I suppose it depends on how much time you spent doing it. If you honestly did it and nothing else for 24 hours straight, I’d say a few hundred, topping out around 4-500 people. If you started in a big city on a Friday night, you could keep going for all 24 hours (though Saturday morning might slow you down a bit).
Time for some simple math. Let’s say that you averaged three people per five minutes during your busiest hours (this wouldn’t be tough if you caught groups and pairs of people walking around). We’ll give you eight hours at this rate, which puts you at 288 people. This leaves you with 16 hours, and we’ll say you do 2 per five minutes for half, and 1 per five for the other half. This is 192 and 96, which leaves you at 576.
Those numbers are probably a bit optimistic, but I think if you hustled you could push more during your busy hours to make up for the slow times. A lot of this does depend on where you are, too: it’s going to be much harder to find people in San Marcos than Las Vegas. A place like Vegas really would be ideal, as you can catch people walking up and down the Strip at all hours. If you were there and didn’t take many breaks, I’d guess you could hit 750.
I think one thing Steven is forgetting is that all these people might not be so willing to let a complete stranger shoot photos of them for “some random weblog”
By no means am i putting down your blog AP, that is just how some may think of.
Personally I think you could get lucky some hours and not so lucky on others where you go on a cold streak.
My educated suggestion would have around 100. Assuming you plan on doing it with total strangers. If it is people you know, then that is different.
A Padre game isn’t a bad idea, on any given game you have 25-40,000 people. I was at Tuesdays game and there are so many random/wierd people I was saying it would be a great place to find a story.
Which is why I suggested going to Vegas. Trust me, you will have no trouble finding people to let you photograph them on a Friday night on the Strip.
And my name’s not Steven.
Before tangents are awry, please re-read my provisions: how many individual (or small group) portraits could I photograph in 24 hours with permission?
That’s all I said.
And we don’t really have enough information to know. Are you doing it for 24 hours straight, and doing nothing else during that 24 hours? Where are you doing at? And so on. I maintain that my highest estimate would be 750 in a crowded place like Vegas, but more like 4-500 in another major metropolitan area.
Stephen, I am so sorry about that. 3 hours of sleep will do that to someone.
The only problem with Vegas is he will run into a ton of people who are drunk[thus making getting permission really easy or really hard]
As for the small group, you could easily go to a local eatery and hang out in the waiting room, strike up a convo with a small group every 5 minutes or so and easily hit up a good 300 patrons while they are waiting for dinner.
The tangents are still to vauge to make an educated suggestions. I will stick to 100. Assuming you take breaks, and do it mostly during the main hours of 8 a.m. and 2 a.m.
I do think you will get more rejections then acceptions though.
Do you mean as in individual portraits? If you were just interested in capturing mobs of people, you could hit the Fair and likely do thousands.
Even better, I suppose, would be a Padres game, since they’d all be sitting across from you.
Stephen,
Good point. But I meant individual (or small group) portraits of people whom I first met and then got permission to shoot.
I suppose it depends on how much time you spent doing it. If you honestly did it and nothing else for 24 hours straight, I’d say a few hundred, topping out around 4-500 people. If you started in a big city on a Friday night, you could keep going for all 24 hours (though Saturday morning might slow you down a bit).
Time for some simple math. Let’s say that you averaged three people per five minutes during your busiest hours (this wouldn’t be tough if you caught groups and pairs of people walking around). We’ll give you eight hours at this rate, which puts you at 288 people. This leaves you with 16 hours, and we’ll say you do 2 per five minutes for half, and 1 per five for the other half. This is 192 and 96, which leaves you at 576.
Those numbers are probably a bit optimistic, but I think if you hustled you could push more during your busy hours to make up for the slow times. A lot of this does depend on where you are, too: it’s going to be much harder to find people in San Marcos than Las Vegas. A place like Vegas really would be ideal, as you can catch people walking up and down the Strip at all hours. If you were there and didn’t take many breaks, I’d guess you could hit 750.
Hmm… maybe 400-800?
Is there a prize for guessing right? ;-)
Joe,
It’s not a guess as you mean but more of an educated suggestion.
As for the prize, you’re on the right track.
Keep discussing.
It would be more interesting to see how many shots you could get of one person in 24 hours. Not one posed. The life of one person for a day. In Vegas!
I think one thing Steven is forgetting is that all these people might not be so willing to let a complete stranger shoot photos of them for “some random weblog”
By no means am i putting down your blog AP, that is just how some may think of.
Personally I think you could get lucky some hours and not so lucky on others where you go on a cold streak.
My educated suggestion would have around 100. Assuming you plan on doing it with total strangers. If it is people you know, then that is different.
A Padre game isn’t a bad idea, on any given game you have 25-40,000 people. I was at Tuesdays game and there are so many random/wierd people I was saying it would be a great place to find a story.
Oh, and if you or Steven ever want to go a Padres game, let me know. I’d love to take you guys.
Which is why I suggested going to Vegas. Trust me, you will have no trouble finding people to let you photograph them on a Friday night on the Strip.
And my name’s not Steven.
Before tangents are awry, please re-read my provisions: how many individual (or small group) portraits could I photograph in 24 hours with permission?
That’s all I said.
And we don’t really have enough information to know. Are you doing it for 24 hours straight, and doing nothing else during that 24 hours? Where are you doing at? And so on. I maintain that my highest estimate would be 750 in a crowded place like Vegas, but more like 4-500 in another major metropolitan area.
Stephen, I am so sorry about that. 3 hours of sleep will do that to someone.
The only problem with Vegas is he will run into a ton of people who are drunk[thus making getting permission really easy or really hard]
As for the small group, you could easily go to a local eatery and hang out in the waiting room, strike up a convo with a small group every 5 minutes or so and easily hit up a good 300 patrons while they are waiting for dinner.
The tangents are still to vauge to make an educated suggestions. I will stick to 100. Assuming you take breaks, and do it mostly during the main hours of 8 a.m. and 2 a.m.
I do think you will get more rejections then acceptions though.
uhm…TONS :) miss you andrew…planning a trip to SD soon. maybe i’llsee you?