viewing stations for event photography. solution?

[Peter Blake]

I'm being asked to provide event photo service, on a fairly irregular basis, for an unknown number of clients.

I'm not ready to plough a load of money that I don't have, into commercially available event photo systems.

is this viable as a stopgap? multiple iPads displaying the contents of a slideshow. each image would be onscreen for 5 secs, with a filename. or possibly a venue might have a video projector, could use that.

in the event that is coming up, I have a dress rehearsal to shoot stills at, the main event the following day they want me to shoot video. I was planning to do the still image display right after the main event. this is a kids' drama school performance. I don't want to display prints because of the fiscal overheads....

would anyone who does event photography be able to shed some light?

 

[Beth Carter]

i don't, but i know a guy who does wedding photography and shows the ceremony photos and engagement shots at the reception. he shows them on a small flat screen tv that he hooks up to a laptop using a monitor cable. he used to use a projector, but it can be hard to see if the lights are on so he switched to a tv display.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I've seen the same set-up as Beth described, but could see the iPad idea also working very nicely

Just make sure you tie them down so they don't walk away!

 

[Lee Webb]

iPad and wifi transmitter, works a treat

 

[Peter Blake]

I've seen the same set-up as Beth described, but could see the iPad idea also working very nicely

Just make sure you tie them down so they don't walk away!

no need. this is Japan

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an alternative then

digital photoframes, just because they are lower upfront investment. copy the images to whatever card fits, and set a few up. then again, I have no further use for them, other than perhaps further events?

whereas the ipad idea, at least the investment is justified by further use, by all the family.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

no need. this is Japan

That must be nice