Sick of people with cameras at concerts...

[MindCage]

Originally posted by monoceros:
  ...like the 930 club is going to "flashy thing us"(men in black) as we leave the concert...never to remember the concert again...

Hmmm maybe you're not 21 but errr um I think there's been plenty of times people have not remembered the concert after a night of drinking at the 930 Club.
 
 My little camera phone happens to get pretty damn good quality pics at 2 megapixels which is the same as my bulky digital camera. So, why carry around the extra thing to worry about?
 
 Kosmo you're right because camera phones are getting more and more higher quality res. on them. I just saw a Samsung that does 10 megapixels  
 
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[kosmo vinyl]

maybe they just need to setup picture taker sections, like they do for tapers in the back of the club... then confiscate cameras from those breaking the rules...
 
 and it is a annoying going to a show and seeing a sea of blue glowing objects hoisted in the air for the entire show... it would be less of a problem if people took one or two pictures and be done with it... unless you are a Madonna concert what the bands is wearing at the beginning of the show isn't likely to change until the encore... they might get a little sweat drenched.

[Sir HC]

My problem with the photographers, is that they will stick their arms up in the air to get that shot.  But it takes them 5 minutes blocking everyones view to do so.  Very very annoying.  
 
 For pro photography the club usually just lets the photographer take pictures for the first song or three, then no more.  Maybe the same rule with the camera phones.  Let it be known at the door if you are caught taking flash shots (non flash don't really stick out) after that point your phone will be confiscated.  That might work but might piss people off more than the amount it saves in flashes.  Again, people have to realize how to work with others, they are not the only one at the concert.

[Sir HC]

Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
  or to go see shows in Baltimore
 
   since everyone in Baltimore is too busy shooting heroin or contracting STDS in the bathroom to be taking pictures and even if they werent , the dirty filthy air is too thick to get a good shot anyway ;)q

Not at the Hellacopters show.  It was like having tv screens of the band in front of me all night.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Sir HC:
   

Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
  or to go see shows in Baltimore
 
   since everyone in Baltimore is too busy shooting heroin or contracting STDS in the bathroom to be taking pictures and even if they werent , the dirty filthy air is too thick to get a good shot anyway ;)q

Not at the Hellacopters show.  It was like having tv screens of the band in front of me all night. [/b]

everything is on tv!

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Clearly, the answer is for the club to ban Asians.

why are you always so snide and intolerant towards xenophobes?  it's not like they chose to be idiots, it's just a combination of nature and nurture

[you be betty]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Clearly, the answer is for the club to ban Asians.

...wow.  made my day, right there.  you did.
 
 
 i have a cameraphone with really a very good camera, but i pretty much stopped taking pics with it at shows because i came accross some pictures on websites of the artists where i could see my cell phone.  and then, i felt horribly like That Guy, and realized it was ridiculous.
 
 as for other people taking pictures at concerts...what's it to you?  yeah, it's kind of annoying when people stick their arms in the air for ten minutes trying to get a good shot, but most people don't do that.  if i need to go up, i'll do it for a couple of seconds.  i've gotten a ton of really cool, powerful photographs at concerts and i enjoy taking pictures of artists.
 
 also, flashes really aren't always necessary.  
 i've been to some shows where the pictures turned out much better without the flash on, just due to all the colored lighting that the club already provides.
 
 if you guys really want to complain; go to a show with the Cobrasnake.  he is ALL up in everyone's grill, and he isn't using a little digital camera, either...it's this huge thing.  but he's awesome and takes great pictures, so you know what?  more power to him.  
 
 music is a form of artistic expression, as is photography, and i'm really surprised at how intolerant some people on here are of people that are just trying to take quality pictures.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by you be betty:
 
 music is a form of artistic expression, as is photography, and i'm really surprised at how intolerant some people on here are of people that are just trying to take quality pictures.

there is no end to the intolerance of some people on this board.  

[MindCage]

Originally posted by you be betty:
 also, flashes really aren't always necessary.  
 i've been to some shows where the pictures turned out much better without the flash on, just due to all the colored lighting that the club already provides.

There's nothing worse than band photos taken with flash period. Unless you know how to adjust the shutter speeds, etc they're going to look like a band playing at the Goldstein's Bar Mitzvah.
 
 Here is a perfect example of killer photos taken with and without flash at shows. Sure, I'm pimping her work out because she does good work and there's also pics of me    She's taken pics at the 930 club on numerous occassions as well.
 
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[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Photography is almost always better without flashes....

[you be betty]

yeah, but flashes also aren't always bad...
 
 i'm at school right now, so i don't have really access to my photos.  but i don't feel i need to post examples.  it's just not always necessary to use flash to catch a great photo....

[kosmo vinyl]

ok so "most" people don't spend the entire concert taking photos with their phones... however, it's that small percentage that insist on taking photos through out the concert that ruin for those around them... at least one other forum member will agree with me on this point, the secret machines show at that black cat was almost ruined by the idiot who felt the need to take pictures of the entire show while standing front and center.  pictures of a band that barely moves on stage, was cloaked in smoke and had lights shining on the audience.  if professionals with photo passes are only allowed to take pictures for one or two songs, then audience members should use the same courtesy for the band and the rest of the audience... tuesday is the new friday   :mad:

[sonickteam2]

come to think of it. if cell phones were banned i wouldnt mind.  in fact, if cell phones were  banned from earth all together, i think i would spend more time being happy about it, than i would feeling cheated and horribly inconvenienced.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Yes, but I didn't pay money to watch a teenager snap pictures.
 
 

Originally posted by you be betty:
 
 
 
 music is a form of artistic expression, as is photography, and i'm really surprised at how intolerant some people on here are of people that are just trying to take quality pictures.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Mark your calendar. We agree on something.
 
 

Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
  come to think of it. if cell phones were banned i wouldnt mind.  in fact, if cell phones were  banned from earth all together, i think i would spend more time being happy about it, than i would feeling cheated and horribly inconvenienced.