Wedding Photo Disaster: Imagine how this photographer felt. http://www.diyphotography.net/new-york-photographer-loses-copy-wedding-photos-subway/...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Imagine how this photographer felt.

http://www.diyphotography.net/new-york-photographer-loses-copy-wedding-photos-subway/

Tomcat5133 Loc: Gladwyne PA

This is sad Jerry. But a photographer or videographer should always copy valuable files immediately. I did a shoot yesterday
of a doctors demo of a new product and backed it up on a Mac Book Air as soon as I was finished. I learned at a very young age
that shooting has to be redundant and backed up. My best friend got married and I got a good photographer who did work for
my place and he bought a new flash which didn't synch. Of course today with digital we would know right away.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

jerryc41 wrote:

Imagine how this photographer felt.

http://www.diyphotography.net/new-york-photographer-loses-copy-wedding-photos-subway/

Imagine how the bride must and groom must feel.
Time to send a message to all the guests for all cell phone pics.

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

To Err is only Human jerry..we have all made cock ups to some degree or another!!

cdayton

I think about that when we travel and lock gear in the car to have lunch. The camera and iPad with backup are together in the car. Maybe immediately uploading to the web, if available, is the safest bet. Of course, I'm not selling my pix so their loss would only annoy me.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Doddy wrote:

To Err is only Human jerry..we have all made cock ups to some degree or another!!

The "distraction" on the subway could have been a knife fight.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

jerryc41 wrote:

Imagine how this photographer felt.

http://www.diyphotography.net/new-york-photographer-loses-copy-wedding-photos-subway/

I forgot to put film in a SLR camera one time at an important military event a long time ago. It was photos for me though. A Wedding photo loss. Wow! A $2000 reward that may never be collected too.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

mas24 wrote:

I forgot to put film in a SLR camera one time at an important military event a long time ago. It was photos for me though. A Wedding photo loss. Wow! A $2000 reward that may never be collected too.

My father-in-law thought he was taking a lot of pictures of our wedding - like 40, on a roll of 36. Then he discovered that the film didn't catch on the take-up reel. We had lots of other pictures, though.

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

jerryc41 wrote:

The "distraction" on the subway could have been a knife fight.

Or the "distraction" could have been the Ticket Inspector coming down the carriage..lol.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Doddy wrote:

Or the "distraction" could have been the Ticket Inspector coming down the carriage..lol.

Unlikely. In NYC, you need a ticket to get on the train. I don't think they have ticket inspectors.

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

A long time ago, I had a friend took some wedding pictures and had his film destroyed by a lab. Why don't the couple just contact the photographer. I'm sure he still has the original images and he could reprint the pictures. It's possible that the maintenance crew just threw them out.

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

jerryc41 wrote:

Unlikely. In NYC, you need a ticket to get on the train. I don't think they have ticket inspectors.

You would think that with today's technology and security, nobody could get in or out of a station without paying your fare..but for some reason on Main line routes on British Rail, you will get your ticket checked then clipped or signed. I dont know if they do this on city tubes or local routes though.

clemente21

This is where the errors and omissions insurance comes in handy. I once heard of a similar case (lost wedding photos) and the photographer had to pay for everyone's travel expenses to come in and re-create the wedding to take the photos once more.

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

clemente21 wrote:

This is where the errors and omissions insurance comes in handy. I once heard of a similar case (lost wedding photos) and the photographer had to pay for everyone's travel expenses to come in and re-create the wedding to take the photos once more.

I can't understand why a photographer would destroy the images or negatives. I kept mine for many years. A reinactment just isn't the real thing.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Doddy wrote:

You would think that with today's technology and security, nobody could get in or out of a station without paying your fare..but for some reason on Main line routes on British Rail, you will get your ticket checked then clipped or signed. I dont know if they do this on city tubes or local routes though.

Of course, you have to run your ticket through the turnstile to get to the trains, so that's one level of security. I was surprised to see people collecting tickets when we got off the trains and buses. On the NYC subway, once you pay to get on, you can go anywhere you want (unless that's changed).