FYI - some public libraries offer free access to Acorn (and Kanopy), which may appeal to some more than a paid subscription...

see http://www.wvphotographs.com/ for some nice samples of Kent Mason's photography of WV

Your post reminded me to investigate how to turn off the "Automatically Check For Updates" "feature" that caused me to once hastily and accidentally click the "Update" button instead of the "Remind Me Later" [when I didn't want to be reminded at all]. Knowing that updating would result in turning my LR6 to dust by upgrading the OS, I managed to halt the update/upgrade mid-stride, but this morning resolved to figure out how to prevent that accidental click in the future. Turns out it's fairly easy if anyone else is interested: Click the Apple icon in the upper left corner, go to System Preferences, then to the App Store or if you don't see that, search "Update" then "Advanced" and unclick the box which says "Automatically Check For Updates". You can always reverse this by reversing the process.

I find all-in-one printers are kind of like dinner theaters - mediocre dinner, rolled in with mediocre theater? If you're serious about scanning resolution, or color "trueness" in printing, you're better off getting a separate one of each. - k

Nikon MC-DC2 works fine for my D750. It's a cable that plugs into the side port of the camera. You can also use a totally remote (no cable) I think, but I don't know for sure.

Thanks so much for the info! It's really helpful to know! - Kevin

Nice shots! Did you use a trigger of some sort, or rely on trying to time these right? Lens? Lighting? What's the red glimmer in the shots? How achieve it?
Thanks for any clues or tips!

Kevin

Your problem lies in differing expectations: YOU expect (and believe you are limited to giving) to give YOUR impression of your best photos, your best work, which represent YOUR impression of what best conveys YOUR artistic work and impression of the event and people. THEY expected that they were paying for your time and effort, and for all photos you took, regardless of your impression of their value and regardless of artistic "merit." For example, what if you caught "Aunt Marge" mid-blink during the reception, and Marge was famous in the family for always blinking in photos? The photo to you is worthless (or worse), yet would be priceless to the whole family, or Marge has died since the wedding and the family would treasure it, especially since it caught her, as always, in mid-blink.

To avoid hurt feelings, crushed expectations or a contractual dispute (as others have noted above), you need to state clearly in the contract what you are willing/going to deliver, specifically that it will NOT include all photos taken, that YOU will be the sole judge of what photos will be turned over to the client. On the other hand, and at the other end of the spectrum, you can agree turn over all of your work and raw product, and if the client(s) want further work done on particular photos, you can do so for $x per hour.

You have to recognize that people are interested in something different as clients than you are as a professional artist or photographer. Sort of like a Venn diagram whose circles intersect and overlap, but are not identical. My wife, mother and college roommate are all artists, and once they figured out that most people want something "to match the couch" in the living room rather than a sublime rendering of something that doesn't match the couch, they were much more able to sleep peacefully at night, as their artistic sensibility was not assaulted by what sells and what doesn't. You just have to realize that your potential client pool will shrink if you make your conditions known up front, as most people think they're paying for your time and effort, not for what YOU think they should receive and appreciate. Not right or wrong, just have the expectation discussion and agreement (contract) before the event instead of after.

Thanks for all of your thoughts, and especially the pictures of how you've set up your camera and tripod - it helps a lot to visualize what you're explaining.
Kevin

Thanks for all of the information and the thoughts that went into it!
Kevin

How so? Anything other than 180 degrees out?

Thanks for the thoughts and tips - I hadn't thought about the trick of rotating the head clockwise so loosening of the camera wouldn't be an issue. I'll give it a try!
Kevin

All good thoughts and suggestions - thanks for responding with help! Lots to think about and plan for...
Kevin

Thanks - I didn't know about anti-twist features in the base plate, which is where I think the slippage is occurring - the top surface of the mounting plate is some sort of cork material that has worn shiny with time, so depends almost entirely on the tightening of the mounting screw to resist "drift." Thanks for the tips! - k

Thanks for the tips! I think the slippage is occurring between the bottom of the camera and the surface of the plate at the top of the head, so what you mention should take care of that. Even with the screw wightened forcefully, the torque from the weight of the lens still causes the camera and lens to drift down. Thanks for responding!
Kevin