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| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
sucky! and i wanted to use my new digicam to get some good pics! what about HOB, do they allow cameras? |
HOB also requires a press cred. (And those joking about getting a CTA/other press pass -- think again. Even with a legitimate pass, you need to arrange it ahead of time.) Basically, any of the venues that cator more to live acts have very strict photography policies. Usually at venues like this you are allowed to shoot only during the first three songs, are not allowed to use a flash, and have to sign your life away...
I've shot at HOB for Spundae shows, where Spundae has arranged it with HOB management and these rules have been relaxed a bit (e.g., can shoot all night, can use a flash, etc.) given that an EDM show is a much different production than a live act and the whole promotion policy is different (e.g., record label wanting to control rights to all images taken of the performer and so forth). But I've been challenged on many occasions while at HOB by a security guard who hasn't yet seen me and wants to see my press pass (which invariably falls off -- now I stick it on the external battery for my flash). For HOB I now get there early while they're still setting up and they have the all-hands before security breaks to go to their stations so they all see/know me even before the doors open.
It looks like I will be in town on the 15th (there was a chance I'd be going to London for work). But PVD is a PURE show, rather than Spundae, so I don't know if I'll be able to shoot the show yet.
Oh, and yes, the floor at HOB does shake quite noticably when people are dancing...
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