Concert Photography with Alan Hess

On this episode of TheFIX, Alan Hess provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to photograph concerts and other high-profile live events. Alan shows some of his favorite concert images, and also shares some cool processing tips, including creating default Lightroom process interpretations on a per-camera basis that will also work in Camera Raw, and using the Library panel in Photoshop to easily add personal branding to your images.

About This Week’s Guest

Alan Hess is a San Diego-based photographer specializing in concert and live-event photography. From small club shows to big arenas, Alan enjoys the fast pace of shooting on the fly, the rush of the house lights going down, and the drive to capture the “show” in images of the first three songs. Alan is currently the house photographer for a large concert venue in Southern California and when he isn’t out shooting concerts, he is writing photography books. He is the author of fifteen books covering everything from Concert Photography to Pet Photography including books on the Nikon Creative Lighting System, Night and Low Light Photography and three books on getting the most from your iPad. Alan has contributed to Photoshop User magazine and has been a part of the Instructor Dream Team at Photoshop World since 2009.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Alan Hess Photography     |    Enthusiast’s Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques     |     Enthusiasts Guides Series

Kelby One Online Class: Concert Photography with Alan Hess & Scott Diussa

Rocky Nook Book Giveaway

A quick reminder about the current Rocky Nook Book Giveaway: Check out last week’s episode page for details on how to enter to win the Ricky Nook book of your choice. The entry period for this giveaway is the usual two weeks. Entries close at 11:59pm PST on Tuesday August 23, 2016.

 

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Where’s Seán?

* Check out Seán’s new weekly series Mobile Photography Weekly on Lynda.com (the current week is always free with no subscription required), as well as some of his other courses, including Learn Photoshop Compositing: 10-Minute Techniques and Photoshop: Create a Portrait Collage. Check out his