[LRflex] Re: Billboards
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:57:46 -0700
Good Morning, Eric!
> David, I like your panoramic crops and choice of where you placed the
> textual content. Middle image gets my vote because it seems more
> balanced in
> composition, and the tourism aspect for fishermen may be attractive. The
> figure in the first image has his/her back facing the camera, whereas
> the 2 figures in the middle image seem more 'alive', we get to see parts
> of their faces. The empty deck chairs seem to nicely evoke tranquility
> and solitude at dusk in the third image; but the middle image still
> stands out for me.
Thanks, very much, for you comments. The are most helpful.
> Question is, why these scenes in particular, they
> could be any lake,
Indeed, they could. As you might imagine, there is a story here.
Derek, my contact with the town (and a very nice, young chap), found an image
on the internet, which he loved and which would be perfect for the job.
However, when he contacted Getty Images, they quoted him $15,000 for billboard
rights only, for 5 years. Not knowing the value of a good image, he was
expecting $25 to $50!!
I became involved because (a) the town fathers won't pay Getty Images' price (I
don't work for free, but I work for a lot less than Getty's price!), (b) he
wants images he can use for any purpose, at any time, as he chooses ... Getty's
rights package is for the billboard only; and (c) the "fathers" want the image
to be of Logan Lake, itself, even though you are correct that nobody would ever
know the difference.
BTW: Those panoramic crops are a requirement of the 10'x30' (roughly 3x10
meter) size of the billboards.
I was out, this morning, re-taking the third image, in accordance with other,
off-line comments/advice. These have not yet been processed, but I will post
something if anything comes of them.
Thanks, so much, Eric, for your thoughtful insights.
Cheers!
David.
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