Colin_D wrote:
> (not quite so) Fat Sam wrote:
>
> <snip all, a bit too long>
>
>
> 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.
Ooh..Good thinking...
I've been in touch with a couple of local press agencies, and they're
considering sending down a photographer, so I'd imagine if there's a
ruckus
over photography rights, those guys will have heard it all before and will
have a techniques to deal with it...I also expect the journos they send
will
love that and will take the op****tunity to make a story out of the
censor****p.
> 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.
I went up to the quarries about 10 miles away from here and got some
photos
of the quarries, then photoshopped the dirty great hole onto some photos
of
the village.
That certainly did raise an emotive response.
http://flickr.com/photos/swampy_bogtrotter/2348936791/in/set-72157604324308880/
http://flickr.com/photos/swampy_bogtrotter/2349773106/in/set-72157604324308880/
http://flickr.com/photos/swampy_bogtrotter/2349009593/in/set-72157604324308880/
> Good luck,
Thanks Colin,
And thanks to everyone who's offered great advice and help.
It really is appreciated guys.
|
