Comments on: The Flaming Lips @ the Pageant — 2007.09.28 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Todd http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-366 Todd Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:21:10 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-366 Hey Thomas, thanks. It was a sad to take my gear back to my car, but I guess these snaps come out well considering the situation. Glad to hear the composition and style of these shots still appeals to you. Using the iPhone was a little dodgy, but certainly better than nothing, and of course I couldn't resist. Thanks again. Hey Thomas, thanks. It was a sad to take my gear back to my car, but I guess these snaps come out well considering the situation.

Glad to hear the composition and style of these shots still appeals to you. Using the iPhone was a little dodgy, but certainly better than nothing, and of course I couldn’t resist. Thanks again.

]]> By: Thomas http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-364 Thomas Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:41:37 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-364 Hey, those are some great images, considering the equipment! The image quality is, of course, lacking next to your usual shots - but the compositions still reflect your style and eye. So it really is the photographer, not the camera... Hey, those are some great images, considering the equipment! The image quality is, of course, lacking next to your usual shots - but the compositions still reflect your style and eye.
So it really is the photographer, not the camera…

]]> By: prolific.org http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-353 prolific.org Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:27:26 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-353 <strong>links for 2007-10-07...</strong> Todd Owyoung: Concert Photographer Great looking blog and concert photos. (tags: photography concert) Fr... links for 2007-10-07…

Todd Owyoung: Concert Photographer Great looking blog and concert photos. (tags: photography concert) Fr…

]]> By: Todd http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-330 Todd Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:00:58 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-330 Rachel: Ha, I don't know about that, but glad they look OK to you. They're a little embarassing to post! I died a little inside not being able to photograph this show, so I couldn't help but take a few snaps with the iPhone. The phone's "wide-angle" lens and the distance from the stage helped out the images a little -- everything is so small you can't see how mushy they really are. Rachel: Ha, I don’t know about that, but glad they look OK to you. They’re a little embarassing to post! I died a little inside not being able to photograph this show, so I couldn’t help but take a few snaps with the iPhone.

The phone’s “wide-angle” lens and the distance from the stage helped out the images a little — everything is so small you can’t see how mushy they really are.

]]> By: rachel http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-328 rachel Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:51:26 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-328 Those phone pix are better than my camera pix. Aiyayai! Those phone pix are better than my camera pix. Aiyayai!

]]> By: Todd http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-324 Todd Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:43:28 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-324 The iPhone and a good spot in the venue hardly made up for having credentials withdrawn, but I would say the shots came out better than I was expecting. It was pretty much a rollercoaster experience, between getting creds to being told at the box office that there were no passes for the event, and then later getting a call from the Lips' publicist saying last minute approval came through. But in the end, talking to the Camel tour manager, who had seniority over the Flaming Lips' manager, it was just a no go. I imagine that it's a legal thing for cigarette companies and photo coverage with events like this. I guess it's just a liability that some negative imagery might get out, or be in some way related to advertising restrictions. Either way, Camel wanted absolute control and they got it. The iPhone and a good spot in the venue hardly made up for having credentials withdrawn, but I would say the shots came out better than I was expecting.

It was pretty much a rollercoaster experience, between getting creds to being told at the box office that there were no passes for the event, and then later getting a call from the Lips’ publicist saying last minute approval came through. But in the end, talking to the Camel tour manager, who had seniority over the Flaming Lips’ manager, it was just a no go.

I imagine that it’s a legal thing for cigarette companies and photo coverage with events like this. I guess it’s just a liability that some negative imagery might get out, or be in some way related to advertising restrictions. Either way, Camel wanted absolute control and they got it.

]]> By: Carsten http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-322 Carsten Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:02:11 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-322 I take my hat off to Apple's iPhone and to you. Lovely shots! You must have been gutted when your credentials were withdrawn. Seems really silly to me, but what do I know. Did they say why all photo passes were blocked? I take my hat off to Apple’s iPhone and to you. Lovely shots! You must have been gutted when your credentials were withdrawn. Seems really silly to me, but what do I know. Did they say why all photo passes were blocked?

]]> By: Todd http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-319 Todd Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:45:19 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-319 It was an excellent show, the superlativeness of which can be summed up in one word: lasers. Next time, though, let's hope the Lips come on the record label's dime or their own, not Camel's. It was an excellent show, the superlativeness of which can be summed up in one word: lasers. Next time, though, let’s hope the Lips come on the record label’s dime or their own, not Camel’s.

]]> By: Neetu http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-313 Neetu Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:00:46 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-313 What an amazing show that was. What an amazing show that was.

]]> By: iphonenews http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-304 iphonenews Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:02:27 +0000 http://ishootshows.com/2007/09/29/the-flaming-lips-the-pageant-20070928/#comment-304 great pictures and post btw! great pictures and post btw!

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