Sick of people with cameras at concerts...

[monoceros1980]

Honestly...How many memories do you need??? What exactly are people doing with the hundreds of poor quality pics of singers??? I recently went to the James Blunt Concert(3/13/06)...James put on a great show..I was at least 15 feet from the stage in the sold out crowd...The stage is set high enough that i should be able to see perfomers,however due to everyone filming the show with their digital cameras, snapping pictures and recording the songs with their cell phones I could barely see him..I would say that I am not short.. The person in front of me happen to be asian and living up to the stereo-typical asian took about 100 pictures and videos of James Blunt..after recording each one he would then watch it on the camera leaning back in the process..so close in fact i could breath down the back of his neck,,which i did to get him to move forward multiple times...not only was his hands in the air filming and snapping photos his hair was out of a anime film blocking my view... the only time i truly saw James was when the asian guy in front of me would bend down and kiss his girl friend...thank god that was often...I honestly dont think he saw much of the show between recording and  kissing his girlfriend...honestly how many pictures do you need?....people act like they are never going to remember the concert...like the 930 club is going to "flashy thing us"(men in black) as we leave the concert...never to remember the concert again..for the most part i like the club..it was my first experience there... i would certainly go back for another concert...

[you be betty]

well, i don't know about these people, but you'll have to excuse those of us that do actually take photography classes and who are actually taking good pictures.  
 
 i know that if i was taking shit pictures, iwouldn't even bother.  but at least i'm not.

[Vas Deferens]

Hey, I don't complain about people seeing live shows of shitty singer-songwriters, but that's just me.
 
 But if I ever see James Blunt, I'd probably throw him a sandwich..or two.  

[Vas Deferens]

Oooh, this is a good one:
 
 http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/12/07/042837.php

[kosmo vinyl]

yeah the whole camera phones fad is getting to be a bit much and i fear it's only going to get worse... at some point whiney digital camera owners are going to start moaning to venues/artists that why can't they take pictures when all cameraphone sheep can... and of course venues will have a hard time taking those all important camera phones from people seeing as god forbid one missses any important calls at a show.
 
 maybe artists should only allow pictures to be taken during the first couple of songs or the encores, but of course that would never work as rules are meant to broken by the me generation...
 
 hopefully the fad will fade soon and sheep find some other way to annoy everyone around them.

[sonickteam2]

is this another thing we should add to the list of things people should not do at concerts.
 
 1. talk
 2. smoke
 3. take pictures
 4. wear hats
 
 
 anything else?

[yinzer]

 is this another thing we should add to the list of things people should not do at concerts.
 
 1. talk
 2. smoke
 3. take pictures
 4. wear hats
 
 anything else?

i'll go with bringing drunken loudmouth sorostitute/ex-sorostitute bitches who have no interest in the show and like to tell the people around them as much.  you ever have one of these things around you?  i guess it is sort of a variation on #1 from the quote but on steroids.

[definitivedoodle]

well i take pics for art, and use them in my art. although i know that if im not close enough for a good image i wont was the time. i have a good camera and takes great pics when close, and i do hate when people with cell phones take 20+ pics. PEOPLE YOU MUST KNOW that your little cell phone camera will only be good to blow up at a 4x6 if that! But I do respect the fans, and the artist and know that people do want to watch a show and not my flash.

[kosmo vinyl]

it's not a matter of what should be allowed and not allowed in every case it's a matter of moderation and manners... and clearily there is a segment of the concert going population who think they are the ones in attendence and they'll do what they damnwell please at the expense of those around them... and because it requires laws/rules to enforce basic common sense in the US, (i.e. did you know hot coffee might burn you) then a camera phone ban maybe required.

[definitivedoodle]

anything else? [/QUOTE]i'll go with bringing drunken loudmouth sorostitute/ex-sorostitute bitches who have no interest in the show and like to tell the people around them as much.  you ever have one of these things around you?  i guess it is sort of a variation on #1 from the quote but on steroids. [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 yea i def hate on that!
 
 and there is always one around me who a) makes fun of the band, b) talks the whole time c) has no ability to dance

[yinzer]

...or wants to dance like a whirling dervish to a band that only a drunken hoo-er at a wedding reception might get away with dancing to.

[Bags]

Originally posted by monoceros:
 ....people act like they are never going to remember the concert...

This kills me, because some of those folks aren't even really experiencing the show -- it's all happening on a tiny LED screen.
 
 Also, I've noticed lately that the folks up near the front taking pics are causing these odd red glows on the singers for a few seconds at a time -- it's the red eye "pre-flash" and it drives me nuts.  When Emily Haines was leaning in to the audience, it was non-stop.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by jdr:
  ...or wants to dance like a whirling dervish to a band that only a drunken hoo-er at a wedding reception might get away with dancing to.

what are you doing at concerts of bands that only a drunken hoo-er at a wedding reception might get away with dancing to???

[Bags]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
 then a camera phone ban maybe required.

That's a problem.  I have a camera phone, only because most phones now have cameras.  I've never taken a picture in a club with it, and I NEED it to find my friends when i get in. I'm a text-er..."R U by FOOD window?"

[Here's the thing]

I have an idea that might work, at least for people who just want the photos. (I understand that people photographing the show for artistic purposes might need an exception...
 How about hiring an official club photographer, who will share the photos online? If necessary, charge a very small fee for access to them, then ban other cameras. Maybe too much of a pain to enforce, but I would love to have good photos of the shows I attend without the hassle of doing it myself, and without fighting for floor space with the "rock-arazzi".