Should Clubs and other venues begin banning cameras?

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Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Jan-10-2014 21:20:

Should Clubs and other venues begin banning cameras?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/f...d=fb-share&_r=0

So I posted this link on my FB page and got mixed reviews and figured this would be a good topic of debate.

Should clubs, promoters and other venues start or be allowed to ban cameras at their parties?

I think banning cameras is a cool idea. The lack of pictures creates a bit of mysteriousness with the party. Take a look at many of the old school parties at 1015, Circus (2000 - 2004)and even Twilo NY. There are not a lot of pictures that you see but there is sense nostalgia about them. If everyone was taking pictures, we'd just end up seeing a bunch of cracked muther ******s trying to dance. Instead, we wish we were there.

I've always been a fan of leaving the moment for our memories. I'll take pictures at home, at the park or on the toilet but I hate when people bug me about taking pictures.

Thoughts?

Posted by DaveT on Jan-10-2014 21:27:

No.

Not even gonna argue about this one. It would be pointless.

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Jan-10-2014 21:35:

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Originally posted by DaveT
No.

Not even gonna argue about this one. It would be pointless.

cuz your lame

Posted by Scoops on Jan-10-2014 21:49:

I was a club photographer from 03-08....

it was fun, the perks were great and the owners loved it when I showed up to their venues.

If you take pictures of the right people and the right people, its can be a great business boost for a venue

however it just seems these days, everyone is takes pics in the clubs and when I see pics of a certain venue, some pics doesn't make the place look like an attractive destination

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Jan-10-2014 21:57:

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Originally posted by Scoops
I was a club photographer from 03-08....

it was fun, the perks were great and the owners loved it when I showed up to their venues.

If you take pictures of the right people and the right people, its can be a great business boost for a venue

however it just seems these days, everyone is takes pics in the clubs and when I see pics of a certain venue, some pics doesn't make the place look like an attractive destination

I agree with you on this. Professional Photogs are cool. It's what they do. I guess my pet peeve is when a DJ starts to play all you see are cell phones up in there air recording the whole thing.

Posted by GPC on Jan-10-2014 22:57:

I don't know. Michelle and I used to be camera whores at clubs but these days its just annoying and we don't take many. And I disagree with the professional photographers. Can't stand them and they are always in the way. Maybe put a bunch of IR bulbs around the club. I think those will mess up the pictures if I'm not mistaken. Dave?

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Jan-10-2014 23:56:

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Originally posted by GPC
I don't know. Michelle and I used to be camera whores at clubs but these days its just annoying and we don't take many. And I disagree with the professional photographers. Can't stand them and they are always in the way. Maybe put a bunch of IR bulbs around the club. I think those will mess up the pictures if I'm not mistaken. Dave?

LOL! I remember Michelle taking all the pics. She had a website up and everything.

Posted by Calabria on Jan-11-2014 01:17:

i think la is the wrong city for a no photos/video policy. you can get away with it in berlin and nyc but not the west coast. half the people in the clubs dont know or care who is playing...they just want be go out for the night to a club to dance and drink with friends.

Posted by GPC on Jan-11-2014 02:44:

And I don't buy the living the moment argument. I have 60,000+ pictures and I have never looked back on them and wished I didn't take them. It takes 5 seconds to snap a picture. The guys who video the entire thing, that's another matter but if they enjoy that, who cares? Michelle and I had so much fun going thru all those pictures for our wedding guestbook. Brought back so many good memories. Most were not clubbing but still, where ever they were taken people would argue to put the camera down and live the moment. Billy just wants to ban camera's because he is always fucked up and wants no evidence lol.

Posted by nima86 on Jan-11-2014 02:53:

Output in NY has them "banned" and no table the vibe is AMAZING

Posted by ekim18 on Jan-11-2014 03:46:

My opinion on your question if clubs SHOULD be allowed to ban cameras is yes absolutely. Would clubs, especially in Lala land, go for it? No of course not.

I think it would be great to have even one dance club w/ a strictly enforced policy like that of Berghain or Output here in LA, but there are a lot of special circumstances required for it's success...including (but not limited to) a constant stream of compelling high-profile DJ bookings year round to draw crowds to offset the lack of tables/bottle service. I think Output can get away w/ it simply because of it's geographical location to Europe where most of the compelling house and techno artists are based. Plus the dance music/warehouse scene is very vibrant in NY, just peek into the NYC Traceaddict regional forum. I think this city definitely has the volume of aficionados to support a venue like that here in SoCal though. I can picture it now, somewhere downtown or closer to the warehouse district. These are just my thoughts, which could be completely wrong as I have no actual hand in the nightlife business...just my thoughts as a patron.

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Jan-11-2014 04:06:

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Originally posted by GPC
Billy just wants to ban camera's because he is always fucked up and wants no evidence lol.

Greg has known me far too long LOL!

Posted by henryv on Jan-12-2014 07:14:

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Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal
LOL! I remember Michelle taking all the pics. She had a website up and everything.

THIS!

Posted by omega1n on Jan-13-2014 20:50:

No cause you'll miss documenting awesomeness like this video. Beta this past weekend...

Posted by mar46017 on Jan-13-2014 21:18:

Kinda hard to ban cameras since most people have decent cameras on their phones these days.

Are you gonna make everyone check in their camera phones at the door?

Posted by djnoonstar on Jan-13-2014 22:14:

NO cameras on the dancefloor would be good enough

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Jan-14-2014 01:40:

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Originally posted by mar46017
Kinda hard to ban cameras since most people have decent cameras on their phones these days.

Are you gonna make everyone check in their camera phones at the door?

you won't be able to but can hope to deter picture taking and other shit. it's like no drug policies. they can't check every crack in your body but people still do em. As long as people would quit taking pictures and filming the "big drops", I'd be a happier man.

Posted by modthispny on Jan-15-2014 04:45:

i'm always recording anytime i see markus, but this isn't a bad idea and i wouldnt mind.

at hakkasan for tiesto last summer, i was all the way in the back recording and security told me to stop. i remember even at marquee right when it opened, security would not allow any recording.

Posted by in2muzikk on Jan-15-2014 06:40:

Yes, the foam keeps smearing the camera lens.

Posted by KarenLuvs2Party on Jan-17-2014 08:28:

when I saw Sasha at Output last year, security would make it a point to tell you to delete your pic off ur phone or they'll take ur cell phone away from you and delete it for you.