Do you have a camera, and is your dream to photograph your favorite bands live on stage?
That’s what a lot of people want. Gatekeeping in this field is often just as intense as the competition.
So how do you get started? What do you need to know, and what equipment and skills do you need?
All in all, concert photography is a challenging genre:
The first hurdle is simply gaining access in the first place—and then, once there:
limited time in the cramped photo pit, constantly changing lighting conditions, extreme noise levels, and potential hazards like pyrotechnics, flying plastic cups, or crowd surfers.
In this seminar, we’ll address the most important questions:
- How do I build a portfolio?
- What is accreditation, and how do I get it?
- How should I behave at the venue—toward security or the band?
- What’s the best way to prepare for my first concert?
- What camera settings should I use?
- What equipment do I need?
In addition to our main focus on concert photography, we explore various other aspects such as attitude, forms of success, dealing with failures and cancellations, competitiveness, and our constant tendency to compare ourselves with other photographers.
Concert productions are incredibly complex—they require many vendors and good on-site coordination to ensure that everything runs smoothly.
In this seminar, you’ll learn everything you need to know to do your job on site as well as possible, avoid getting in anyone’s way, and hopefully ensure that your first concert isn’t your last.
About Daniel Heydt
Workshop information
- Speaker: Daniel Heydt
- What to bring:You don’t need to bring anything, unless you want to take notes.
- Duration: approx. 3 hours (including 15 minute break)
- When: Saturday, October 03, 2026 from 12:15 – 15:15
- Where: Nuremberg Exhibition Center, NCC West, Room Madrid, 1st floor (barrier-free)
- Price: 55,- €
- Note: The price of the workshop includes a weekend trade fair ticket worth €25.
Experience more at Imaging World 2026
Imaging World 2026 is much more than a single workshop: you can expect a whole weekend full of photography, content creation, video, creativity and inspiration – with exciting program items, strong brands and many opportunities to try out new things directly.
Your weekend ticket includes access to the entire trade fair:
- further workshops and events in the fields of photography, video, lighting, business and content creation
- exciting stage program with lectures, live talks and inspiration for your photography
- creative playgrounds where you can directly experience technology, sets and new image ideas
- leading exhibitors and brands from the photo and imaging industry
- Imaging World photo competition, where you can submit your best pictures
- Free camera check & clean for your equipment on site
This will turn your workshop visit into an entire trade fair experience: you will learn new techniques, gather creative ideas, test equipment, meet like-minded people and take home lots of inspiration.
Plan your personal Imaging World weekend now and discover all the highlights around workshops, stage, playgrounds, exhibitors, photo competition and free services.