto (because of my age (16), not my photos).
SO! They put me on "tryout" and asked me to send them some shows I wanted to shoot. They requested the first show immediately and I was approved the day OF the concert which was super exciting but frustrating at the same time.
I get to the venue and realize that there is NO BARRICADE (a concert photographers worst nightmare from what I have heard). I'm stuck there with no room to move around and then I realize that the lighting isn't so decent for the opening act... I can't get the shots of the drummer that I wanted and I wasn't able to shoot the bassist AT ALL. I was getting ready to put my camera down when it hit me. This whole thing was an obstacle to see if I was good enough; to see if I could go through a terrible situation and make it into something awesome. So that's what I did.
I hope you like the photos! (Sorry for the rambling! Just had to get that out there!)
As you can see, the photos were published, so I'm guessing that's a good thing haha.
Photos: Family Force 5, Born Cages @ House of Blues Houston
Last Thursday, I was approved for my first photo pass! I was given permission to shoot a band named "Family Force 5" and the opening act- "Born Cages".
To begin, I am somewhat new to photography...still. I started concert photography about a month after getting my first camera (ever), a Canon 60D. I took it to a Breathe Carolina concert and the lead singer ended up re-posting one of my shots on his Instagram page. As of right now, I think I'm doing pretty well having considered the fact that I just got the camera around May/early June.
I did my research on my camera (agreement that I had with my dad) and am still learning new things today, but I think I have down more than the basics for "low-light" photography. Concert photography is now a new passion of mine.
Anyways, I basically jumped right into it. I think that helped me because I learn the fastest by learning from my mistakes. So, I began asking around to contribute to some magazines, but the only one that considered me was a publication based out of Toronto (because of my age (16), not my photos).
SO! They put me on "tryout" and asked me to send them some shows I wanted to shoot. They requested the first show immediately and I was approved the day OF the concert which was super exciting but frustrating at the same time.
I get to the venue and realize that there is NO BARRICADE (a concert photographers worst nightmare from what I have heard). I'm stuck there with no room to move around and then I realize that the lighting isn't so decent for the opening act... I can't get the shots of the drummer that I wanted and I wasn't able to shoot the bassist AT ALL. I was getting ready to put my camera down when it hit me. This whole thing was an obstacle to see if I was good enough; to see if I could go through a terrible situation and make it into something awesome. So that's what I did.
I hope you like the photos! (Sorry for the rambling! Just had to get that out there!)
As you can see, the photos were published, so I'm guessing that's a good thing haha.
Photos: Family Force 5, Born Cages @ House of Blues Houston