Taylor Swift Concert Photography

Taylor Swift is such an expressive subject to shoot. She is cotton candy, kittens, and Hollywood glamour all rolled into one.

For concert photography, the last thing you want is for your images to look like everyone else's. What many don't understand about concert photography is at each show there is at least 10 photographers in the pit. They shoot for blogs, webzines, local news media, and for the stock photo houses. After a while, all the pictures start looking the same, because all photographers are given the same time frame to shoot: the first three songs.

Finding different ways to capture the artists is probably one of the biggest challenges I enjoy the most with concert photography. I always try to break away from the herd. Photographers have a bad tendency to bunch up inside the pit ( and somedays there is just no avoiding that due to space, or lack of).

Yes, you need the "money shot." The one picture of the artist which makes them look most appealing, good facial feature, expressive. But, after you have 50 frames of that shot, use the rest of your time to be creative.

Look for quirky facial expressions. Look for a chance to become artistic. Look for fan interaction and for moments that you are NOT going to see in every other photographer's portfolio.