Speedlite Use Issue At A Wedding
Jun 30, 2015 06:34:57 #
DJ, perhaps the photographer was using slave flash units and your flash triggered his flash units, not cool dude.
Jun 30, 2015 06:53:17 #
I can't imagine that you were the only other person taking photos - but you weren't a guest and so he could lash out at you. Your flash wasn't the point, I suspect, as much as the distraction that it caused him. Unless you were physically in his way, I can't imagine that you impaired his ability to take photos.
Jun 30, 2015 07:07:19 #
At receptions I have the DJ announce the cake is about to be cut. Saying "If you want photos, wait till the photographer is done. The bride and groom will remain by the cake for further photos". I have had people with phones almost knock me over to get a shot of the cake. LOL But for your question: if you were using off camera flash, your could have been triggered by the photographer. Your flash could also have triggered the photographers flash. It could have gone off at the same time accidentally. The photographer can set his flash so that other flashes do not interfere. Obviously you took photos before the cake cutting, the photographer should have approached you and set some guidelines.I think his/her response was rude. However, in the future, approach the photographer and work together, that will save a lot of bad feelings on both parties.
Jun 30, 2015 07:32:00 #
photographer charged my DJ table and barked, "Your flash ruined all of my pictures!" Then he stormed off.
Since the normal strobe flash (not so the old flash bulbs) is about 1/1000 of a second, not very likely. I suspect the photog had other issues and needed someone to blame. "all my pics" Hmmmm!
Some preachers forbid flash during the service (what good is power if they cannot abuse it) but digital photog of today generally permits available light photog, and the resulting color shift is semi-easily removed..
Didja know that the "long peak" flashbulbs were available, back in "the day" for use with the 4x5 graphics with focal plane curtains?.. and those curtains had variable slits and variable spring tension which you chose for your shutter speed... OMG! .....and sounded like a window shade going up out of control...(which basically is what it was)... OMG^2!!
Since the normal strobe flash (not so the old flash bulbs) is about 1/1000 of a second, not very likely. I suspect the photog had other issues and needed someone to blame. "all my pics" Hmmmm!
Some preachers forbid flash during the service (what good is power if they cannot abuse it) but digital photog of today generally permits available light photog, and the resulting color shift is semi-easily removed..
Didja know that the "long peak" flashbulbs were available, back in "the day" for use with the 4x5 graphics with focal plane curtains?.. and those curtains had variable slits and variable spring tension which you chose for your shutter speed... OMG! .....and sounded like a window shade going up out of control...(which basically is what it was)... OMG^2!!
Jun 30, 2015 07:37:22 #
DJ Craig wrote:
I have been DJing weddings for over two decades. A... (show quote)
D.J. I think you or the bride should have informed the photographer that you were going take photos during the reception so he could have been aware of your flash.I hope all the photos taken at the reception weren't ruined!
Jun 30, 2015 07:45:37 #
DJ Craig wrote:
I have been DJing weddings for over two decades. A... (show quote)
Was the photographer using off camera flash slaves, and you triggered his flash(s)?
Jun 30, 2015 07:47:18 #
I notice from some of your other postings that you own some fine camera equipment. Why not just shoot without a flash? I bet you would still get great pics and unless you are knocking the photographer over in your eagerness to get those pictures, (which I doubt of course) no one would be the wiser.
Jun 30, 2015 07:51:29 #
if you were triggering his slaves, could have bothered him due to his re-cycle time...that is still HIS problem, not yours... But I still think that he needed a scapegoat fer some other reason... Color him "idiot red"...
Jun 30, 2015 08:12:09 #
zigipha
Loc: north nj
1. i doubt your flash ruined his pic unless he had an optical slaved flash (as mentined)
2. or if the bg were posing, then saw a flash go off (yours) and dropped pose before the photog got his off
3. the analogy of the photog playing music does not hold. many folks can take pics and not ruin it for the main photog; there is no exclusivity in "reading light". but if all the guests cranked up their iphones with btooth speakers and play music, then it would ruin the dj music. there is exclusivity in "playing sound".
4. or you just got in his way
5. or he was just bemoaning another straw in the breaking of the wedding-photographer-cant-make-decent-pay-because-everyone-has-a-camera's back
2. or if the bg were posing, then saw a flash go off (yours) and dropped pose before the photog got his off
3. the analogy of the photog playing music does not hold. many folks can take pics and not ruin it for the main photog; there is no exclusivity in "reading light". but if all the guests cranked up their iphones with btooth speakers and play music, then it would ruin the dj music. there is exclusivity in "playing sound".
4. or you just got in his way
5. or he was just bemoaning another straw in the breaking of the wedding-photographer-cant-make-decent-pay-because-everyone-has-a-camera's back
Jun 30, 2015 08:19:00 #
DJ Craig wrote:
Following the cake cutting ceremony at Saturday's wedding, the paid photographer charged my DJ table and barked, "Your flash ruined all of my pictures!" Then he stormed off.
Ruined all of his pictures? Just how long does your flash last? Usually it's only a fraction of a second. It sounds like he was off his meds.
Jun 30, 2015 08:26:32 #
DJ Craig wrote:
I had permission from the bride and groom to also take pictures. (And you really didn't answer my question and your analogy is not credible, but thanks for taking the time to read my post.)
Try contemplation prior to Hasty Defense. :-(
Jun 30, 2015 08:31:05 #
SharpShooter wrote:
DJ, I read the first page and didn't even bother r... (show quote)
This just saved me a lot of time! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Jun 30, 2015 08:32:34 #
Steve221221
Loc: Metro Detroit
joehel2 wrote:
Good analogy.
Not really. Only if the boombox plays for 1/50 sec.
Jun 30, 2015 08:45:49 #
JPL wrote:
No, you have hardly ruined any shots. He is blaming you for something that is not your fault. You may have distracted him a bit, but if he had been professional he would have dealt with it in another way.
I agree.
Jun 30, 2015 08:48:27 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
I stopped doing weddings decades ago due to Bridezillas & the meddling mothers.... That said, I do take some courtesy shots at my relatives weddings (thankfully few & far between)
Scot I stopped for the same reason. It had gotten so bad that I actually lost interest in photography for a few years.
DJ As far as taking photos, if you've been following this forum for a while you probably have read that the professional photographers are sometimes putting in their contract that no one else can take photos. I've only heard of one instance where he/she meant what he wrote but I guess it has happened
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