Got a call from one of our country club contacts who we do DJ/Lighting/Photobooth for. They apparently have some kind of fall event for the kiddies in the morning. The family takes a photo in front of a hay bale backdrop, then the kid picks out a pumpkin. They can then move onto the petting zoo and a few other things. The long-time vendor who has done the photos apparently got diagnosed with some kind of terrible disease and cannot do the shoot........which starts at 8:30am tomorrow morning (runs until 10:30a).
The guy has been taking a shot then prints a 5X7 or wallets or burns the image to thumbdrive. He charges $15-$25. No edits, just churn and burn. They have 25 families scheduled. The club doesn't make anything off the photo but obviously, they've scheduled the event and now their photographer has bailed. I've already spoken with wifey and she's in. I'm going to try and hookup one of my dye sub printers to be able to get an on-the-spot copy but I'm thinking we're going to do 3 shots, instant print (if possible) then take them home and photoshop then email the hi-res image to the club member. We'll have them fill out a form with their name/contact info and we'll shoot that with them in the pic as a test shot (something to identify the persons) followed by the 3 poses. I'm thinking $25, either cash or use Square for credit cards. The fun part is I'll have to leave the house by 7am, get home by noon, then leave immediately to do a 10 uplight setup downtown, then travel 30 minutes to setup for my DJ+Lighting gig at a country club tomorrow night. Oh yea, we have 3 other weddings running tomorrow as well.
Sounds like fun, right?
The guy has been taking a shot then prints a 5X7 or wallets or burns the image to thumbdrive. He charges $15-$25. No edits, just churn and burn. They have 25 families scheduled. The club doesn't make anything off the photo but obviously, they've scheduled the event and now their photographer has bailed. I've already spoken with wifey and she's in. I'm going to try and hookup one of my dye sub printers to be able to get an on-the-spot copy but I'm thinking we're going to do 3 shots, instant print (if possible) then take them home and photoshop then email the hi-res image to the club member. We'll have them fill out a form with their name/contact info and we'll shoot that with them in the pic as a test shot (something to identify the persons) followed by the 3 poses. I'm thinking $25, either cash or use Square for credit cards. The fun part is I'll have to leave the house by 7am, get home by noon, then leave immediately to do a 10 uplight setup downtown, then travel 30 minutes to setup for my DJ+Lighting gig at a country club tomorrow night. Oh yea, we have 3 other weddings running tomorrow as well.
Sounds like fun, right?