This is a pet peeve of mine. Years ago we were at Disneyland on the Pirates
of the Caribbean ride in a dark area when some jerk fired a flash in my
eyes. I suggested that if he did that again his camera might just wind up in
the water. He calmly raised the camera in front of my face and fired the
flash right in my eyes. His camera did go in the water but I underestimated
the tenacity of his grip on the precious device and he went in there too.
The Disneyland officials were not amused but I did get a round of applause
from those on the ride. I used to do gymnastic photography and you don't
dare use a flash up close because you might blind the performer and cause an
accident. The same is true for dance performances where those near the edge
of the stage could be blinded. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Michael Darling
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:12 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: ( OM ) Flash at the Olympics
On 8/14/04 4:38 AM, "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Own up:- which of you bright ones were flashing your P&S cameras at the
> Olympic opening ceremony !! =|;->
>
> Flashes by the hundred.
I remember someone saying they passed out disposable PS cameras (w/ flash)
at one of the 'games. Nobody cared about the photos, they just wanted the
"twinkling stars" out in the crowd for the hordes watching TV to see. It was
part of the script, IMO.
Of course there are ALWAYS the people that just don¹t get it. Like the one
sitting behind me on my last cross-country flight that felt they needed to
turn the flash on their digital camera to take pictures out of the window.
At night. Now that I think about it, their toddler kicking the back of my
seat the whole time was way more fun.
-mike
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