Advice needed for wedding shoot
Nov 7, 2020 21:51:05 #
DVZ
Loc: Littleton CO
If you're going to do it practice practice practice with with and without flash in low light settings. I took a workshop before my first wedding that included lots of, you guessed it practice.
Dec 13, 2020 22:01:43 #
My first wedding was a gift to the bride from me. I had asked who the photographer was and they said they hadn't hired one.
I had a friend who is a professional photographer run through what I should make sure I do. This was done in the film days. I had a Nikon FTN camera. First real camera. Shot all the photos needed, then sorted and made up an album.
The next thing I heard was a complaint from the father of the bride about some infinitesimal problem that he perceived. Then he wanted to know why I hadn't done all of the photos as 8 X 10's. I did all 5 X 7's and gave them far more photos than they would have had from a pro. The bride was happy and that was all I cared about. The dad wasn't interested in paying for any larger prints, or any reprints at all. I don't know what his real problem was.
From that first wedding, word of mouth spread and I was doing a few weddings a month and earning a lot of money. It helped me through college and I learned a lot about photography. I always loved making photos.
I left the wedding business because it wasn't what I wanted to do. I trend toward landscape photos. The digital age allowed me to have so much more fun.
Glad I did that first wedding. I would never do that again for free. I've done a 60th birthday party for free and made up an album for the mom and a dvd for the birthday girl. It brought tears of joy to everyone's eyes . It made me happy to make them cry. (I even turned it around in 24 hours-finished product) Sometimes, it is good to do it right in camera. I just made tiny adjustments in post production.
I had a friend who is a professional photographer run through what I should make sure I do. This was done in the film days. I had a Nikon FTN camera. First real camera. Shot all the photos needed, then sorted and made up an album.
The next thing I heard was a complaint from the father of the bride about some infinitesimal problem that he perceived. Then he wanted to know why I hadn't done all of the photos as 8 X 10's. I did all 5 X 7's and gave them far more photos than they would have had from a pro. The bride was happy and that was all I cared about. The dad wasn't interested in paying for any larger prints, or any reprints at all. I don't know what his real problem was.
From that first wedding, word of mouth spread and I was doing a few weddings a month and earning a lot of money. It helped me through college and I learned a lot about photography. I always loved making photos.
I left the wedding business because it wasn't what I wanted to do. I trend toward landscape photos. The digital age allowed me to have so much more fun.
Glad I did that first wedding. I would never do that again for free. I've done a 60th birthday party for free and made up an album for the mom and a dvd for the birthday girl. It brought tears of joy to everyone's eyes . It made me happy to make them cry. (I even turned it around in 24 hours-finished product) Sometimes, it is good to do it right in camera. I just made tiny adjustments in post production.
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