Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > When I am doing shots of a stage show very often > > things on stage are moving at a mile a minute. > > > > This IS NOT shot gun photography > > hoping that one "might" turn out! > > > Russ > > Local photographers here - covering Amateur Drama - are now simply > delivering the whole caboodle on CD. It's not quite work-for-hire but > the recipients can print as many as they like. > > That's got a lot of attraction for me - stop worrying about copyright, > almost no post production effort (the customer has to print their own > and probably wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid per shot anyway). > > There's no detailed admin ... handing out proof sheets and collating + > collecting reprint orders. > Almost no "editing" either ... apart from the real dross everything > ends up on the CD. That's one approach, and I sure see the workflow advantages. Given that the previous alternative was machine prints (even if from a pro lab), this shouldn't produce less-good prints, either. The "printing" step (except in the mechanical, basic physical meaning) has never really appeared in this sort of low-end work. It's a pity, because the pictures could be considerably better; but somebody with skills would have to be convinced to spend the time. Of course, the other way to look at it is that if I were involved with amateur drama, I'd get nice files on CD that I could work on to make good prints, instead of just mediocre prints that are harder to improve. (I don't know if I've related my "master printer" story here before; in case I haven't, briefly, Ctein is a friend of mine, and very occasionally he's wanted prints of some of my snapshots for his snapshot album. Back when it was film, I'd loan him the negs (not something I'd do for most people of course!), and I'd get copies of the prints if they were of any possible interest to me. His "snapshot prints" (RA-4 8x10s) from my fairly mediocre negatives looked *so* much better than the best pro-lab prints I've seen that it wasn't even funny. Somehow this was a much more striking demonstration than seeing his dye-transfer prints from his own 6x7 negatives. There appears to be a *whole lot* to this thing of being a good printer!) > The photog gets a flat fee for covering the event + some variable > costs depending on numbers of CDs sold. > > Ain't digital wonderful. Yep, sure is. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
