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I wish more places would specify "no flash photography" when that's really what they mean. I suppose some people don't know how to turn it off, but for those wh
by tjr 12y ago
I wish more places would specify "no flash photography" when that's really what they mean. I suppose some people don't know how to turn it off, but for those who do (or for those who don't bring a flash in the first place), it would be nice.
- jimmcslim 12y agoMost galleries I have been to lately have this policy now (obvious joke: 'but photos taken with rubbish cameras are fine...'), given the invention of cameras in everyone's phone its generally a lost battle to expect people won't take photos. > I suppose some people don't know how to turn it off I would argue that a majority of people either wilfully ignore this instruction or don't know how to do it.
- dmoo 12y agoPerhaps they should have a shared flikr account so that everybody could download good quality images of what is hanging on the walls
- probably_wrong 12y agoThe best way I've seen it implemented was a museum that not only had a lengthy explanation about how to turn off your flash (including examples for Sony point-and-shoots, which were fairly popular), but also had a "test table" with similar light as you'd find inside, so experts could adjust their exposure/ISO accordingly. Perhaps that's expecting too much from the average tourist, but still, I found it cool.
- Gracana 12y agoThe table thing is very considerate of them. I wonder how many people use it?
- projectileboy 12y agoAt the Minneapolis Institute of Arts they're very clear about this, as is the Art Institute of Chicago and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and I'm sure many others. Outside the U.S., I don't know.
- tjr 12y agoGood to know! Sounds like it is in fact increasing as a policy.