niccoury Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 So with the overturned ban on gay marriage in Calif now, the market to shoot a gay wedding might be going up. Political agendas aside here, anyone shot one or have images from one. I'd love to see some work. ~ nic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_schilling___chicago_ Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I've shot a few and have one on my website if you'd like to see it. Don't see much difference in shooting gay or straight, the photography is pretty much the same. I don't market specifically to the "gay" market but am happy to shoot anyone's "special day" whether it's sanctioned by the government/various religous organizations or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_lemko Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Regarding the market, if the citizens of California have anything to do with it, it will probably be overturned legislatively via an amendment, so if there is a market, it may not be long lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd_k. Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Nation wide gays are only about 3-4 percent of the total population, and like every other population not all of them are interested in marriage. So this is a very, very small market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 They may be a small percentage, but they are often wealthy ones. Another consideration is that many gays are families, so wedding photos should probably consider planning for photos with their children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagesax Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I've shot 2. It's always fun. The last couple both were dressed in beauiful wedding dresses. The thing I liked about them is one was a doctor the other an attorney, so for once money was not an issue. The other wedding was with men. Again no hassles. Both came with sharp tuxes and the cost for the event was around $100,000 plus. It was at a Beverly Hills hotel and they spared nothing. Steaks, lobsters for the dinner. I'm for sure advertising in the Gay magazines and the West Hollywood district. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errol young Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I have shot 25 gay weddings here in Toronto. they are all Americans and are very small events. Local people put on weddings as elabourate as any. Economically good news for us here in Canada and there is no effective reaction against it. The California thing could cut into my cash flow. :) but is is nice to see you Yanks catching up socially. Errol<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_schilling___chicago_ Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Errol, I thought that Canadians were also "Americans"...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errol young Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Naw, we are not Americans. We even have our own army and our beer is stronger. What a rep. Also Gay weddings are legal from coast to coast to coast. (we claim tha Artic Ocean.) Errol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptn4egl Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Todd, pretty sure the percentage isn't 3-4%, more like 9-11% according to all the studies I've read and as high as 17-20% in SF and LA. Sure it's a small number, and there are going to be many that do not want to get married, but then again.... I am in the process of putting together an ad targeted towards gay weddings. There was a report on the news about a run on booking wedding planners and florists. Hopefully photographers will be next :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd_k. Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Sorry Brian, but your numbers are totally inaccurate. The gay population in SF is only around 15.4 percent, where the entire state of California is only around 5.2 percent. You need to do some more market research. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_village Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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