As part of my work photographing school concerts, I usually hang around the rehearsals taking “preliminary” photos. It’s the photographer’s equivalent of taking notes: seeing how the bands will be set up, where you can stand to get certain band members framed well, etc.
But during my visit to the 2009 Spring concert rehearsals, I ended up shooting not so many photos – but plenty of videos. Mostly influenced by the recent NIN video shot on a Canon 5D MkII, I tried the walkaround-video technique myself. It takes practice (and works better when you, say, have a NIN concert handy), but the results I got were pretty interesting. An exercise in manual focus if anything. Video is at the top of the article if you didn’t notice already!
— Thomas Riggs