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01/24/2011 07:38:40 PM · #26 |
| idk... thats the sad thing.... |
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01/24/2011 09:37:41 PM · #27 |
Read and Re-Read Skip's post. He tells you all the kinds of things you need to think about.
Planning... planning... planning...
The shot list Skip mentions IS your most important task with the wedding planners. You need a detailed list of ALL the pictures they expect you to take, who is in them, anything else special they need or want and advance agreed upon expectations for every detail.
Weddings are among the most important events in anyone's lifetime and you need to give recording that event your best effort possible. You are very young for that much responsibility. In your favor, however, judging from your DPC images, you do have decent compositional skills.
My 2 cents worth:
1-Spend about 50 hours between now and then studying the works of the very best wedding photographers you can find. Emulate the best of the best, but keep it simple!
2-Spend at least a couple hours to scout the wedding site, indoors and out, as much in advance as possible to scope out shot locations and BG framing and content. Expect last minute changes.
3-At the exclusion of all else, be sure every image on your list gets taken and check each one off as you take it. As time and convenience permits then slip in a few extra ideas of your own.
The last wedding I photographed was quite expensive. Yet it was changed from an elaborate outdoor ceremony among the grapevines in a quaint winery to an indoor one in the reception hall at the last minute because of heavy rain. The ceremony itself was completely reworked by the wedding party less than two hours before crunch time.
However, not a single one of the many carefully planned album images was missed. That part went smooth as silk! But then, we had one first shooter and two second shooters. :)
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01/25/2011 06:27:20 AM · #28 |
i'm glad that post is proving useful; thanks for the feedback!
i've edited it to add in some omissions in the first draft, mainly covering legal stuff, insurance, what to charge, equipment, workflow, delivery options, day-of-event considerations.
while i don't personally advocate taking on a wedding without any prior professional experience, it can be done. then again, one can also run into a minefield blindfolded and possibly make it across alive.
if someone is going to pursue wedding photography, i would highly recommend some form of apprenticeship, working as a second shooter for an experienced/established wedding photographer first, before diving into the deep end without any lessons.
more than likely, i would suggest to the couple to hire a professional so that i could give them the gift of my photography without there being the possibility of letting them down (simply put, let me be the unpaid second shooter that i can shoot without the pressure of having to deliver).
Message edited by author 2011-01-25 06:39:13. |
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01/25/2011 06:26:36 PM · #29 |
i thank you all for your input, opinions, and general advice. unfortunately it fell through. they had to cut back, and i was one of those things. They actually already had a photographer for formal shot of just them and the bride's son. she is getting 400 for 2 hrs. What did i ask 450 for the whole freakin day. I really dont think it was that bad. infract they were getting a steal if i was actually a pro. but i'm not and it was my first wedding. but really guys?!
So i'm upset now... like really upset. but hopefully another job will come my way, and it will be better then this last offer.
Moving on with life now... |
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01/26/2011 08:34:53 AM · #30 |
| Meh, their loss. They took the safe route. IMO, they would've come away with tons more awesome shots if they had you. |
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01/26/2011 08:56:06 AM · #31 |
That sucks, cos I know how excited you where.
If I where you, I would be going to all these wedding photographers and asking them if you can shadow them. You will probably get paid peanuts, but it would give you some shooting experience with weddings so that you can then charge $200+ an hour! |
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01/26/2011 08:59:09 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by JulietNN:
That sucks, cos I know how excited you where.
If I where you, I would be going to all these wedding photographers and asking them if you can shadow them. You will probably get paid peanuts, but it would give you some shooting experience with weddings so that you can then charge $200+ an hour! |
good idea, then she can pay me rent and get the white paint taken off my fender ;) |
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01/26/2011 09:05:23 AM · #33 |
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01/26/2011 02:09:23 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
Originally posted by JulietNN:
That sucks, cos I know how excited you where.
If I where you, I would be going to all these wedding photographers and asking them if you can shadow them. You will probably get paid peanuts, but it would give you some shooting experience with weddings so that you can then charge $200+ an hour! |
good idea, then she can pay me rent and get the white paint taken off my fender ;) |
Whatever... you'll get paid for it.... |
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