shooting a concert

I just bought tickets to go see Loverboy. I have standing tickets close to the stage (not sure how close yet). I've shot outdoor concerts but I have never shot a concert indoors. I'm assuming the lighting won't be great so can anyone give me some pointers/advice. I have a Canon 7D, Sigma 17-55 F2.8, Canon 70-200 F4L lense. Any advice would be much appreciated...

Unless the light is changing a LOT, I'd only shoot on manual because your meter will be fooled by lights reflecting off the mic stands, etc. I try to zoom in on something white in the shot & chimp that white to the right side of the histogram. See my comments in these threads where that worked fairly well:

ISO 1600 EXIF is included in:
The Johnny Headband Band

ISO 3200 EXIF is included in:
Barbara Payton @ ISO 3200

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

OK, so what would I do if the light is changing? It's not a perfect solution, but after I've chimped my exposure reading, I look for something else that will be in the same light as the main performer. If I'm close enough to zoom in on their head, I'll use that. If not, I'll look for something else. Then I'll look to see where the meter needle is when I focus on that "standard". Now if the light changes, I only have to duplicate the framing I used & adjust exposure put the needle in the same part of the meter. Sounds complicated? It's really not all that hard when you get used to it.

And as always, I shoot RAW so I have some exposure latitude when I'm editing the images.

Concert Photography, Part I

How to be a Concert Photographer by Keeyahtay Lewis of Deadbolt Photos

http://www.ishootshows​.com/

Sorry, but what exactly do you mean by "chimp that white to the right side of the histogram"? do you mean expose to the right?

Yes, ETTR, but don't over do it. I haven't seen loverboy perform, but I imagine it will be far from the worst lighting.

anitaw2 wrote in post #17995821
Sorry, but what exactly do you mean by "chimp that white to the right side of the histogram"? do you mean expose to the right?

Yes. Move that white T-shirt to the right. That's similar to ETTR, but any color might be used for that.
Post #8 in: To those who ETTR, what do you do for predominantly black scenes?