Concert Photography Lighting Fact

When you shoot concert please make sure that you do not use your flash. Why? Because there are already enough lights on the stage and adding another light will only make your picture look worse. Your flash will kill the colorful ambient lights. Let me show you some examples:

The top picture was taken without any flash and the bottom with an a flash attached to the camera. Notice the difference? So remember, no flash when shooting concerts. Capish?

By the way, the pictures above was taken at the Malam Gala Pelancongan Negeri Perak 2012 at Hotel Riverfront Ipoh and yours truly was the official photographer.