Concert Coverage
A single show with support plus headliner, or an intimate night at a venue.
- Up to 4 hours on-site
- Pit, atmosphere, crowd
- Edited gallery within 7 days
- Standard organic-social usage
- Optional 3 vertical cuts for Reels or TikTok
Festival & Concert Photography
Images from the pit, the crowd, and backstage.
Hire me for festival, concert, and tour photography that holds up for your post-show socials, your sponsor recap, and your next ticket drop. Sacramento and the Bay Area are home. Travel is welcome. Decade in the pit, Sony A7 IV, and a credit list that includes PEOPLE Magazine coverage of BottleRock Napa Valley.
Who It's For
Festivals, venues, artist teams, and brands.
If you need photos that read as editorial and work as marketing, start here. These are a few of the briefs I take.
Festival organizers
- Full festival site coverage: stages, atmosphere, campgrounds.
- Sponsor and partner activations.
- Same-day social selects to feed your channels during the event.
- Post-event recap gallery for marketing and next-year sales.
Venues
- Headlining shows and local openers.
- Recurring content for your socials and your calendar page.
- Monthly retainers so your feed is not quiet between big nights.
- Capture of regulars, bar staff, and the room itself.
Artist teams and labels
- Tour, residency, and single-night coverage.
- Press shots, portraits, and selects for editorial pitching.
- Backstage, soundcheck, and crew moments where approved.
- Delivery sized for press, DSPs, and ads.
Brands and agencies
- Festival sponsor activations and brand lounges.
- Experiential installations and VIP programs.
- Scoped paid-ad licensing and extended usage.
- White-label production in partnership with your creative team.
How to Hire
Starting points
These are the shapes most briefs take. Every scope is quoted to the actual project, with pricing shared on inquiry.
Festival Day
A full day on a festival, built for socials, recap, and sponsor use.
- Up to 10 hours on-site
- Multiple stages, roaming, atmosphere
- Same-day social selects
- Edited gallery within 10 days
- Add vertical video coverage as an upgrade
Festival Weekend
Multi-day coverage with a lead shooter and a scope that fits the fest.
- Two to four days on-site
- Second shooter available in scope
- Live-edit workflow on request
- Full gallery within 14 days
- Paid-ad or extended usage scoped per project
Not quite any of these? Say so in the inquiry. One-off portraits, pre-show press, and venue retainers are also on the table.
Case Study
BottleRock Napa Valley
Festival photography that ran in PEOPLE Magazine.
Festival · Napa Valley, CA
Published: PEOPLE Magazine
Coverage of a major-market, multi-day festival
I shot headlining performances at BottleRock Napa Valley, including Wu-Tang Clan and Phantogram, with selects running in PEOPLE Magazine. Working the pit at a festival that size means balancing three songs no flash with the pacing of an editorial brief, and bringing back images that are usable at scale: for a national publication, for the festival itself, and for the artists.
This is the kind of coverage brands and festivals hire me for when they need pit-level editorial that reads credibly on both sides, inside the magazine and inside the recap deck.
- Role
- Photographer (Tara Lenehan)
- Shot
- Wu-Tang Clan, Phantogram, more
- Published
- PEOPLE Magazine
- Scope
- Pit and performance photography across multiple sets
What You Get
Delivery and licensing
Delivery
- Private online gallery with download links.
- Edited, color-graded, press-sized stills.
- Optional vertical cuts for social at upgrade.
- Same-day social selects in scope when briefed.
- Shared drive handoff on retainers.
Licensing
- Base: your event plus organic social.
- Add-ons: paid ads, extended duration, exclusivity.
- Raw files available at a scoped add-on.
- Press and editorial reuse written per case.
- Credit line retained on editorial placements.
Common Questions
Festival & concert photography FAQ
Do you cover Sacramento and the Bay Area at local rates?
Yes. Sacramento, the Bay Area, and the rest of Northern California are home turf. Travel beyond NorCal is quoted with travel and per diem on top of production.
What camera and gear do you shoot with?
Primary body is a Sony A7 IV. For vertical video, I bring a DJI Pocket 3. For larger productions I add a second shooter and relevant lenses to the scope.
How fast can I get images for social?
Same-day social selects are standard when they are in the brief. Full edited galleries are delivered within 7 to 10 days, faster on request.
What does usage and licensing cover?
Base scope includes the event and your organic social channels. Paid-ad usage, extended duration, exclusivity, raw files, press, and editorial reuse are scoped as separate line items.
Can you secure pit access for me?
Not by default. Accreditation and pit access depend on the venue, the festival, and the artists. I will tell you up front what I can help secure and what you need to secure before we commit a date.
Do you shoot both photo and vertical video?
Yes. If you want both from one hire, say so in the brief. For big festivals a second body behind the camera is usually the right call so photo and video are not fighting for attention.
Start the Conversation
Request a photography quote
Send the brief. I read every one and reply within two business days. For time-sensitive festival work, mark it in the message and I will prioritize it.
Or email girlsinthepitpodcast@gmail.com
Three fast questions
Email with these and I can usually quote in a day:
- Event, date, city, and expected call time.
- Deliverables you need (stills, vertical cuts, same-day social).
- How you intend to use the images (organic, paid ads, press).