Live Music and Theater Photography by Emanuele M. Barboni Dalla Costa

"A book for anyone wishing to approach photography in a professional and authentic way".

A selection of notes and theories collected over more than ten years of shooting a few metres from the scene.

The text is structured in more than thirty articles, some short, others more substantial. You will find technical indications as well as philosophical dissertations, reflections on photography as well as practical advice.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Author
The lights go off, the show begins
Show and photography, beyond appearances
A photography in motion: the choice of shooting points
Problem of blurred and underexposed photos in live show photography
Photographing the show: the live music concert
Some common mistakes in live show photography
Object-oriented or idea-oriented photography?
Camera, lenses, exposure, framing
Red stage lights: when black and white is preferable
Anthropocentric vision of the scene photography: the importance of the details
Photographing the hip-hop event
Nine tips to get an accreditation to photograph concerts
On the need to take stage photography beyond the journalistic purpose
What is the relationship between photography and theatre?
Time and analytical approach in scene photography
The importance of extra-diegetic elements in the photography of the show
3 objectives for the photography of the show
The inappropriate violence of digital watermarking applied to images
Notes on photographic texturing
Photographic seriality on the Internet: an ethical choice
Online photo portfolio: when twenty shots are not enough
Contextualization and selection of the photographic corpus
Photo backup: dealing with the nightmare of losing everything
Notes on vignetting
Optics cleaning
Manual optics and automatic optics
Photography, releases and rights/duties of the photographer
How can I protect my photos online?
Photographic medicine: abandoning oneself to find inspiration again
When the photographer doesn’t put love into it
A new lens? Better ten photo books
Does the camera make you a photographer?
Is Photoshop really that important?
Is Instagram killing photography? Let’s clear the air
Analog and digital considerations
Superiority of photographic contemplation over video
Colours: a compromise between reality and its reproduction
About Photography