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<blockquote data-quote="10 Gauge" data-source="post: 466209" data-attributes="member: 39102">We won't really be able to give you much good advice as we don't know what the lighting scenario is going to look like at the venue.&nbsp; Typically though the artist will be fairly well illuminated (depending on genre, but I have a feeling this isn't a death metal concert <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />).&nbsp; You may find that you won't have to crank up the ISO as high as you expect.&nbsp; If the background is dark I'd make sure that you're maybe in center weighted or spot metering so that your camera doesn't try and compensave for the black back ground and blow out your subject if you're going to use a program mode.Personally, this is the kind of shooting I like to do in full manual mode.&nbsp; Complex lighting scenarios can be really hard for your camera to figure out the proper exposure on.&nbsp; Of course most things can be saved in post, but everything always looks better when properly exposed from the beginning.&nbsp; Take a few test shots and tweak your manual settings to give you the look you are going for and the lighting shouldn't change drastically enough that you'll need to be making adjustments shot after shot once you've got the look dialed in that you're going for.Take your 55-200 though, your 18-55 I can almost guarantee may be too short to get the kinds of shots of the artist that you'll want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="10 Gauge, post: 466209, member: 39102"] We won't really be able to give you much good advice as we don't know what the lighting scenario is going to look like at the venue. Typically though the artist will be fairly well illuminated (depending on genre, but I have a feeling this isn't a death metal concert :p). You may find that you won't have to crank up the ISO as high as you expect. If the background is dark I'd make sure that you're maybe in center weighted or spot metering so that your camera doesn't try and compensave for the black back ground and blow out your subject if you're going to use a program mode. Personally, this is the kind of shooting I like to do in full manual mode. Complex lighting scenarios can be really hard for your camera to figure out the proper exposure on. Of course most things can be saved in post, but everything always looks better when properly exposed from the beginning. Take a few test shots and tweak your manual settings to give you the look you are going for and the lighting shouldn't change drastically enough that you'll need to be making adjustments shot after shot once you've got the look dialed in that you're going for. Take your 55-200 though, your 18-55 I can almost guarantee may be too short to get the kinds of shots of the artist that you'll want. [/QUOTE]

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