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It’s not hard just shoot like any other event you shoot.

Have you noticed that you look relaxed and natural in the mirror but rigid in your photos? If the other photos looks natural and yours is not, it’s nothing to do with your photos. That’s how you look all the time. You are used to seeing other people in real life and when you see their photo it looks natural, and other people see you all the time like you are on the photo. Ask them if you look natural or awkward.

People looks really good to themselves in the mirror but that’s not how they look in real life. It’s the same if you record your voice and hear it back. You’ll just have to learn to get over it.

Why don’t you ask them for the unedited photos. Of course you have to pay for it but ask and see if they sell it

Use the grey card. Lightroom knows what color that grey card exactly is. So when you point it out to Lightroom it will set the white balance to be exact color that grey card should be therefore setting the rest of the colors to the exact colors according to the grey card. You can set the correct colors in 2 seconds instead of adjusting for hours

It’s fine

Concert photography isn’t a lucrative field or interesting filed, other than you get to see some artists for free. There is nothing to it other than the lens you use or settings. What are you expecting from these people? I’d love to see the questions you asked?? It’s just find someone who is willing to pay you and ask to shoot the event. There is nothing more to it.

Assuming that anyone can shoot the event, yes it’s morally ok. It’s not your problem that other photographer is too dumb to negotiate a decent contract

You cannot just show up to a private event (even some public events) and start to take photos of strangers. Just go on their website/Facebook/ Instagram and just ask. If you ask nicely people will let you shoot their events. And if they let you come shoot don’t be an asshole about copyright either, just let them use it for free. You can worry about the copyright when you start to shoot professionally.

Ah… golden age when you didn’t have to bother with OSHA laws.

Ah… golden age when you didn’t have to bother with OSHA laws.

No. Is not better it’s the same.

There are lot of issues with the shoot, but if your shots are, shots of client with eyes closed or blurry photos, that’s on you nothing to do with the client. Maybe explain what went wrong and make it seems like it’s kinda their fault and offer to reshoot with better planning next time.

Focal length always matters, depending on the job at hand

It’s not weird, they clearly sell their advice so that specific information is only available to certain paying customers.

First thing is you have to find out if the arena has holes in the glass for photographers. If not you have to get rid of the lens hood and press the lens against the glass. I have a feeling 150-600 would be too long. Generally 70-200 does better.

Focusing is the hardest part as ice hockey moves super fast. My Nikons has a mode called dynamic focusing or something where it will focus on anything that comes in to that area. Use whatever equivalent of that in canon, shoot burst mode, if you don’t have a huge card shoot jpg. No e-shutter. Keep a high shutter speed. If you have a wide angle lens like 14-24 you can get some cool shots. Also if you are shooting through a hole be very aware as that puck will leave a hole in your head if you get hit. Also people will bump into the glass hard so be aware otherwise you’ll get a knock on your forehead from your camera.

Don’t worry too much about the wb or exposure. Auto modes on your camera will do a pretty good job of figuring that out

Just send them the photos to choose. Maybe include an “artist’s choice” folder with the images you think that are great. Client will choose whatever photos they like, you keep the ones for your portfolio and delete the rest.

Whatever t ssd have the same ssds that go inside computers. Go to computer parts store and get a 2.5 ssd from a manufacture like samsung, crucial, gigabyte etc… And get a sata to usb 3 cable. Congratulations, you have an external ssd drive for cheap.

Normal in the sense, it’s normal for companies to ask this. But not all of them do.