Costumers and set design people also need good shots for their portfolios. And the actors and actresses who've put so much time into a production also love shots to remember it by.
This all takes me way back. I shot theatre for many years. Alas, it was many years ago. If I ever get a decent film scanner, I'll start scanning in some of that stuff. Wes On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Rebekah <[email protected]> wrote: >>Funny, I'd *never* considered that the lighting folk would want to see my >>shots. I will make a point of presenting them with my card >next time -- >>thanks so much for that suggestion! > > > you bet - just think how difficult it is to produce a decent picture > showing the angle and color of lighting used. Point and shoot cameras > flash everytime, or correct to the point that everything is washed > out. When a lighting person is trying to put together their > portfolio, it can be very difficult to represent their abilities when > all they have is blueprints of lighting plots and stage directions and > whatnot. Nothing speaks to a director like a good visual, and > naturally good photographers are as rare among 'techies' as among the > rest of the public. > > Glad that was helpful! :) > > -- 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.
