Uh, Andrew, are you sure this guy is a "friend"?
And are you saying you've used your camera only with the reducing back
and not with sheet film?
>From what distance will this 'poster' be viewed? And have you gotten
an estimate of printing cost? If so, have they approved it?
I can't even count the number of possible ways this could go wrong!
I'll say a prayer for you . . .
ScottGee1
On 9/16/05, Andrew Dacey <adacey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It's 3:35pm (okay, 15:35 for the international time folks) on a Friday
> here and I just got off the phone with a friend of mine. Apparently,
> his girlfriend needs a photo for a poster she's working on. They need
> a LF shot because the poster is going to be blown up to something like
> 8' tall. They don't really have the budget to hire a pro photographer
> for this (especially not to work with 4x5). But, I happen to own a 4x5
> so my friend gave me a call. Oh, it's also a portrait and I don't
> normally shoot portraits. They at least have the model but I've never
> worked with her before. Nor am I exactly all that experienced with my
> 4x5 in the first place (as in I've run a couple rolls of 120 film
> through it with a roll film back). Oh, and they need the shot by
> Monday so we have to shoot it this weekend and hope the pro lab can do
> rush processing on the sheet film on Monday. Oh, did I mention that
> hurricane/tropical strom Ophelia is due to hit here this weekend? So
> it's looking like it's going to be studio shot, I don't do studio
> work. They've got the studio lights but I've never used the setup.
>
> Why do I get the feeling this is a recipe for disaster?
>
> Still, at the very least it'll be my first paid photo gig. Not sure
> though if I want to build my reputation as a pro on being the person
> you call when you need something done on ridiculously short notice and
> you don't have the budget to hire a "real" pro.
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