I’m going to a music festival Friday-Sunday, and I have passes to be in the photo pit for three songs. My grandma is sending me with her Nikon d3300 to take pictures, but I’ve never really used a camera before, aside from my cell phone. I’ve practiced taking pictures of my cats for the last few days, but I’m sure there’s some settings I will need to adjust for the concert. I have two lenses; an 18-55mm, and a 55-200mm but I only have space to bring one. Does anyone have any tips for me? Should I just ditch the camera and use my cell phone?
I would look online and figure out what the max ISO for your camera is before it becomes too noisy to be useful and set that range for the auto ISO. Then you can use the widest aperture and a fast shutter speed so your images will be sharp. Somewhere between 1/250-500. Whether you are shooting in daylight or at night, you’ll be able to think less about settings and look for the moments you want to capture. You don’t want to be looking at the screen and trying to change ISO while the action is happening. If your camera has a continuous shutter mode you might use it(sparingly, you dont want 10,000 selects to comb through) 55-200mm would be my choice but try and bring both like others have said. Be kind and courteous of everyone else in the photo pit and every once in awhile, jump in there and try and get “the shot” if you see it coming