I took part in the San Antonio event. About 10 folks took photos of about 70 people in various family combinations. I think my two cameras took about 300-350 shots on one backdrop; no idea how many the other camera took in front of my other backdrop. Local paper had a story at http://bit.ly/55BvYO - not exactly accurate reporting, but good enough. Glad I took part, wish we had more planning ahead of time, but very rewarding nonetheless.


We had one person as "dispatcher", sending families to one of two "studios" and writing down names. At my "studio", an assistant would pose the families, I'd start shooting on a 24-105/4, and the assistant would pick up a 70-200 and get close-ups. When done, the assistant would take the memory cards to the importer, who would write down the family's name and pile the cards on the name. As fast as she could, she'd import the images and make the memory cards available for return to the respective photographers. In the end, I think we should have had a dedicated importer per "studio"; given enough resources, a mini-LAN with one import station and one editing/proofing station per "studio" would have been much better. So, in a near-perfect world, one manager (handling behind-the-scenes documentary shooting), one dispatcher (more if >3 studios), and then per-studio a photographer, an assistant, a runner, an importer, and a proofer/editor.