A music photographer — as niche as it may sound — gets to travel all around the country and find himself the best view and access to artists to capture them at their passionate, primal best on stage. While it might sound like one is talking about wildlife photography, Abhishek Shukla says music photography and making concert films are a high-pressure job.
Ever since the 29-year-old went from a smartphone to trying out a friend’s DSLR camera in 2010 to getting paid for his first photography gig in 2013, it’s been a decade of being a part of an exclusive, but important field in the music industry — a photographer and videographer. This, in the face of the changing sphere of photography and content itself, such as the proliferation of high-end smartphone cameras that can arguably do the job just as well. Shukla isn’t against them as such. “I personally have used a smartphone for work or as an attendee at a gig or festival. I have been very comfortable using it and I do encourage it unless and until it does not harm and disturb the artist or the team working during the event,” he says.
