u/Healthy-Assist3816

Hi! This is going to be a bit long but I've recently taken interest in concert photography after a couple of "for the memories" shots turned out pretty nice. All of these were taken from my Samsung S24 Ultra on the Pro Mode and I genuinely love how they turned out! I love the noise and vibes it gives off but I honestly don't know how these shots would turn out until i review them after the concert. I also just use the auto mode and adjust the focus and the brightness at times. None of the images attached are edited yet and obviously I was just a normal concert attendee so the shots are not the most exciting. I really just made did with that I had. I want to start investing in it a little more because I do find joy in taking pictures especially when they turn out nice! I definitely look back on them more and appreciate them more than when I use to only take videos. I'm looking for a cheap camera that would continue to produce similar vibes and something that I can really learn to work with as well as a bit discrete in a sense(?) if that's possible. I love using my phone but only a couple of shots turn out really good since there's only so much a phone camera can do. I miss a lot of great shots due to the slow shutter speed and response and I get a bit sad looking at the blurry photos knowing what could have been caught.

And just in general, are these shots actually good? 😭😭 I genuinely feel like I have beginners blindness and so I genuinely want to know if I've got something worth working and investing on. I'm not looking to profit out of the photos I'd just be fun to take really nice pictures of people who make music that I like. I am a college student who is interested in the entertainment industry and going to major in film so if I could get job opportunities out of it, it'd definitely be nice to make connections this way!

I had to screenshot the pictures because the original size was bigger than allowed so they're a lot less sharp. These are all unedited btw 😭 I haven't gotten around to playing around with editing just yet. I adjusted the cropping for 6 & 9 though.

For anyone curious, here are the artists for each picture:

Photo 1: J.Y.N

Photo 2 & 3 : PRYVT

(I was pretty much 2 people away from the actual stage and this was the first concert I took photos at! These 2 artists are from the same concert btw!)

Photo 4 - 9 : yungkai