Originally Posted By Dabob2 NYC has banned picture taking in the subway for decades, long before 9/11.
Originally Posted By LuLu No way Sparrow, I just said it's not AS fun. I do still enjoy it - lots! I didn't mention that there was NO sign saying you couldn't take photos, it was NOT obvious what the driveway was leading to, and the guard was just plain rude. Yes, it was a little scary. It was also so weird and unexpected (we were on a public street that's full of tourists taking photos) that I wondered if the guard was just getting a charge out of bullying two ladies.
Originally Posted By DVC dad clone Flash pics in dark rides.... Put me down for: Who give a crap? Get over it. People are stupid, they are going to flash you in the dark. It ain't like it made you go blind.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "NYC has banned picture taking in the subway for decades, long before 9/11." The MTA has no rule prohibiting photography in the subway.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones An unlawful arrest for photography cost the NYPD $30,000. <a href="http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/02/10/unlawfuly-arrest-for-subway-photography-costs-city-30k/" target="_blank">http://secondavenuesagas.com/2...ity-30k/</a> Sadly, it's one of many.
Originally Posted By Ursula <Who give a crap? Get over it. People are stupid, they are going to flash you in the dark. It ain't like it made you go blind.> I give a crap. I don't want a family from far away saving for two years to finally come to Disneyland and have some punks ruin their first ride on POTC.
Originally Posted By ktulu I am pleased to find this thread and like-minded people who dislike flash photogs in dark rides. Last visit I was on Pirates and two tween girls were taking pics of EVERYTHING. I finally asked them to stop loudly, (which of course these brats completely ignored). Then to make matters worse the guy in front of me, (who had not been taking pics) got his camera out and turned around and took a flash photo right in my direction in some sort of warped act of solidarity. Let me tell you had it not been Disneyland that individual would have had a fat lip as a souvenir.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Ursula, I apologize. That is a good point actually. I don't flash in the dark, but it doesn't really bother me UNLESS it is OVERBOARD, you know like constant flash flash flash. If someone is getting carried way then yes, that is a problem. I wonder of flash pics even turn out well. I doubt it, which makes it even more unacceptable.
Originally Posted By Sparrow I think it bothers me that they specifically ask you not to yet people do it anyway. It's that "Well, I'll just do it once and nobody will say anything." mentality that lets other, more rude people think it's ok to do it through the whole ride. I don't get why people have such a sense of entitlement these days.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <The MTA has no rule prohibiting photography in the subway.> That's weird; they used to, and there used to be signs to that effect. Doubly weird because a). things have gotten more restrictive rather than less in general over the last decade, and b). I'd have thought I'd have heard about a rule change. I wonder if there was a lawsuit or something. Interesting.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones There is no official rule but overzealous officers and security guards try to restrict photography all the time in public places. Like I said, in order for photography to be restricted in a public place there has to be a law on the books restricting it.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Nobody can say for sure why people in authority try to restrict photography. Most justify it by citing security concerns, but that has never made any sense. More likely it is organizations, both public and private, wishing to protect their image, not through best practices, but by restricting photography. If you are a transit agency, for example, and your goal is to let maintenance lapse, the last thing you want to do is make it easy for a photographer to capture dilapidation for the world to see. Freedom to engage in photography is in the public's best interest, not only to support the art form, but to be able to capture unsafe situations or bad behavior. A good cop should want to be filmed while performing his duties. A bad cop doesn't want you to see him shoot an unarmed man laying face down on the ground as in the San Francisco BART incident. After that incident the police tried to confiscate all cameras, but they didn't get all of the footage and it's been played in court for the jury to see
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x People are flashing at Disneyland? I think that is illegal... indecent exposure or something, right?
Originally Posted By pleiades357 Amused by the "doesn't bother me"... the problem is the logistics. ...bet it is not your first and possibly only visit, and if everyone can take just a few shots... then there are how many people in an area at a time... a few shots each would light up the room... and it creates the kind of mob rule that encourages the neanderthal who flashed right at a guest. Guests should not be expected to protect their own interests, it is not a good idea. Flash pictures in dare rides are a problem.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin My first dare ride was at Magic Mountain...I thought Revolution would be too much for me and then my friend said he'd go on it if I'd go on it and I was still hesitant...and he asked me dared me again and at that point I just couldn't resist a double dare so we rode it.
