GoPro Mounted on DSLR Shows What It’s Like to Photograph a Live Concert
Want to experience what it’s like to shoot a live concert? Montreal, Canada-based concert photographer Pierre Bourgault wants to show you. When he recently had the opportunity to photograph a performance by the band Dead To Me, Bourgault decided to strap a Gopro camera to the top of his DSLR. The video above is what resulted.
Here are some of Bourgault’s favorite shots from those 7 minutes:
The challenge of it? Bourgault says it’s finding the balance between feeling the music enough but not too much:
The hard part during a show that has such energy is staying relaxed and getting your images. I like to feel the music – it allows me to get ready to shoot before a key moment (if you see it in your view finder, you probably missed the shot), so keeping a level head and not just going ape s**t like you really want to is a pain.
He also says that of the 45 photos he was happy with, he would probably only send 20-25 of them to a publication. You can find some more of his favorite shots from this shoot over on his blog.
Image credits: Photographs by Pierre Bourgault and used with permission
