Group Photo for 400 people

[OlyPaul]

Re: Group Photo for 400 people

Hi Folks

I've been asked to shot a group photo outside a building during daylight hours of 400 people. The end result must be one large print approx 2metres x 1metre plus 400 12 x 8 prints. Never done this before got a 10mm - 20mm lens tripod etc and step ladder plus E3, thought about a panoramic stitching maybe between 5 and 9 shots together merging them in Photoshop CS5 shooting Raw then resize using OnOne Resize 7 to upscale to the 2m x 1m print approx 1GB in size.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards
Tom

If the output size stated is a must, then stitching them in panoramic style will result in a tiny strip of the print size being used to fit them across the print resulting in a lot of white wasted space above and below .

Not very satisfactory unless cutting the print to a long panaramic format is acceptable to the client.

If there are steps outside the building I would arrange them in tiers and shoot from a stepladder.

[tomphotofx]

Re: Group Photo for 400 people

Hi Folks

Many thanks to you all for all the advice, I've decided the best solution for the taking of the photo would be to hire a cherry picker that can give variable height up to 25 feet.

Will let you know how I get on if the job comes off subject to costings/fees etc.

Many thanks

Tom