Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything for Free

Re:Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything ... by jen729w on Sunday October 28, 2018 @01:27AM (#18319308)

I used to knock about on a Friday night (also in Melbourne, funnily enough) with my Canon 1D with a 24-70mm lens and the EOS flash (430?).

I’d walk right to the front of the line of any club, with my mate, mumble something about shooting for the local music mag, and they’d wave us straight in. Never got one question.

Then there was the time that I skipped a line by pretending to be deaf, but that’s another story. (I had a deaf mate who strongly encouraged me to try this. “Works every time”, he said.)

(I’m no SJW, but it’s probably worth mentioning that I’m a friendly looking white dude. As are the chaps in this story. I suspect things work out differently if you’re not.)

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Re:Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything ... by zamazingo on Sunday October 28, 2018 @09:12AM (#18320440)

What do you mean by "I’m no SJW"?

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Re:Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything ... by ethbro on Sunday October 28, 2018 @09:48AM (#18320565)

He means he doesn't identify as a (s)ocial (j)ustice (w)arrior: that is, regularly and loudly taking umbrage and outrage at perceived social inequities.

But he still wants to point out a racial property that may have influenced his experience.

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Re:Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything ... by rahkiin on Sunday October 28, 2018 @03:11AM (#18319487)

What did you do with the reasonably expensive camera once you were in the club?

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Re:Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything ... by pjc50 on Sunday October 28, 2018 @05:35AM (#18319859)

Take photos? The camera can also be used to get close to any bands playing, get on the side of the stage, etc.

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Re:Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything ... by jen729w on Sunday October 28, 2018 @06:23AM (#18319995)

Correct, I took heaps of photos. People, mostly; these were people/dancing clubs, not watch-a-band clubs. I posted some online but mostly not. This was pre-social-internet.

I just enjoyed taking the pictures, and people loved chimping themselves. I made a ton of friends.

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Re:Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything ... by usrusr on Sunday October 28, 2018 @12:33PM (#18321379)

The golden age of abundant club photography, roughly around 2003 iirc. Came as quickly as it disappeared again, starting with the availability of somewhat affordable DSLR and ending when people became more conscious about where their face would be published after the first of social media.

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