Lens of choice 24-70mm f/2.8 standard zoom

With larger venues often comes more light, and the ability to switch the fast prime for a zoom lens with a slightly narrower aperture. A 24-70mm f/2.8 will give you the flexibility to vary between wide shots that capture multiple band members or any in-yourface artist moments at its widest, while picking off more frame-filling classic action portraits or images of more distant drummers at its longest. This lens’s aperture may not be quite as fast as the nifty fifty, but it does provide a bit more depth of field, helping to ensure artists remain clearly in focus.

Above and top right: Stage lighting tends to follow patterns, this means that you may be able to predict where it will fall within your frame to create more striking compositions, like these backlit portraits. Pictured artist top right: Yungblud. Pictured artist above: Wargasm.