Freelensing Concert Photography
Some time in 2016, I stumbled over the word „Freelensing“ and thought, „that’s interesting!“. Basically, you take your lens off the camera body and hold it freely in front of the sensor opening, varying distance and angle while pressing the shutter.
Technically, this is a tilt/shift effect on steroids. By angling the lens away from the plane of the sensor, you also angle the focus plane, so you can have things in vastly different distances in focus at the same time, while completely blurring out everything else. Light bleeding into the gap between the lens and the camera body is a feature, not a problem. The effect varies between being disturbing, feeling dreamy and a visualization of being under influence.
I was absolutely sure, that this kind of images were perfect to let the viewer feel the sometimes surreal, overwhelming sensation on concerts, so I gave it a try.
I cannot stop doing that anymore…
Maid of Ace - Freelensing
Akua Naru
Esben and the Witch
The Snouts
Amanda Palmer in Köln - Whittney Moses
Get Into Gear
The Joy Formidable - Freelensed
Honeymoon Lecter - Irgendwas mit Kunst
Maida Vale
Wear Your Wounds
Matador
Sookee
Revocation
Doll Skin
Bridear
Akua Naru
Real War
Myfearone
Chelsea Wolfe
Lingua Ignota
Safi
The Snouts
Culk @ Merlin Stuttgart
Manufactura Musica
Wear Your Wounds
Nikki Hill & The Pirate Crew
Sharon van Etten - Freelensed
Galmet @ Kellerklub Stuttgart
The Joy Formidable - Freelensed
Cannibal Girls
Gewalt
Culk @ Merlin Stuttgart
The Joy Formidable - Freelensing
Converge
Amanda Palmer in Berlin
Sharon van Etten - Freelensed
The Joy Formidable @ Blue Shell Köln
Doll Skin
Safi
Converge - Inhale - Explode
Laura Carbone @ Backstage Club
Noga Erez
Amanda Palmer und Edward Ka-Spel
The Ghost Wolves - Aaoooooo!
Maid of Ace - Freelensing
Destrukt, supporting Gewalt
Amenra @ Juha Hallschlag
Havok
License
Nikki Hill & The Pirate Crew
Galmet @ Kellerklub Stuttgart
The Snouts
Cannibal Girls
Noga Erez
Milliarden - Freelensing
Amanda Palmer und Edward Ka-Spel
Nikki Hill & The Pirate Crew
Sharon van Etten - Freelensed
The Joy Formidable - Freelensed
Chelsea Wolfe
Galmet @ Kellerklub Stuttgart
Destruct, supporting Gewalt
Milliarden - Freelensing
Amanda Palmer und Edward Ka-Spel
Roodloft
Kawehi
Romie
Doll Skin
Esben and the Witch
Safi
Noga Erez
FVNERALS
Nikki Hill & The Pirate Crew
Noga Erez
Eva Winter Band
Plastikstrom
Cannibal Girls
Doll Skin
Flüstertüte
Galmet @ Kellerklub Stuttgart
Emma Ruth-Rundle
Akua Naru
Maida Vale
Destrukt, supporting Gewalt
Magmasphere
Maida Vale
Culk @ Merlin Stuttgart
Milliarden - Freelensing
Lingua Ignota @ Bad Bonn
Hope
Emma Ruth-Rundle
The Joy Formidable - Freelensing
Gorguts
Milliarden
Myfearone
Verena von Horsten
Amenra @ Juha Hallschlag
Milliarden - Freelensing
The Ghost Wolves
Gewalt
Culk @ Merlin Stuttgart
Galmet @ Kellerklub Stuttgart
Akua Naru
Amanda Palmer in Köln
Safi
Emma Ruth-Rundle
Hope @ Hudson Bar
Verena von Horsten
Converge
Laura Carbone @ Backstage Club
Culk @ Merlin Stuttgart
Hope
Myfearone
Maida Vale
Chelsea Wolfe
Lingua Ignota @ Bad Bonn
Emma Ruth-Rundle
Soldat Hans
Amenra @ Juha Hallschlag
Myfearone
FVNERALS
Lingua Ignota @ Bad Bonn
Cannibal Girls
Cannibal Girls
Eva Winter Band
Gabby Young & Other Animals
Cannibal Girls
Esben and the Witch
Destrukt, supporting Gewalt
Gorguts
Laura Carbone @ Backstage Club
Amanda Palmer und Edward Ka-Spel
Maid of Ace - Freelensing
Emma Ruth-Rundle
Safi
The Ghost Wolves
Gewalt
Verena von Horsten
Gabby Young & Other Animals
Esben and the Witch
Safi
Milliarden
Amenra @ Juha Hallschlag
Get Into Gear
Get Into Gear - Embrace Your Inner Demon
Lingua Ignota @ Bad Bonn
Milliarden
Wear Your Wounds
Marissa Nadler @ Eclat Schorndorf
Esben and the Witch
Magnetfeld
Emma Ruth-Rundle
Myfearone
Lucy Kruger @ Backstage München
Magnetfeld
Cannibal Girls
The Snouts
Romie
Lingua Ignota @ Bad Bonn
Lingua Ignota @ Bad Bonn
The Snouts
Manufactura Musica
Gewalt
Gewalt
Amanda Palmer in Köln
Milliarden
Eva Winter Band
Amanda Palmer in Berlin
Amenra @ Juha Hallschlag
Amenra @ Juha Hallschlag
Real War
Emma Ruth-Rundle
Laura Carbone @ Backstage Club
Chelsea Wolfe
Elektrokowski
Kawehi
FVNERALS
Galmet @ Kellerklub Stuttgart
Chelsea Wolfe
The Snouts
O @ Düsterfest Winterthur
Hope @ Hudson Bar
Hope
Noga Erez
Laura Carbone @ Backstage Club
Lingua Ignota @ Bad Bonn
Plastikstrom
Amenra @ Juha Hallschlag
Gewalt
Akua Naru
Emma Ruth-Rundle
Lingua Ignota
Lingua Ignota @ Bad Bonn
Gewalt
Lingua Ignota
Culk @ Merlin Stuttgart
Maida Vale
Maida Vale
Cannibal Girls
Cannibal Girls
Manufactura Musica
Jonathan Kluth
The Joy Formidable @ Blue Shell Köln
Schmidt & Rathmann
Amanda Palmer in Berlin
The Snouts