Good post. I agree.
I think that good wedding photography is very under-estimated. To do it
well is quite specialist and although you need decent equipment, there is
so
much more to it that this. Pressing the button is the easy part.
"Joseph Meehan" <sligoNoSPAMjoe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In all due respect, no one is really prepared to do this the first
> time, unless they have been trained by a professional at real weddings.
>
> There are so many things that can and do go wrong. The last person
you
> really want to have this happen to would be a close friend or family
> member. There are a lot of tricks to the trade. For example, no matter
> how good your equipment is, it can and will fail right at the worse
> moment. No real professional is going to try and do a wedding with just
> one camera or flash etc.
>
> I worked at a photo studio and even with experienced professionals we
> had some real problems. I also worked at a large Department Store. I
> was in the photo retail end, not the studio at the time. The
President's
> daughter's wedding was being done by the store. Guess what... That *&$%
> professional decided to do that wedding drunk. No photos. The Mother
of
> the bride knew me and asked what I might do. In that case it did not
turn
> out totally bad. We got the negatives (this was 40 years ago) that
anyone
> attending the wedding had. From those we ended up with a good,
memorable,
> if not traditional, album.
>
> However don't send your sister away. She has something that no
> professional has. She know the people there. Like those photos in the
> album from all those guest, she will have photos that not professional
> would know to take. For example, if Uncle Fred is seen dancing with
his
> cousin Alma who he has not spoken to since that time 20 years ago when
she
> ... Well that would be a tremendous photo. She also can back up that
> professional just encase he does the same thing that happened 40 years
> ago.
>
>
> "Barb" <sleibo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> I am writing this message for my sister, who has volunteered to
>> photograph our niece's wedding. She is a marvelous amateur
>> photographer, uses a Canon Digital Rebel and gets amazing shots. The
>> niece is paying for the wedding herself and is on a tight budget, so
>> my sister was glad to offer her services free of charge. She feels
>> confident she can photograph all the outdoor shots, reception, etc.,
>> but is a little nervous about the actual church photography, largely
>> because the wedding will be at 6PM and so the church lighting has her
>> a little concerned. She is open to renting or borrowing or purchasing
>> any lighting equipment she may need. I guess she could use any
>> helpful words of advice from seasoned photographers. I am writing
>> this message in earnest, and surely would appreciate sincere
>> responses, as I have no wish to start any flame wars, etc. Thanks in
>> advance for any 'light' you can shed.
>
>
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> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia 's Muire duit
>
>
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