Born in Teaneck and raised on
Long Island, Beucler moved back
to New Jersey over a decade
ago. He currently shoots with a
Nikon DSLR and a variety of lenses. He plans on getting a second
Nikon body so he can have two
on hand with different lenses.
Beucler was first introduced to
concert photography from seeing old Led Zeppelin concert
Unfortunately, with everybody
believing they are photographers
these days, quality concert photography has become a lost art.
“As a society we have become
very accepting of mediocrity,”
said Beucler. “We get inundated
by countless photos taken by
cell phones, and while some of
them can be pretty good, most
are distant, blurry images taken
“He was able to take a band that was
larger-than-life and make them look
even bigger. I fell in love with it.”
posters. This led him to Neal
Preston’s book Led Zeppelin
Portraits which showed him the
power of concert photography.
“It’s all black & white, dark and
mysterious,” recalled Beucler.
“He was able to take a band that
was larger-than-life and make
them look even bigger. I fell in
love with it.”
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with a device that can’t shoot in
low-light situations. And then
they’re all dumped onto Facebook with zero regard to whether the artist was caught in a bad
face-freeze or has their back to
the camera. There’s no time or
effort put into the presentation.
People just share them and it
removes all mystique about the
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