Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Bmceowen@aol.com > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: concert shooting (was Leica Camera-Handling) > > OK, call me a kill-joy, but I have a problem with clandestine photography. > You buy a ticket, you agree to the rules. If the rules say "no photos" then > don't bring a camera. If you don't like it, don't buy a ticket. > > Bob (ol' stuck in the mud) McEowen O-kay, you're a kill joy. If there's an artist who I know for a fact absolutely abhors getting photographed (i.e. Robert Fripp), I will of course refrain from taking photographs. Otherwise, they're going to have to stop me at the door. When serious musicians like Thurston Moore and Ian MacKaye personally tell me they have no problem with my shooting them -- despite what the ticket says -- I'm bringing a camera. And if artists like those two can deal with it, I can't see many artists out there worthy of telling me differently. Most of these restrictions are imposed by promoters and record co. management, not the artists themselves. I agree that flash is a no-no, and I stay well away from that. Probably less than 1% of all the artists I've shot have ever been aware of my presence. Just for the record, I should also mention that I'm often accompanied by friends illegally audio-taping the concerts as well. Do we feel guilt and remorse about this? Absolutely not. We're not profitting, we're doing a public service. If someone wants to debate otherwise, I'll just direct them to the recorded history of Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker. End of argument. - ------------------------------------------------ DGF PHOTOGRAPHY http://home.golden.net/~tekapo