but its more than the terrorism excuse.
I went to a rodeo at our convention centre, big event. Rang the the convention centre admin to ask about photography, explaining that I would like to bring my dslr. Reply was that that was ok provided I did not use flash.
Get to the the door and I am turned away by an attendant standing next to a sign saying "NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY"........no amount of explaining that I was not using flash would get me past the door.
Off to the admin people....no joy there. Rules are rules I was told, and sensing that I was on the verge of being thrown out (got that feeling from the two hefty bruisers that had appeared by the door of the admin office)....I gave up, put the camera back in the car, and went in to watch the rodeo.....mightily pissed off.
Now...the best is yet to come:
The show starts with a dancing girl routine....and all around me out pops a barrage of p&S cameras and camera phones.....all with flash popping away!!!
The guy on the door did not want to know about it.
I will never go back to the convention centre ever again.
The moral of the story....I really have no idea what was trying to be achieved by the people running that show, but the people administering the policy had no bloody idea.
End of Rant (soap box kicked to pieces... again)