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10/10/2006 05:41:39 AM · #26 |
I use my Tamron 28-75 for a majority of what I shoot with weddings and I also have a 50mm 1.8 handy as well. I find the Tamron caters for most of what I do!
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10/10/2006 07:17:06 AM · #27 |
I did my 20th wedding last weekend. Me and the wife work together - She has a Canon Film Camera and I use the 350D. What is nice about the two cameras is that we can get one shot from two diferent angles.
I love doing wedding shoots - and yes, it is hard work, but I love the reaction of the newly weds when they see their photos for the first time.
For me its a hobby, I make a couple of Rands from it, but compared to others, I am still cheap, but I prefer it that way. It is not my income.
Funny thing is - looking at our first weddings we thought the photos were lovely (luckily so did the newly weds) ; comparing those photos (you could call them before DPC Photos) to the after DPC Photos (latest weddings), I see a huge improvement. |
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10/10/2006 08:09:12 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by angela_packard:
ARe you supposed to refrain from smacking your clients?? i didn't think there was anything wrong with that!
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Lol Ok, sometimes I'll pull the old "Let me fix your boutonniere for you sir." smack!!! "Oh sorry, my hand must've slipped on the pin." :-) |
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10/10/2006 10:19:05 AM · #29 |
Like I said earlier, I give props to you wedding photogs, as you definitely work hard for you pay. But trust me on this--being a wedding DJ is no picnic all the time either! I've been fortunate this year in that almost all of my weddings have gone great (even the one where the electric went out turned out pretty good). But if you think people get strong oppinions about their photos, you should try dealing with them about their music! I'll have a PACKED dance floor going crazy, and have some drunk third cousin who thinks disco (or country, or rap, or whatever else I happen to be playing at the moment) SUCKS, and I should switch to something you can dance to. Or worse yet, they'll think I need their help to make the party better, and they'll try to go through my CDs to see what they like. Believe me, I've met a lot of really great, fun people at weddings, and usually I have a great time too. But I've also met an almost equal number of people in desperate need of being b*tch-slapped across the room. If you've photographed enough weddings, you know what I mean.
Okay, now back to our regularly-scheduled discussion. Carry on... :o) |
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10/10/2006 10:30:49 AM · #30 |
I usally do about 10 weddings a year, and like Pedro no batch processing for me. I have to go through each one, just to make sure they are right. As a wedding photographer you do have to know everything. One of my selling points is that you're not only getting a photographer you are getting a Jack of all trades. Every wedding is different but Murphy will always stick his nose in and mess things up. You have to be prepared for any event, maybe the bride and groom will get sick, (happened on my last wedding). Maybe peolpe will get lost, or even worse you will have somebody pass out in their wheelchair and fall out right when you are shooting the vows. Yes that person was carted off by rescue. You have to know how to dress the bride and her girls, you have to know how to put the flowers on the groom so not as to stab himself. (this is an art by the way) It really is a tough gig, but over the years I've changed the way I go about shooting them and have changed my attitude about weddings. Now I have fun, get better pictures and usually make some real good friends along the way.
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