music photography Archives

Pop star Dua Lipa launches waterproof 35mm film camera. Does it even make sense?

Sep 5, 2024 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

British pop star Dua Lipa is best known for her hit songs, mainly among younger generations. But what could be less known about her is…

Symphony orchestra uses AI image in spectacular marketing fail

Feb 26, 2024 Alex Baker

Welcome back to another episode of ‘What Horrors Can We Make With AI?’… Today, we will be talking about marketing departments that seem to have…

Iconic rock photographer Mick Hutson has died aged 58

Jun 10, 2023 Alex Baker

Tributes have flooded in for renowned music photographer Mick Hutson who died suddenly last week aged 58. Hutson made his name photographing the world’s greatest…

How to remove bands from your concert photos

Mar 15, 2023 Alex Baker

Some bands are better than others, and some are so bad I’d quite happily remove them. Of course, I’m talking about banding in your concert…

Placebo asks fans to stop shooting concerts with their phones

Nov 17, 2022 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

As a photographer, I’m very grateful for the existence of phone cameras. However, when I go to concerts, I can’t get over the fact that…

How to take classical musician portraits that rock

Apr 28, 2022 Alex Baker

If you shoot portraits at all I can almost guarantee that you’ll get asked at some point by a musician to have some images…

How to photograph violins like the Stradivarius magazine

Sep 16, 2021 Alex Baker

I get asked to photograph some pretty interesting things, and sometimes these things create some unique problems to solve. Here I’ll take you behind the…