Thank you. I will do that.

Thank you that helps immensly.

I have an Sirui tripod. We had a family visiting us recently. They had a small child with them. This was my fault for leaving the tripod available for the kid to play with. He unscrewed on of the leg adjustments and the leg came off. And I can't get the leg back on. There are two small shims at at the bottom but I can't see to keep them together. Does anybody know how to fix that? I welcome your feedback.

[quote=dicspics]I have done weddings, if you have to ask these questions don't even start, you will not believe what's going to happen when you start the shoot, nobody will cooperate with the posing and the guys will be drinking that haven't drank before. Plus everyone with there cell p[hone will be in your way. If you don't have at least two people that know what there doing with the posing you won't have a chance.. I could go on, but don't say I didn't warn you..

P.S. and when you show the pics to the bride a couple weeks later she says she doesn't like them and won't pay the rest on the money she owes... Hope you have better luck..[/quote]

The answer to that question is simple. Qupte the customer a fixed price and the customer has to put up 50% down, non-refundable. If there are any problems with the finished product I will correct it. I stand behind my work.

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It sounds like the father of the bride has a good head on his shoulders. He wants to keep everything simple without excessive extravagence. So. Shoot the wedding. Relax. And I'm sure that the family will love your photos.

Wheather or not you are traveling abroad or within the states, not only do you put black tape over the brand name of the camera, Make sure that the neck straps don't have the brand name of the camera posted on it! For you straps and accessory bags, keep them simple and unassuming.

It is true. RAW shooting and post processing will give you a better quality image. But here's mi issue. Many of my customers prefer their photos in jpg. But when I post process in RAW and store the files on my computer I don't get a snapshot of the image like I do when I post process in jpg. What I get is a black icon saying, "Ps PSD" When I try to pull up the image I have to jump through a lot of hoops.

I use Google Drive all the time to send my photos to my customers. I've never had any complaints.

I do a lot of food photography. So I might be able to help you out. If you will be shooting a very long table with a large number of guests sitting at it, here's how I would shoot it. I would start at the head of the table and shoot at differents angles and get the whole table inside the frame. And then go to the foot of the table and do the same thing. While shooting I would sharp focus on the head/foot and bracket with five steps. do the same thing for the middle and the end. and develop the photo with a very high quality software app.

You indicated that you will be shooting outdoors. Hope for a cloudy sky. If it's a bright sunny day. set the table in a shady spot so that you don't get shadows cast from the utensils and the center piece. If necessary move the table to the sid of the building that's in the shade. I hope that this helps you. And tell the lucky bride and groom that I wish them both the best of happiness.

Legally in most states you would have to provide a model release form to the subject. But if you don't plan on publishing or selling it I don't thind you have anything to worry about.

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If you have a metric measuring device, please let me know the diameter of the inside.

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