John Sessoms wrote: > From: graywolf > >> Being able to transfer your images directly to the laptop your >> assistant is using to print and sell the images without having to stop >> shooting is a money making benefit for event photographers. If you are >> just taking photos for yourself it is probably only good for bragging >> rights. > > Anybody on this list shooting those kind of events and actually selling > prints while the event is still in progress? > > Anybody NOT on this list that you know is doing that?
I don't know anybody personally doing that, but I know of a lot of people doing it. The UK Mag 'Professional Photographer' covered this extensively in their recent Event Photography issue. > >> I think these days globe trotting photojournalists just connect the >> camera to their Sat-phone. Often set up so they go out as they are shooting. >> > > The only one I've dealt with personally didn't. He did use a sat-phone > when necessary to link back to the U.S., but not real-time via wi-fi. > > He took time to look at his take on the laptop and select what he wanted > to send back to the real world. And he only used the sat-phone when he > didn't have access to the internet. > > That wi-fi thingy looks like it'd work well if you're shooting down on > the sports field and linking to a laptop up in the press-booth. That's what it's oriented towards, for example, court #1 at Wimbledon this year had Wifi for that reason. > > Or maybe covering candidate press conferences ... but it's still an > organizational thing; gotta have someone on both ends of the link who > know what to do with the photos. > -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
