Concert & stage

The constraint is dim, fast, and coloured light all at once. Performers move, so a 1/250 shutter is the floor to freeze them; shutter priority holds it while the Tamron sits wide open at f/2.8 to gather what light there is. Let Auto ISO run high — 3200 to 12800 — because a sharp, noisy frame of the moment beats a clean blur of nothing. Eye recognition keeps the singer’s face sharp through the motion.

Watch out for blown-out spotlights and swinging colour. Stage lighting spikes hard on a lit face against a black stage, so expose for the performer and let the background go dark, watching the highlights on skin rather than the overall meter. Shoot RAW: the colour shifts wildly from song to song, and only RAW gives you the latitude to tame magenta and green washes afterward.