Flash Photography On Dark Rides: A Completely Anonymous Poll

[drizgirl]

If someon is taking one picture of the rides and not people I don’t mind. If people didn’t takes pictures in the rides you wouldn’t get to see em before you went on. Yes, you can take a picture without using flash but sometimes it just looks better in my opinion. Excessive flash is a bother though, but one no problem.

Photos on dark rides never look good with flash. But you need to know what you're doing.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Considering the source, and much of the company you keep down in Chit Chat, I find this response not at all surprising.

Trying to decide if this is sarcasm like my post or an insult ?

 

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

If someon is taking one picture of the rides and not people I don’t mind. If people didn’t takes pictures in the rides you wouldn’t get to see em before you went on. Yes, you can take a picture without using flash but sometimes it just looks better in my opinion. Excessive flash is a bother though, but one no problem.

1. Taking flash photos on attractions is against park rules.
2. The show scenes on Disney attractions have very specific lighting designs and were not intended to be viewed brightly illuminated. Taking flash photos ruins the experience for everyone around, and lights up things that aren't intended to be seen. The photo will likely come out looking bad and will not in any way be an accurate reflection of what the scene actually looks like, especially on dark rides like Mansion and Pirates.
3. It's rude.

 

[Radeksgrl]

As recently as just a year or two ago, cast members used to be more vigilant about calling out people who used flashes during the ride. Those CMs monitoring the ride through via video camera would see when some used a flash, and then come over the loud speaker which could be heard throughout the ride and make an announcement not to use flashes. It would usually solve the problem, at least until I finished the ride. But I never hear this anymore, it's like the CMs have given up on trying to keep people from doing this.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

I SMH at people using a flash, besides for the obvious reason. They just won't help the photo and most of the time make it worse. You can't take dark room and make it suddenly bright, especially with those puny smartphone LED "flashes." Granted, without you'd probably get nothing. Either way, it's not going to be a good photo - so sit back and enjoy the ride.

Now, if you've got "a real camera" then crank up the ISO (1600 at the very least if not 3200+) ensure your shutter speed is reasonable (1/15-1/30+) and use a fast lens (f/2 or faster, preferably f/1.2-1.4). Even then, it'll be hit or miss most of the time, depending on your camera. And make sure you turn off your AF Assist Light.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

And yet Disney installed that mega flash in your face on Pirates.

Cute animatronic, at first yes. However, it is a blinding-picture-taking fiasco because people are looking at it wondering what the heck the pirate is actually saying only to see spots for the rest of the ride (I had the worst derp look on my face in the photo). No, just no. I hate the thing.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Cute animatronic, at first yes. However, it is a blinding-picture-taking fiasco because people are looking at it wondering what the heck the pirate is actually saying only to see spots for the rest of the ride (I had the worst derp look on my face in the photo). No, just no. I hate the thing.

I had the same. I am somewhat accustomed to looking at the skull because there is nothing else at that stretch, and because I try to not look at the drop for some element of surprise. I'm like a little puppy like that, I can do the same thing over and over and be surprised every single time at the same outcome.

I suppose it is partly for this reason the flash is where it is. To blind you to the drop. In theory, not a bad idea. In fact, quite good. But that light is blinding, the rider tends to stare right into it.

 

[ford91exploder]

Use the bloody high ISO feature on your camera, That way your picture shows the scene the way the imagineer wanted you to see it not flat lighting with burnt out highlights

 

[BoarderPhreak]

And yet Disney installed that mega flash in your face on Pirates.

Oh, that's just B Mode.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Oh, that's just B Mode.

No, this is B Mo.

 

[Beacon Joe]

It's annoying, but I'll admit that - stashed away somewhere - I have some flash photos I took on Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean circa 1983... my camera at the time used those four-sided disposable flashbulbs.