Hello Photographer Friends,



After 2 years of incidents, issues and difficulties, show after show after show, it is with sincere regret that we are announcing a restriction on all professional-sized camera rigs, camera-flashes and video-equipment at all Hubba Hubba-produced shows and events. Going forward, security will be communicating this at the door, and any unauthorized persons using such equipment at our shows will be asked (nicely) to put it away.




We will retain our own 3 official photographers (who are part of our organization, and have been with us since the beginning) and we may occasionally issue photo passes to guest photographers (perhaps 1 per show) with whom we have a good, long-standing relationship, but otherwise, professional-sized photography & video equipment will not be allowed.




We understand that not every photographer is responsible for every issue, but we have had complaints and problems at literally every show we've ever done, and no matter what we say or do, this continues to be the case.




These complaints have come from performers, audience members and even the venues themselves, and frankly we can no longer afford the time and effort to manage this apparently inevitable situation.




Even when we have spoken directly to these issues, our requests for good conduct have regularly been ignored, and photographers have continued to make the show experience a negative one for the audience and the cast. On more than one occasion we've even had to throw non-show photographers out of the _dressing room_ --even _after_ they'd been told directly that they were not allowed in that area.




Lastly, despite literally thousands of photos snapped at every show we've ever done; despite telling photographers that they were allowed to shoot at our events only so long as we were given copies of their material, we've maybe received, at most, a couple of dozen photos --_total_-- over the past 2 years. Clearly the only thing we are getting from this relationship is grief.




Please understand that this decsion was not made suddenly, nor was it made lightly, We've had this discussion over and over again for months, and finally we felt we had exhausted every other possible solution. For now, at least, this is how we are going to handle this situation.




Thank you for your understanding.




Yours,



--Kingfish
Hubba Hubba Revue