Wild Flower Festival this Weekend Richardson

[Texun1]

Anyone going to the Wild Flower Festival this weekend? A few pretty good groups are going to be there and a lot of has beens. Good event for people shooting and some band shots.



www.wildflowerfestival.net

[QRasco]

Thought I heard you can get away with P&S, but not DSLR. Anyone know if that is true?

[JohnT]

Originally Posted by QRasco

Thought I heard you can get away with P&S, but not DSLR. Anyone know if that is true?

Apparently so.

http://www.wildflowerfestival.net/content/FAQ.html

What are the festival rules?

In the interest of public safety, please help us out by not bringing:

Bikes or Scooters
Coolers or picnic baskets
Food
Drinks
Contraband
Skateboards, Rollerblades, and In-line skates
Frisbees
Laser Pointers
Professional Camera Equipment (any camera with a detachable lens is considered “professional”)
Pets (except for service dogs)
Snacks and drinks for toddlers are allowed.

[lscottpht]

That's exactly why we didn't go last year. No pro. cams. allowed.

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

I don't know why they don't allow pro cams since Jazz Fest in New Orleans is a whole lot bigger and they welcome pro cameras just no video/audio recording. Can't be because of the bands since most of the bands that play Wildflower are not big enough to limit photos (like to the first 2 songs at venues like AAA) and heck they are allowing compact digital cams anyway!

[shawn patrick]

Strange that my camera is prohibited "in the interest of public safety". Are they afraid I'll hit someone with it?

[Texun1]

Sorry, I did not read the rules of the game. I will not be going either. What else is open for the weekend? Asian dowtown?

[offcamber]

Originally Posted by Texun1

Sorry, I did not read the rules of the game. I will not be going either. What else is open for the weekend? Asian dowtown?

I snuck mine in last year with my 70-200F2.8L just like I sneak it into Stars games. I throw my 50F1.8 on the 5D2 and then my 70-200 goes in my girlfriends purse. Once you are in they just assume you are media.

[bthompson]

I am surprised anyone still has this rule being that so many people own DSLRs... I think eventually it'll have to be eradicated.

[mcf0807]

I find it funny how in today's world they have to list 'contraband' as against the rules...