Actually, you're not completely wrong.
I'd never take photos at a stand up gig or a play or similar. Unless it was one I was involved in or had been asked to photograph. And actually, i don't understand people who just randomly snap at everything using their phone. But taking the time to experience what is around you and take proper, thought out, considered photographs is a joy.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 8:53, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

This is one of the downsides of digital
When film was expensive and you only got 24/36 shots on a roll, plus the cost of developing, you thought more about whether to shoot or not. Now my camera holds 4000 or more pics at once, and you tend to shoot everything in the hope that one will be good.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 8:59, Reply)

True.
Although it's swings and roundabouts really, because it does make you more willing to experiment when you know it's not costing you a fortune to do so.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:01, Reply)

Yes, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages by a long way
you can bracket exposures, etc. Also digital sees better in low light than film, or is that just me?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:07, Reply)

Its all about the exposure

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:13, Reply)

I agree,
Those that are serious photographers, hobbyists or whatever, fine. But the guys with their mobiles held above their head a gigs, or wandering around a party taking photos of every last thing for their facebook wall can jog on.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:06, Reply)

Yeah, see, told you I'd changed my mind and you weren't totally wrong.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:08, Reply)

Every month, we rent out the upstairs bar to a photographer down the road,
he gets models in for people to learn how to take good photos, and some of the better ones just hire the model and get on with it. There is a strange mix of fat, unpleasant men that i'm almost sure are only there to get photos for their wank bank, and a couple of amazing photographers, who take some incredible shots, and not just the girls, one guy did a whole load just in the kitchen upstairs. There is a lot of skill that i'm sure i know nothing about.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:12, Reply)

Tell me more about these models
*unzips*
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:22, Reply)

on of them had a mole on her breast.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:49, Reply)

must have been well trained if the flashes didn't startle it

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 10:10, Reply)

this^
....has uploaded 200 photos to "MEntAl Nitgh out dooN tha B1Gg M4rk3t"
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:09, Reply)

I don't know what kind of pics they expect to get
The flash range of most cameras is 15ft or so at best, and in stage lighting anything moving will just be a washed - out blur.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 9:10, Reply)