Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I'm not sure how many people know about the 'Inside Out' project started by a French artist named JR. In simplified terms he takes photographs of people mainly in the streets and pastes them in huge dimensions in a variety of unusual places ... often billboard size or larger. You really have to watch the video on the 'TED' site or the 'Inside Out' site to get a handle on what he's all about and what his aims are for this project. He started off as a graffiti artist in Paris.
The creative arts institute that I do a little work for has decided to get on board with this project in a major way and have offered me a fee to produce images for them that can be used for their version of what JR is currently doing in various locations around the globe. They have the facilities to print up to bilboard sized images and want the people in the urban village surrounding the college photographed and if they're willing, have their faces spread around the community in a similar manner. The village is quite big and has a large Muslim population and this is the group they want me to concentrate on.
When I approach individuals it will be as a representative of the Queensland University of Technology who will supply me with whatever documentation I need to get each subject's release if they're willing to participate.
In the video of JR photographing subjects he appears to be using a Canon DSLR (couldn't tell which model) which has me wondering how many megapixels you actually need to be able to print to this size ... resolution is not really that important for the final image because they may wind up on a flight of steps or on the side of a garbage truck, or pasted on the side of a vacant building ... who knows? Having sold my soul recently to get my D700 I'm seriously wondering if it's going to be up to the job ... I'd have to suspect maybe not but I'm certainly in no position to be able to buy anything better at the moment!
Some feedback and advice would be much appreciated here.
The creative arts institute that I do a little work for has decided to get on board with this project in a major way and have offered me a fee to produce images for them that can be used for their version of what JR is currently doing in various locations around the globe. They have the facilities to print up to bilboard sized images and want the people in the urban village surrounding the college photographed and if they're willing, have their faces spread around the community in a similar manner. The village is quite big and has a large Muslim population and this is the group they want me to concentrate on.
When I approach individuals it will be as a representative of the Queensland University of Technology who will supply me with whatever documentation I need to get each subject's release if they're willing to participate.
In the video of JR photographing subjects he appears to be using a Canon DSLR (couldn't tell which model) which has me wondering how many megapixels you actually need to be able to print to this size ... resolution is not really that important for the final image because they may wind up on a flight of steps or on the side of a garbage truck, or pasted on the side of a vacant building ... who knows? Having sold my soul recently to get my D700 I'm seriously wondering if it's going to be up to the job ... I'd have to suspect maybe not but I'm certainly in no position to be able to buy anything better at the moment!
Some feedback and advice would be much appreciated here.
