Beyoncé wasn't too pleased to see one of her front row fans videotaping her instead of enjoying the concert like the rest of the audience. According to the Daily Mail, the singer was performing "Irreplaceable" at the Gwinnett Center in Atlanta when she turned her microphone over to the audience so they could help her sing the chorus "to the left, to the left."
Instead of singling along, one fan had his cell phone camera pointed at the "Diva" singer and she wasn't all that happy about it.
"See, you can't even sing because you're too busy taping," she said to the guy. "I'm right in your face baby, you gotta seize this moment baby! Put that damn camera down."
The guy listened and put his phone and began to sing the chorus to which the singer responded "Yes, that's much better."
The singer had said that she wanted all press photographers banned from her "Mrs. Carter Show World Tour" after unflattering photos of her surfaced following her Super Bowl performance. Instead Beyoncé reportedly hired her own photographer, Frank Micelotta, who is only supposed to get flattering images of the Queen B, the Daily Mail reports.
According to Fstoppers.com, the signer's team will hand out three to five chosen images to the media after each show. The ban came just after weeks after her publicist reportedly emailed websites asking them to remove pictures Beyoncé didn't like.
Some professional photographers said the "Singles Ladies" singer was taking things too far. Noam Galai, a professional photographer, told the Daily Mail that the "unflattering" photos that surfaced after the her Super Bowl performance was most likely due to pressure to hurry up and get the pictures published saying that many of the photographers didn't have time to go back and edit or sift through the bad shots.
"In almost any other vent, such as normal concerts, photographers have time to go through the images, get rid of the bad ones and send out the absolute best," Galai said. "Generally speaking, no one wants to post bad pictures. Banning professional photographers from all shows is simply stupid. Beyoncé needs to use the media to her advantage, not fight it. Playing games with the media will cause more harm than good."
Even though the singer has banned professional photographers, she can't stop fans from using their cell phones to take amateur pictures.
