2dawgs Loc: Eastern Washington State

At a local hockey game. Professional cameras not allowed. Met with staff and was issued a photography pass for the current season but, I done't own the photos, they do. I can not publish. I take 250 to 400 pics per game, cull fuzzy ones, put the rest on thumb drive and give them the thumb drive to down load what they want. Not an issue but....

d2b2 Loc: Catonsville, Maryland, USA

Do you get any kind of a photo credit?

Shooter313

That's exactly what I do not understand. You went there BECAUSE of the Photos you saw.
Many of us do exactly the same thing. See some cool shots of a place, and have an instant Need to go there too.
I think these places screw themselves out of traffic by not allowing photos. No Flash I get. But not the rest of it.
Sorry you were unable to get your shots after all that travel pal. Better luck next time. :)

artBob Loc: Near Chicago

A quarry in Thronton, Illinois. Snuck under a fence for these pix. Local cop chased companion and me out. Being old helped save my skin. That, and the cop probably didn't want to have to write a report on such a stupid bust.

To get an idea of the size, the green horizontal near top center of #2, is a bridge over the quarry, carrying 8 lanes of I-294 traffic.

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jerzee.shore.shooter

Wish I had ONLY one story to tell. First would be a close call at, yes, the Sistine Chapel. My first digital camera, a Nikon Coolpix, had a body that split in half in a way you could point the lens and viewfinder in the same direction. Holding it at waist level I discretely managed a whole series of ceiling shots without detection. Second, was the Hermitage in St. Petersburg Russia where, too busy shooting everything and anything, I lost my tour group and wound up being charged by four bulky female (?) security guards shouting at me in Russian. Ultimately, I was walked out of the building by a KGB-like, black-leather trenchcoat-wearing guy speaking perfect English. Lastly, the Valley of the Kings (Egypt) where 20 years ago you could pay for a separate photography ticket to tour tombs. Now, no photography is allowed whatsoever meaning, of course, everyone tries to get away with cellphone shots. I managed to snap a few treasures before security guards descended upon the lawbreakers threatening to confiscate offending cellphones. Here is one of the resulting beauties.

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JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

From the descriptions I'm seeing here, it would appear that amateur photography is now permissible in the Alamo.The only time I've visited the Alamo was in 1978. At that time, they prohibited photography inside of the buildings of any kind by anyone. Period.

BUT. They had dozens of sets of color slides one could purchase in their gift shop. Hmmmm.

The most exasperating example of anti-photography overkill I've encountered occurred at the Telefair Art Museum in Savannah, Georgia. No photography is allowed inside this museum. None at all. Given the hundreds of priceless artworks displayed within the museum, this is reasonable in all but one circumstance.

As one enters the museum, one encounters the infamous "Bird Girl" statue., This is the statue seen in the opening and closing credits of the motion picture "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." A photo of the statue appears on the cover of the book on which the film is based. It's on millions of movie posters, and in many, many other publications.

Originally, the "Bird Girl" statue stood in Savannah's historic Bonaventure Cemetery. Stood there for years. Was likely photographed there thousands of times. After the statue became famous due to the "Midnight in the Garden" book and film, it was moved to Telefair Museum because of a fear of vandalism or theft. Makes sense.

But now, the statue stands front and center in the museum's entrance hall. It is in this hallway - alone. There are NO other artworks within view of the "Bird Girl." NONE. But they will flatly refuse to allow one to photograph the statue. To try is to be arrested, or, at the least, ejected from the Museum.

However, they'll sell you a ¾ scale replica in their gift shop.

Sometimes, it seems to be more about selling gift shop items than protecting artwork.

The World War II Museum in new Orleans allows photography - w/o flash.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

Photography is allowed and encouraged anywhere on Alamo grounds except inside the chapel, where it continues to be prohibited. The reasons are clearly stated and posted. Because the bodies of the Texians who were killed were piled up and burned, there are no graves at which respects can be paid to those who died. The chapel is their only memorial.

It is always difficult to capture and record the history and chronology of an event from which there were no survivors. Probably the best reconstruction of what most likely transpired at the Alamo is in a book from the 1950s called "Thirteen Days to Glory," written by Lon Tinkle, who was a journalist, professor at SMU, and descendant of one of the men who came to Texas with former US Representative David Crockett. If you want the story from the other side's point of view, you can read "With General Santa Anna in Texas," written by one of his lieutenants.

By the way, the John Wayne movie was a good movie, but contained only the slightest amount of factual material.

BebuLamar

I think I did take some pictures inside the chapel and not knowing about the restriction and nobody said anything.

MechEng Loc: The Mitten

I wasn't kicked out or asked to desist......but I was, initially at least, barred from entry to a recent Elton John concert as part of his final tour. I had been standing in the rain with a temp of 50F for a 1/2 hour, finally got up to the security screening, lady saw my camera and said no entry. I had already been to the venue website where they specifically stated that cameras with detachable lenses could not be larger than 80mm and I argued the point with her to no avail. Going back to my hotel was not an option....I wouldn't get there and back to the concert before start. I complained to another security guard and he called in the supervisor. Fifteen minutes later, still standing in the rain, the supervisor looks at the camera and the lens marking (24-70mm zoom), commented that it looked much bigger than most 80 mm lenses he sees but said I was good to go. So perseverance paid off.

Bartulius Loc: Bristol, Ct

The U.S. /Canadian border at Forest City, Maine. A tiny border crossing but it was where a few members of the 9/11 terrorists crossed over so I guess no one is allowed to photograph the border stations.

Logan1949

September 2, 2017, at the Portland (Oregon) Art Museum. This was the only Van Gogh in the room. I took 12-15 pictures with my Sony RX10m3, no flash. No interference by the guard who was in the same room; Maybe because it was not an interchangeable lens camera? And I had it on electronic shutter (Silent Running).

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tesseagles Loc: NW ARKANSAS OZARKS

Wow. Just wow . Seeing anreal Van Gogh!! I have a pic of one that came to NW ARKANSAS Crystal Bridges museum. They only had one as well. I lose my breath looking at one. I’ve never seen this one before!

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

O'Hare airport - local cops got upset when I tried to photograph the subway station portion, even though people were clicking away everywhere else.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

That's funny! We saw the Ceremony of the Keys in July and were told specifically that there were no photos to be taken, so I didn't.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

I always check my surroundings and make sure that photography is acceptable and I will not get into a hassle with somebody before I start clicking away. As a result I've never been kicked out of anywhere or even asked to stop taking pictures. On a few occasions guards have warned me that photography was not allowed when they saw me with a camera over my shoulder, but I almost always knew that ahead of time and have asked when I don't.