Comments on: Jack Johnson Outdoor Concert at UBC

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:04:05 +0000

@Paul No it wasn’t me taking photos at the beer garden, i would have if I had a camera. The iPhone doesn’t do well without sunshine lol.That’s cool your friend got their D80 in. For the first little bit I was thinking up ways I could sneak my camera in. Perhaps a false bottom to a backpack? lol Go on search it! mauhaha

@Tawcan I guess I’ll just stap my SD750 to me everywhere I go so in case I cannot bring in my dSLR at least I have a small backup

By: Paul Romein

Paul Romein — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:32:43 +0000

I was at the Jack Johnson concert and I brought my Canon SD1000 in with me. They didn’t really search my bag and it’s small so they never knew it was there. I took a bunch of photos and recorded a few songs – especially the ones of Jack with the woman from Hawaii that you wouldn’t be able to download. It was an awesome concert by the way!

A good friend of mine was actually at Radiohead a few days before, and he brought in the same camera as mine, but also managed to “sneak” in his Nikon D80 (with his removable lenses, haha) and I haven’t seen his shots yet, but he was pretty excited that he managed to get it in there. Obviously it wasn’t for commercial purposes and he’ll never make any money off of it.

The whole thing about them not being allowed is really ridiculous.

PS – When I was leaving I totally saw someone looking at that mess at the beer garden and taking a photo of it with a PnS… – it’s totally possible it was you, but I didn’t see people standing around like the photo up there so I guess not! lol

By: Tawcan

Tawcan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:42:23 +0000

My guess is they think that there’s more chance of ppl selling pics that are taken with dSLR? Considering the price is coming down quickly a lot of people (myself included) have recently purchased a dSLR. By no means I’m a professional. If someone uses a P&S camera to take a pic and sells this pic for profit, doesn’t it make his/her camera a professional camera?

Needless to say, like yourself, I wasn’t pleased to hear that DSLR aren’t allowed to concerts. While I understand their concerns I think they can word the rules differently. But then I probably don’t want to bring my XSi to somewhere full of drunk ppl…

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:21:11 +0000

@Tawcan Yea I heard about the rain, a friend of my girlfriend went to Radiohead and she said she was drenched at the end of it. I’m glad the weather held nicely of us.

Is the only reason why they don’t want ‘professional’ camera equipment at these events to ensure that I don’t make money off of them? If people (like Tawcan mentioned) can take video of these concerts (isn’t that like bootlegged movies recorded at theatres?) why can I not take still photos?

By: Tawcan

Tawcan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:15:24 +0000

I blogged about the same thing in my earlier blog post…I actually sent an email to Ticketmaster and was told that DSLR are considered as professional cameras. I mean, what really defines a camera as a professional camera? Also with the advancing technology you can easily take recordings with your phone or compact cameras… just take a look on youtube and you’ll find tons of Radiohead concert footage.

I didn’t bring my XSi to Radiohead…it was a good thing though since it rained the entire time.

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:54:19 +0000

@Jeremy But why can I not take photos? Are they not on public property? Is Thunderbird not accessible normally to the public? Do they not want me making photos off my personal photos? Yes it’s a silly grudge but I know not to bring my camera to those venues.

@Michael that will be cool if you get media access and such! Can I tag along? lol

I remember reading that most places do not allow the use of compact digital cameras because of the video recording ability of them. They are going to have to start banning cellphones too then right? The Sony Ericsson line takes photos and video. It was nice I took my SD750 to the Commodore for both the Daniel Wesley and the John Butler Trio. Photos didn’t really turn out well but it was nice to capture the evening with great friends etc.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:30:56 +0000

I was at Thunderbird for Radiohead on Tuesday, it seems they just left the Radiohead stage up for the Jack Johnson show.

The concerts I’ve been to at the pacific colosseum/PNE Forum don’t even allow you to take point and shoots in, I felt they were pretty liberal about that stuff at Thunderbird.

I am working on a local music site with a friend, which we hope to have up by this fall. Basically my friend Yvonne will be getting band interviews, etc, and in the process we get media passes to get backstage/take photos.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:29:10 +0000

I’m not surprised they didn’t let you in with that camera. It tends to be the standard rule for most “events”. You would have been able to get great pics from a distance – and that’s what they don’t want.

At the end of the day, I just go to concerts and enjoy the atmosphere now – I’ll be able to see the pics the pros took the next day.