[rollei_list] Re: O.T. Handy Digital Uses
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 08:03:00 -0700
You always run into the ministers who like to show they are in charge and
control freaks. I have not seen it often, but when you do they are true
axxholes.
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:02 AM, Michael Eric Berube <pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Most of the point and shoots now also have a 'copy work' setting as well.
> This comes in very handy if you need to make a copy of a document but
> haven't a copier nearby.
>
> I also try to (slyly) make a snapshot of anything that the wife says "Oh
> that's lovely!" while we are shopping. This way I don't have to remember
> which colour/shape/etc. the item was when a gift giving occasion comes back
> around.
>
> Also nice to be able to reassure a nervous bride that the back of her
> 'updo' (or dress) looks as nice as it should for the amount of money she
> paid for it. Making a photo of the back of her head (or dress) and showing
> her how it looks is much easier for her to actually see it than having her
> looking into two opposing mirrors.
>
> Lastly, I ALWAYS carry a digicam with me at all weddings now as well. (Now
> a Canon SD700IS with a hacked RAW mode.)
>
> I shot a wedding a few years ago for a couple whose venue/minister had to
> change last minute because of a funeral. When I showed up at the new church
> with a Nikon D2 and attached SB800 and introduced myself to the new minister
> prior to the event, she told me that there "was no way that I was going to
> use that camera in 'her' church!"...not because of the flash (which I could
> have done without of course), but because she'd "had brides faint dead away
> at the sound of a camera..." (right!) No matter that this particular bride
> was previously a photojournalist and used to the sound of a working camera,
> the Rev. wouldn't budge and strictly forbade anyone in the house from
> snapping photos. I pulled out my Canon SD300 and snapped a shot of her
> proving that it was absolutely silent and pointed out that the couple was
> paying me $400/hr for the ceremony too) and she relented a bit, allowing me
> to use my point and shoot Canon from the back of the church in the aisle. I
> shot braced against a pillar as steadily as possible without flash and got a
> dozen or so photos that were good. No, they weren't D2 good, but they are
> the only record or the event so the couple cherish them and I came off a
> resourceful hero to the couple. You never know when an absolutely silent
> camera will come in handy to save the day.
>
> Be well,
> Michael Eric Berube
> GOodPhotos.com
>
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