I never had any problems at any FM shows or the Stevie show in Grand Prairie, Texas in regards to taking photos. When Seteca and I went to the Birmingham, England show though...I had my camera in my purse and went through with no problems. Security made Seteca empty his pockets and he took out his camera. They said "You have to leave that. No cameras." WTH?
Now...at The Woodlands show, the guy at the gate made me open my WALLET.
I saw like "Umm..it's just my wallet." and he waved me through. My camera was down in my purse in a little black bag. I got some of my best FM pics that night.
When I went to see Justin Guarini in Beaumont, TX a couple of years ago, there was a camera Nazi. She kept coming over to me and saying "Put the camera away. No pictures." and I kept on taking video and pics. LOL You can hear the dumba$$ on my video too.
I was also with a group of ladies with a full on video camera taking the entire thing. BWAH!!
At Keith Urban shows, you can take all the pictures you want as long as it's not a professional camera and no video is taken. *ahem* I've taken video.
I think a lot of artists realize that stopping people from taking pics is silly and putting rules like no professional cameras is a good thing. One guy brought this gigantic camera and lens to the Keith show in Oklahoma and they made him put it away. I was afraid there would be a scuffle, but there wasn't.