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I've volunteered to photograph the annual "Pets with Santa" session which is sponsored by a local pet store and benefits a Victoria-area animal charity. The basics are fairly straight-forward and don't present too many challenges; there will be a Santa and several assistants, BUT...
Talking to the person who is co-ordinating the event, last year they had somewhere around 150 pets to be photographed (3-5 images/pet) over the course of fiver hours a day for two days. Some quick math tells me that (Just a sec... gotta get the shoes and socks off..) that is about 4 minutes per pet which means the whole thing has to be done assembly-line style, at least to some degree.
Now, even though it is a charity and I'm there as a volunteer, I still want to turn out the best possible product, so: Am I better off just to set it up 'school portrait' style, camera on the tripod, pet in place, "smile" shoot, next please, or even if it means taking a little extra time, keeping the camera free and moving around to get the best shot? That's obviously what I would prefer, I'm just a little concerned about the time aspect...
Thoughts?
Talking to the person who is co-ordinating the event, last year they had somewhere around 150 pets to be photographed (3-5 images/pet) over the course of fiver hours a day for two days. Some quick math tells me that (Just a sec... gotta get the shoes and socks off..) that is about 4 minutes per pet which means the whole thing has to be done assembly-line style, at least to some degree.
Now, even though it is a charity and I'm there as a volunteer, I still want to turn out the best possible product, so: Am I better off just to set it up 'school portrait' style, camera on the tripod, pet in place, "smile" shoot, next please, or even if it means taking a little extra time, keeping the camera free and moving around to get the best shot? That's obviously what I would prefer, I'm just a little concerned about the time aspect...
Thoughts?