(not quite so) Fat Sam wrote:
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A lot of good advice in the replies, I'm impressed with the responses to
your query.
Just a couple of additional comments I would like to make; I think this
situation calls for an inconspicuous camera, a point and shoot, and not
an attention-grabbing professional looking dslr. Since your shots are
destined for a website, or maybe a newspaper or a circular, any old p&s
will do if it has a reasonable zoom lens attached, and you would stand a
better chance of getting into the hall with the camera in your pocket
than around your neck.
Also, are there any villages or locations that actually have this
desecration of property happening right now that you can get dramatic
images of? It's my experience that not everybody can visualize the
results of something that hasn't yet happened.
I had a case of this some years ago when the council decided to build a
bmx course for kids on bmx bikes, on the only piece of reserve land in
the whole suburb of the town I lived in. I took a trip to a bmx track
about 10 miles away, and spent some time photographing the eyesore that
was the track, the dust kicked up by the yahoo kids, the hordes of bikes
etc, and published a selection in a circular a neighbor and I delivered
around the area.
Result was gratifying; a deputation to the council demanding the plan be
dropped. before the photos were circulated, the wasn't much response at
all from the locals, but there sure was after.
Good luck,
Colin D.
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