They used three cameras and an assistant to reload them, so they always had a loaded camera in their hands. They also only took one shot of each person. The prints were usually done at an over-night lab and mailed to the customer the next day.
Most of the immediate print stuff, often call Cabaret Photography, was done with Polaroid. Before Polaroid there usually were a couple of girls (the photographers were almost always women) shooting tables with a Speed Graphic, with a closet sized darkroom (usually run by the guy who had the contract) in the back; with 4x5 sheet film you could develop the film, make a print, and deliver an 8x10 photo in about 5 minutes. As with most of this kind of photography the photo usually was made and then they tried to sell the print to the customer before he left the club. Brendan MacRae wrote: > > Nobody pauses a ceremony for photographers. > Understood. So, how is it that photogs managed such > situations back when we all shot film <gasp>? -- 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.
