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Old Dec 05, 07
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What is more important? The moment or the picture?

Now a days everyone has a digital camera, or at least a camera on their cell phone. So when you're at a concert/show or rave and a moment you know you'll remember for forever is about to happen do you:

A) sit and enjoy the moment?
B) pull out your camera and miss the moment in hopes that you get a good recording for future reference and memory sake?
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Old Dec 05, 07
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yes! thats happened to me a couple of times.


ones i was so fucked on e when i took my camera out the light made my eyes twitch back and forth and almost made me blind so not only did i miss the chance of getting the moment on camera but i also missed the moment!
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Old Dec 05, 07
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the moment.

unless you're getting a rare glimpse of a sasquatch or the lochness monster. you gotta prove that shit.
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Old Dec 06, 07
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There's a reason you rarely catch me in pictures. It raises the bar when you have to make people remember a moment without a photo to bring it all back to them. Motivation to set yourself to 11.
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Old Dec 06, 07
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savour the moment, pictures can be later with friends, those will then remind you of the moment.
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the moment!!! pictures are great, but real memory is so much better.

concerts are about listening for me, it's pretty tough to focus on that if I'm fiddling about with cell-phone/digicam.
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Old Dec 06, 07
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The only time I ever take pictures at shows is if they're my own.

When I decide to go out I'm not there for a photo op, I'm there to have a good time.
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Old Dec 06, 07
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i sometimes bring a camera....take like 3 pictures or a 30 second video, and that's it. just a quick thing to put on the hard drive. i can't remmeber the last time I took a shitload of pics.

wait, john b. lol.
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Old Dec 06, 07
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i remember being at tiesto trying to frame the stage nicely and totally not paying attention to what was directly in front of me. I was paying more attention to a 2 inch screen. *sigh*
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i never take a camera to shows. its the moment for me, the experience!
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the picture will always take you back to the moment.

memories fade.
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i remember being at tiesto trying to frame the stage nicely and totally not paying attention to what was directly in front of me. I was paying more attention to a 2 inch screen. *sigh*
k your first problem is that you were at a tiesto show.

your second is that with point and shoots at shows its better to just point the thing and click without framing.
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Old Dec 06, 07
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k your first problem is that you were at a tiesto show.

your second is that with point and shoots at shows its better to just point the thing and click without framing.
Yeah, except there was guy doing just that at the Hardfloor show. The freaking gargoyles are everywhere. The guy just freaking glued to his tiny LCD... so lost in his technology he ain't paying any attention to the show he paid like 50 bills for. Just standing and staring at his cell phone for two hours. Sad really.
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why cant you enjoy both? hold the camera up, set it on record, make sure its pointing where you want, then forget about it and watch whats going on.
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A good picture can share the moment with others so a really good picture can be awesome. Unfortunately it's hard to take a good picture while you're partying and overkill is lame.

I remember one of the last Automatic shows there was about 6 people who got new cameras and were all using them at once. It was intense.
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Old Dec 06, 07
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i take pictures of moments, but remember the entire event
i have a HORRIBLE memory on its own, but its great if i have visual cues.
pictures are really the best way to go..

and yes.
point and shoot.

i would think it would be different for everyone..
but what about when your old and got alzheimers? pictures are going to be the only indication of you ever being in the moment ;)
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Old Dec 06, 07
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That's too bad man. Because tiesto was a really good show...

Being the son of a photographer, it's not really just a matter of pointing and shooting for me, unfortunately.

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Old Dec 06, 07
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the picture will always take you back to the moment.

memories fade.
I agree somewhat.
Some moments you don't need photos for, other times it will be a big event and so those photos can take you back to the "moment" when you look at them later. I have had some amazing experiences in my life: climbing mountains, white water sports, backcountry skiing, etc. and for most of these I don't have photos because they were before the days of the digital camera. I wish I had photos because a lot of the people on those trips are no longer a big part of my life and it's nice to look back on what photos I do have for nostalgia's sake.

You may not need photos to remember the moment, but I think they're better. It's like you'll never forget your wedding day or the birth of your children, but how much better would it be to have a video/photo of the bride and groom exchanging rings or the ecstatic looks on mom and dad's faces the first time they hold their new baby?
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That's too bad man. Because tiesto was a really good show...

Being the son of a photographer, it's not really just a matter of pointing and shooting for me, unfortunately.
take a deep breath and leeeeeetttttt goooooooo
point and shoot photography is AWSOME!
thats why digi cams are great.. you can hit the shutter a hundred times and delete the the 99 that work out!
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why cant you enjoy both? hold the camera up, set it on record, make sure its pointing where you want, then forget about it and watch whats going on.
Because I came to see Nine Inch Nails, not some dude's cellphone being held up in front of Reznor so I can't see the show.
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I'm lucky if I remember what happened a week ago.

So I'm happy if someone has some pictures.
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Old Dec 06, 07
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I fail at taking pictures.
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nitpicking like a mofo...... really that hard to move?
When it's assigned seating, yes.
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