venting - taking photos in public with iPads

I agree. Plus, you look ridiculous.

A tourist was taking photos at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego recently, fell off the cliffs and died. Horrible.

Edit : with an iPad

My mom wants an iPad. Exclusively for picture taking. 

I wouldn't say "older" many are younger than me. But it does seem to be 40-60 year old women in my area. And I think they believe they're kewl. Very often moms at kids events.

Sorry, I am oddly passionate about this as a DON'T.

I think it is ridiculous.

It is crazy - saw it at the Grand Canyon. However, we just watched a concert on TV and the amount of phones in the air taking photos/videos was stupid. I would be pissed because it would be so distracting.

We saw his when we were in Florence, Italy. Big tour groups all using iPads for photos. Dh & I just laughed & shook our heads.

Every time I see someone take a pic with an IPad, it reminds me of Moses holding up the tablets in Ten Commandments. 

For most performances isn't that a no-no? But then again, we are all, "so special".

I will even put myself in that class. Today, at Trader Joe's. I scooted out in front of someone trying to park.  

At my kids band concerts I have noticed this. I have a regular camera and my iPhone I use if I don't bring my camera. But to use my iPad? Nope.

I recently tried to navigate my way through a very crowded airport behind a family where three people walking abreast had either phones or ipads held up videoing their entire trip down the terminal. Even if you have never traveled before, there's nothing in a video of random people walking/rushing in an airport that is to be treasured. People were getting very frustrated with them. That's the kind of incident that can lead to violence.

Drives me nuts when I see it.

Related funny -- There is a mom at ODS's band concerts that insists on recording the whole concert on her iPad. She gets up, stands right in the middle of the aisle, about 6 rows back from the stage, and stands there to record. She did it last year and nothing was said. The first concert of the year is the marching band concert. They march into the auditorium using the 4 aisles the run along the sides and between the seats, the color card is in the aisles with flags and props, they play all the songs from the field set and march back out. It's a really fun concert. iPad mom must have missed this concert last year or something. She stood up in her preferred place of recording as the drums started up in the hallway and nearly got bowled over by the low brass section as they marched in playing their horns. I don't know why she didn't move until the last possible second -- perfect shot greed, maybe, who knows. They come in fast and she almost made them trip all over her, themselves, and their instruments. Anyhow, the next week a memo was sent out from the music department to all band parents that anyone recording the concert had to do so from the back row of the theater, behind the seats and out of the aisles, as not to disturb the rest of the attendees and for the safety of the band. ODS said that the mom's DD was so relieved that someone told her mom to knock it off, because the mom wouldn't listen to the DD about how rude (and embarrassing) she was being.

OMG the iPad photo taking is my daughter's pet peeve!