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04/26/2003 03:41:32 PM · #1 |
I'm going to see a concert in August this year, and would really love to get some shots of the band. I know cameras are not allowed and would FREAK if security took mine away...Do any of you concert goer photographers know away around this? Do i have to "know" someone?
Any info would be appreciated.
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04/26/2003 03:49:34 PM · #2 |
Hi Wendy
Usually on the ticket it states whether or not cameras are allowed in the venue. To make sure, I would call the venue to see what their policy is.
Most concerts that I have been to will not allow any "professional" cameras in the venue and will only allow the one time use cameras you can get at the drugstore.
Hope this helps & enjoy your concert...I am off to see Matchbox 20 tomorrow night and am in the same dilemma you are in.
Good luck
Rick |
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04/26/2003 03:49:43 PM · #3 |
hi shutterspy! :)
sounds like you are going to a bigger venue to see this band? your best bet is to get a local 'zine to 'hire' you for its music section--and get them to arrange press passes for you at the gate. thats the only way really--but with them you can get right up to the front of the stage in the press area--and maybe even backstage for interview shots. this has been my experience anyway. ideally, if it is a smaller club, you can contact the owner directly. either way, it can be done! :)
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04/26/2003 03:52:47 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by rickhd13:
Hi Wendy
Usually on the ticket it states whether or not cameras are allowed in the venue. To make sure, I would call the venue to see what their policy is.
Most concerts that I have been to will not allow any "professional" cameras in the venue and will only allow the one time use cameras you can get at the drugstore.
Hope this helps & enjoy your concert...I am off to see Matchbox 20 tomorrow night and am in the same dilemma you are in.
Good luck
Rick |
Wow..i love Matchbox 20! The band i'm seeing is Steely Dan, it's my 4th time and i think they owe me! joke. |
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04/26/2003 03:54:47 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Alecia:
hi shutterspy! :)
sounds like you are going to a bigger venue to see this band? your best bet is to get a local 'zine to 'hire' you for its music section--and get them to arrange press passes for you at the gate. thats the only way really--but with them you can get right up to the front of the stage in the press area--and maybe even backstage for interview shots. this has been my experience anyway. ideally, if it is a smaller club, you can contact the owner directly. either way, it can be done! :) |
Thanks for the info Aleciaspy!! I will try to find a 'zine' around here, it would be great to get right up front and not have to sneak it and risk losing my camera. |
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04/26/2003 03:59:27 PM · #6 |
I would definitely talk to someone to check. I went to a Pittsburgh Penguins game last month, and saw on its website that the Civic Arena did not allow cameras. The Penguins website made no mention of it, and sure enough, when I went to the game, a lot of people had cameras. The cameras I saw were significantly bigger than mine too, so I doubt they were snuck in.
On the other hand, I tried unsuccessfully to take my S30 into a Creed concert. It wasn't confiscated, but I wasn't allowed in with it.
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04/26/2003 04:08:48 PM · #7 |
It sounds like other people have better advice than I'd be able to offer. However, this seems like a good opportunity to slip in links to the concert photos I got at an Our Lady Peace concert at a small venue that didn't ban cameras earlier this year.
Take a look at these:
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=17150
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=17151
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=17149
An then there's this shot from a Local H concert last summer that turned out a lot cooler than I expected:
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=17148
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04/26/2003 04:10:15 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Maverick:
I would definitely talk to someone to check. I went to a Pittsburgh Penguins game last month, and saw on its website that the Civic Arena did not allow cameras. The Penguins website made no mention of it, and sure enough, when I went to the game, a lot of people had cameras. The cameras I saw were significantly bigger than mine too, so I doubt they were snuck in.
On the other hand, I tried unsuccessfully to take my S30 into a Creed concert. It wasn't confiscated, but I wasn't allowed in with it. |
I know for a fact that it says no cameras allowed, and i have seen people use them at other shows i've been to also, at the very least i guess i could try, or just get a one time use cameras at the very least. |
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04/26/2003 04:42:48 PM · #9 |
Check with the security for the auditorium or arena where the concert is being held in advance. They will be able to tell you ahead of time what is and isn't premitted.
If nothing else take a disposable camera.
Message edited by author 2003-04-26 16:45:00. |
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04/26/2003 04:54:35 PM · #10 |
I think volentering for some small function like passing out advertisments for the promoteres or the radio station sponsers, i think that a lot of band or production sites have links to volenteringe, if not just show up really early and try to volentere to help do somthing anything, and o buy the way can i take in my little camera so i can take some shots to put on my youth groups wall, or somthing like that.
