A friend of mine using an Oly E3 at the time had billboards commissioned by the
local authorities - I saw a snap of one of them, stunning!
Billboards are not technically that demanding, so long as what you see is what
the client wants …
Amities
Philippe
Le 1 mai 2014 à 20:47, Leowesson <leowesson@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> Hi Paul.
>
> I've had images on billboards, not sure what the exact size was... I'm
> amazed how well dslr files hold up in combo with the current printing
> technology.
>
> Leo Wesson
> leowesson.com
>
>> On May 1, 2014, at 13:36, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Question - what's the largest any of you have seen one of your images
>> printed?
>>
>> A friend of mine who has a sign shop is also a drag racing fanatic. He saw
>> my Sunset Strip photos and went nuts - said he knows there's a market for
>> them. I sent him the hi-res jpg, and he just showed me a test print....
>>
>> He had printed it out on a 3'x5' piece of banner stock on his HD sign
>> printer. When I first saw it, there was a big rush of adrenaline - wow.
>> Just.... wow. And then I looked at it more cirtically and was amazed at
>> how well the image from the E-M5 held up, even on the rough-ish surface of
>> the banner material..
>>
>> The ones we'll offer for sale will be smaller, and probably on gallery
>> wrap frames. He's connected with the local drag racing community, so we'll
>> approach this as a partner thing, splitting the proceeds (mostly in my
>> favor). I'm excited (guardedly) about the possibility of actually making
>> some money back from the photo toys, and the CFO has already agreed that
>> anything I make can go right into the "Paul wants the 40-150/2" fund.
>>
>> But seeing that monster print this afternoon was certainly a thrill.
>>
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>> Paul Braun
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>>
>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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