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Events / Live Music

Keep the room in the photograph.

Live-music and event photography that holds onto the performers, crowd, atmosphere, and details that made the night feel specific.

Live Music

Live-music coverage and pricing

Choose the level of coverage that fits the set, room, audience, and intended use.

Artist Set

$250

One artist or one focused performance set.

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  • Up to 60 minutes
  • One artist or set
  • 25 to 40 edited images
  • Online gallery

Full Show Coverage

$500

A headliner or multi-band night requiring broader coverage.

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  • Up to three hours
  • Performer coverage
  • Crowd coverage
  • Venue atmosphere
  • 60 to 100 edited images

Venue / Event Story

$900

Venues and promoters who need the performers, room, crowd, and details represented together.

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  • Up to five hours
  • Priority moments
  • Details
  • Crowd
  • Performers
  • 100 to 175 edited images
  • 10-image preview set

Festival / Touring / Campaign

Starting at $1,500

Multi-stage events, touring work, sponsor requirements, and larger commercial productions.

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  • Up to eight hours as scoped
  • Custom coverage plan
  • Custom crew and deliverables where required

Live-music add-ons

À la carte

Add only what the assignment needs.

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  • Additional coverage hour: $175
  • 10-image same-night preview: $125
  • 48-hour rush full-gallery delivery: +25%
  • Simple vertical performance clips: $150
  • Edited 30 to 60 second vertical recap: $300
  • Edited 60 to 90 second event recap: $500
  • Second photographer: Custom quote
  • Travel, lodging, parking, credentials, or permits: Custom quote
  • Paid advertising, sponsor, label, touring, or third-party usage: Custom license

From the first show

“I was lucky enough to have Jacob work for a family business when he was just a kid. One day he was shooting after work so I was polite and asked if he wanted to take pics at an upcoming concert we were having. Even though we had 2 paid photographers scheduled already. That was the last time we had any paid photographers scheduled for a show at our venue, other than Jacob. And that was when he was still in high school…”
Winston CarakerVP of Sales, Sage EM · Port Aransas entrepreneur

General Events

General-event coverage

A separate set of starting points for gatherings, programs, launches, and planned events.

Event Essential

$450

Up to two hours for arrivals, key moments, details, and atmosphere.

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  • Up to two hours
  • 50 to 80 edited images
  • Arrivals, key moments, details, and atmosphere

Event Story

$800

Broader people, program, details, and atmosphere coverage.

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  • Up to four hours
  • 100 to 175 edited images
  • Broader people, program, details, and atmosphere coverage

Half-Day Event

$1,150

Timeline-led documentation with a preview set.

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  • Up to six hours
  • 175 to 275 edited images
  • Timeline-led documentation
  • 10-image preview set

Full-Day Event

$1,450

A complete day shaped around custom coverage priorities.

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  • Up to eight hours
  • 250 to 400 edited images
  • Custom timeline and coverage priorities

General-event add-ons

À la carte

Add only what the assignment needs.

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  • Additional coverage hour: $200
  • 10-image next-morning preview: $100
  • 48-hour rush full-gallery delivery: +25%
  • Simple vertical clips: $175
  • Edited 30 to 60 second vertical recap: $350
  • On-site headshot station: Starting at $350 plus participant pricing
  • Second photographer, assistant, studio, parking, permits, travel, or lodging: Custom quote
  • Paid advertising, sponsor, publication, resale, or third-party use: Custom license

Coverage categories

What the night needs.

Performer

Primary artists, supporting acts, and key performers.

Crowd

Room energy, audience reaction, and the feeling of being there.

Venue

Architecture, lighting, stage setup, and atmosphere before the doors open.

Detail

Equipment, signage, setlists, lighting rigs, and environmental details.

Behind the scenes

Load-in, soundcheck, artists in transit, and production in motion.

Before the event

Coverage begins before the doors open.

VM reviews the timeline, access, key people, room movement, must-have moments, and intended use before the event begins. The goal is simple: know what matters before the room starts moving.

Single-event documentation

Focused coverage for one night, launch, performance, gathering, fundraiser, or planned event where the finished photographs need to tell the story clearly.

Recurring venue needs

Venues and recurring programs can inquire about ongoing photography after the first assignment establishes the coverage and workflow.

Event inquiry

Share the room, date, and access.

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