I just waited in a line that i noticed they were letting in point and shoots and the addentent was very bussy a youg and cute. when it came my turn i had my sony f707 in a camarea bag and she just asked if it was for sure just a digital camara, and said yea its just a bigger one. there was know problems except i was asked to move a few times and if i had a pass one time. i did learn alot about proper photoediquet and how to behave on a shoot. by the way my photos turned out excellent, some of the best concert shots ive seen considering my limmited abillty to move around the concert floor.
a pass would have opend up much more oportunity but i got by pretty good with out one, Untill i was asked to move back i was acting like i had a pass anyway. that was fun!
if any one knows how to abtain such a pass, share the wealth, so many of us would so greatly appreciate it.
See my concert pice on my portfolio page, ill be adding a lot more later,
Kevin
Message edited by author 2003-04-26 16:58:01. |
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04/26/2003 04:59:08 PM · #11 |
At a recent Massive Attack gig the security were all over anybody with a camera.
At another venue, although the ticket said no cameras the security weren't bothered unless you left your seat to get a better shot. In fact at the Alecia Keys gig there was a credit card company giving away disposable cameras outside (if you applied for a card of course).
Another venue simply says 'no professional cameras'.
I haven't tried taking a camera to a gig yet, though now I have the A40 and have a good idea of which venues I'll be able to get away with it at I probably will sneak it in (a lot easier to do than with a 602 or 5700!).
Good luck and let us know how you get on with getting a press pass. |
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04/26/2003 10:46:22 PM · #12 |
I was kinda disapointed when I went to see Peter Gabriel cuz we had 3rd row seats and I didn't want security to take my camera so... didn't bring it and... lotsa people had them and security didn't do a thing!!! :-(
I guess if they don't want you to take pics they'll give you a warning 1st IMO. |
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04/26/2003 11:03:40 PM · #13 |
Get a large, cheap, conspicuous "camera bag" from your local thrift store. Get one of those "free plus shipping" 35mm cameras everyone gives away on the 'net. Tape a couple of extra film cans to the strap. Let security confiscate you $8 rig while your digicam discretely resides elsewhere...
"This information is not intended to promote the violation of any laws, and is provided solely for entertainment purposes." |
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04/26/2003 11:37:32 PM · #14 |
Getting a press pass is not always easy...even if you are really the press! It all depends on the size of the event, the promoters, etc. Sometimes we have to apply for a pass in writing on newspaper letterhead. I have never gotten a press pass where at the time I picked it up, I didn't have to show my newspaper id, business card or something proving I worked for a paper. Some events allow for only so many photographers and once those passes are given out that's it. At least this has been my experience.
Cindy
Message edited by author 2003-04-26 23:38:24. |
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04/27/2003 12:19:15 AM · #15 |
Even if you DO get a press pass, you might find yourself somewhat screwed. I went to an Elton John/Billy Joel concert in March, and ran into a co-worker of my brother's from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
He was there to shoot the concert for the paper (quite legitimately), but was only allowed to shoot something like two songs, and from a very specific vantage point that wasn't at all near the stage (in fact, it was quite near the back of the arena).
Having said that, I was in the same situation where I wished I could have had my camera (I would have tried to sneak my smaller Powershot S30 in) there for the concert, but I didn't particularly want to get caught with it either, so I didn't bother trying. I didn't park anywhere near the arena, either, so I didn't want to attempt to sneak it in and then have to figure out what to do with it during the show (and I'm not about to trust them to hold it for me).
Of course as they sang, cameras were going off all over the place, even right in front of them in the first row. I could have easily slipped through the security with my small camera, too... but I had no way of knowing what the security would be like ahead of time.
PS -- GeneralE... it sounds like you have thought through this WAY too thoroughly!
Message edited by author 2003-04-27 00:20:48. |
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04/27/2003 01:03:44 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by alansfreed:
PS -- GeneralE... it sounds like you have thought through this WAY too thoroughly! |
Ahh...it's all thought and no action on my part. But I really do get all my "equipment bags" at my neighborhood thrift store; $1-5 usually gets me something usable and helps out a good cause. |
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04/27/2003 01:09:53 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
But I really do get all my "equipment bags" at my neighborhood thrift store; $1-5 usually gets me something usable and helps out a good cause. |
Nothing wrong with that I do the same...even found some filters that fit on my DiMage at a thrift store, bought an old camera with a bunch of filters and i took the filters just to redonate the camera. |
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04/27/2003 01:52:31 AM · #18 |
| I got a 52mm polarizer for 25 cents. Too bad my camera doesn't have a threaded lens assembly... |
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