Thank you, thank you, thank you! Photo.net, you are wonderful! One more thing?

[melody1]

Thank you all for the incredible resource that you are! You are such an

amazing wealth of information, and that you donate your time to help out others

in your industry and those trying to get in your industry... wow!

 

I saw a photo of some species of pelican shot by Yuri bonder, and something

clicked in my head that people can actually take photos seriously. Since I've

joined photo.net (as a point and shoot wielding newbie) I have come so far, and

all because of the encouragement recieved here from amazing photographers. I

got interested in wedding photography, thanks to many of you (Marc Williams,

Mary Ball, and others although not namable off the top of my head), your

portfolios, and your eagerness to be helpful. I got my first assisting

position from photo.net, my first solo wedding from photo.net, even almost

hired my wedding photographer through photo.net!

 

I can't even express what a resource this forum has been , and will continue to

be I'm sure.

 

If you stayed with me through that (I've been meaning to do it for a while),

I'd love your feedback now on both my new webpage, and a recent wedding (second

shooting). The wedding is the top half of the images in the 'wedding' folder

in my portfolio : http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=614264

and my webpage is http://www.MelodyYazdani.com. Thank you ahead of time!

 

 

 

 

And I apologize ahead of time for any typos -- I'm chasing around my six month

old daughter while I post this.

[laurenm]

Melody, I just had a question because I have contemplated this idea... you list "birth photography" under your prices, saying photographer will be on call 24 hours a day. Do you have another photographer for back up? What if you are in the middle of a wedding? You likely could get to the hospital within 12 hours of birth I suppose but maybe not and Mom's are often only there a day.

 

Sorry, just that question for now - I'm still looking over your wedding and website and will comment later :)

[melody1]

Hi Lauren,

I only book births out of wedding season, and only up to 4 a month. I have comtemplated booking during wedding season, but while births are more powerful and emotional, weddings are more lucrative.

I have two back up photographers, and both are birth assistants for a living - their job is to be on call every day all day for their clients anyway.

My clients for birth photography are generally first time mothers who are either laboring at home or at a local birth center. Without any type of medication, labors generally last around 24 hours. The client contacts me when she is sure labor has started, and the midwives know when to call me to come in.

I did end up with one client for 12 hours because she went into labor at the start of a snow storm and I got there early just in case I wouldn't be able to get there later.

 

Even though it's messy stuff, nothing pretty about it, it is an amazing subject to photograph and totally worth it.

[amy cupp]

I like the one of the B and G holding hands with the stained glass in the background. See the comment that I posted about it.... I too got my first wedding from photo.net

[mreul]

I too have met wonderful people here. It's an invaluable resource and community of people. David Wegwart. from Denver really has been a help to me! Thanks eveyone! meg