Sure would be a huge amount of work, approaching nightmarish.The process used I think would be just as interesting as the setup ;-)
It sure is very kind of Bruce to share his setup information with others. Very interesting too. Hi Kirby, from what I know of photography, a high f-stop (small aperature) is not needed for poster photography as the subject is stationary (thus longer exposure can be done) and posters are very thin (depth of field not a problem). There is actually a sweetspot for image sharpness which is in the middle of the f-stop (aperature) range, not at the high or low end. Might be worth giving it a go... Would be great to see your setup Kirby! A good thing to note in Bruces setup is the distance the camera is from the poster. The closer you get, the more the straight edges of the poster start to curve (barrel), so, is good to stay back and use a longer fixed focal length lens, or a zoom lens (but for possibly slightly lesser quality). Steve --- On Sun, 3/10/10, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] PHOTOGRAPHING 1-SHEET MOVIE POSTERS To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 3 October, 2010, 5:27 And Bruce while you're at it, you can tell us the manpower it takes to photograph and process all that stuff. We do it on a much much smaller scale, and believe me it takes some time. And who did we call for advice when we set up our rig? Bruce. We got some good advice, too. But we use banks of fluorescents and time exposures at a highf-stop. We can do this because we don't have as many posters to shoot and we do not need thespeed of strobes. K. On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: I can't tell a lie. You're right! But if I REALLY wanted to show off, I would have shown images of all FOUR of our photography set-ups, each slightly different from the others (how else do you think we can photograph 2,000 items a week, more than most people photo in a year?)! Bruce On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Richard Auras <[email protected]> wrote: OK Bruce.... now you are just showing off... :-) Rick From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, October 2, 2010 5:40:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] PHOTOGRAPHING 1-SHEET MOVIE POSTERS So I guess our set-up won't work? http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/samplephotosetup.htm On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Irvin Gelb <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Everyone,This might be a stupid question coming from someone who’s been in the business for a long time but could you tell me the simplest and best looking way that you’ve found to photograph 1-sheet movie posters? I don’t readily have a flat metallic area with room to shoot on so if that’s one of the options kindly advise what you do for the back portion.If there are materials needed to purchase this set up kindly let me know where you get them.I would be interesting to see what other dealers have used to shoot posters rather than just laying them on the floor and shooting them from a step ladder down.Many thanks,irv Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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