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0 pointsMBCook3y ago0 comments

I would guess to prevent professionals from taking pictures “for free” instead of getting contracts with the bands/venues and paying fees for the privilege.

Or maybe they just annoy other patrons.

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cthalupa3y ago

I have managed to get a press pass for some shows and bring my a7r3, nice lenses, etc. I've never been asked to pay any sort of fee for the pass.

MBCookOP3y ago

That’s good to know. That was my “everyone is greedy these days” part of my guess.

Was it hard to get the press pass? Maybe it’s just to stop people avoiding that process.

cthalupa3y ago

It varies. A couple of times I just sent an email and they told me when/where to pick it up. Other times they wanted to see my work - a few of these, a personal blog with basically no traffic was enough to pass muster, a few, they wanted to see me working at some sort of actual publication (digital was fine, but it needed to be more than "cthalupa's concert blog")

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cthalupa3y ago

I have managed to get a press pass for some shows and bring my a7r3, nice lenses, etc. I've never been asked to pay any sort of fee for the pass.

MBCookOP3y ago

That’s good to know. That was my “everyone is greedy these days” part of my guess.

Was it hard to get the press pass? Maybe it’s just to stop people avoiding that process.

cthalupa3y ago

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