Surviving Concert Photography
March 23, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Featured, Technique
When people ask me what the most difficult scenario is to photograph, 360 days a year my answer will be concert photography. (The other 5 days I’m busy shooting aliens at Area 51.) There is no constant here, no venue is the same with lighting (all of it is low light) and no band ever [...]
The Shutter Speed “Rule of Thumb” for Handheld Shots
March 4, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Basics
Another common question that has been asked of me usually relates to blurry images, as a matter of fact it comes most frequently when amateur and hobbyist photographers shoot indoors with a telephoto lens. And here it comes, “My images are much more clear with the kit lens than my expensive telephoto when I am [...]

