One odd thing about the Haken show: the guy who kept coming out and taking videos of the band. It was distracting having him stand in front of the drummer or bass player for minutes at a time just taping them.
I have to say you just got a bit unlucky at your show. That fine gentleman is Simen and he's been posted the tour videos and is doing a ton of other stuff for the band. Typically he stays in the back, side, or is in the crowd filming. My guess is they had a specific reason for needing footage of whatever he was taping at that show.
The Chicago show was awesome for me. Also had a great time meeting and hanging out with Nick and splent. The photographer on stage didn't bother me much personally. If anything, the person taking videos from in the crowd looked like they may have annoyed people, but with no photographer pit, there isn't much to do about that.
Well, that was just a bit of poor planning. Basically someone had come up from Mexico with a bunch of cameras, most of which were mounted on stage, and they gave an extra to that guy and basically said just point it at whatever you think you should. Bigger issue was he was in the 2nd row. Had they given it to someone in front they could have held it lower and not have been in anyone's way.
While all this makes for great social media videos I do hope that if and when they do a proper concert film that they get a proper film crew for it. Augment it with whatever extra cameras you might have, but do the main bit right.