[rollei_list] Re: WAS: Re: Wedding Films...Now, My Hat's Off to You...
- From: "dnygr" <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:27:23 -0500
That is good advice. I'd go even so far as to advise against doing wedings and
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs.
I have done a lot of both for friends. Even if the equipment and people pose no
problems, the job takes a great deal of energy. They are exhausting.
If you do it for a living, you learn how to protect against disasters. It's
good to do some practice before you actually shoot one of these.
You need to know your equipment back and forth. You need to have backup. You
need to know how your film or digital works. You need to know what lab to use.
Shooting these events demands that you know what you are doing. You need to
know what to do if your pants rip during a shot. It happens, believe me. If you
think it out in advance, you can deal with it better.
I did a lot of photo journalism, which was good training. I knew my equipment.
Even if you've done it before and your know your equipment, but haven't done it
in a while, I think it's best to practice in advance.
I must admit, I won't do it anymore. I don't find the work that interesting and
I find the wear and tear on my body to be so great that I don't care to do it.
There are a lot of other things that demand my time.
Doug
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:47:07 -0400
>Some decades ago, my first wedding went so well I got seduced by the
>prospect of making such good money with so little effort. It was on
>the second job that I learned what wedding shooters actually did to
>earn their pay. Everything went bad except for my Rolleicord, the only
>person or thing that functioned perfectly on that awful day.
>
> From then on I have done weddings only on request. The pressure arises
>partly because, of all photography jobs, it's the only one that if you
>blow it, some people are going to hate you for the rest of their lives.
>
>WARNING! NEVER! agree to shoot a wedding for friends or relatives.
>It's like driving without a seat belt. Chances are, things will work
>out fine. If they don't, the consequences can persistt for the rest of
>your life.
>
>Allen Zak
>
>On May 18, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Peter J Nebergall wrote:
>
>> I shot a wedding in which the groom showed up blasted outa his mind --
>> and of course the 'Cord caught that fact perfectly. There was hell to
>> pay, but I didn't pour the "likker" down 'is gob!
>>
>> You should have heard the objections! Of course the marriage didn'a
>> last
>> either.
>>
>> P.J. Nebergall
>>
>> On Wed, 17 May 2006 23:53:12 -0400 Kenneth Frazier <kennybod@xxxxxxx>
>> writes:
>>>
>>> On May 17, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Peter K. wrote:
>>>
>>>> My choice for wedding film i
>>>
>>> I've got to tell all you wedding photographers that, from where I
>>> stand during a wedding ceremony, my hat is off to you all!!
>>>
>>> After watching you deal with cranky bitchy brides, overwrought
>>> mothers, drunk dads, squalling ringbearers.....whoosh, I wouldn't
>>> have your jobs for love nor money!!!
>>>
>>> You earn every penny you make.....
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> The Rev. Kenneth Frazier
>>> Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ
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>>>
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