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<p>Recently I have run into issues with some of my clients not wanting me to use some of their images, or any of their images on my website for advertising. One was a maternity session where the bride felt that she didn't want her belly showing to the whole world or her husbands tattoos because he didn't have a shirt on. The other was a bride that didn't want me to use any of her wedding pictures online until after she had time to go through them all and digest them all. In my contract I make it clear that I own the right to my images and will use them for advertising purposes, but I also don't want bad blood between myself and my clients. I love belly shots and really love the ones we did. They would be very important in my advertising. As for the wedding shots, it's just a matter of patience, I know, but I like to be punctual about showing my work on my online website.. How would you guys handle this?</p>

<p>I am a professional wedding photographer who uses only Nikon equipment and have applied for Nikon professional status but have to know another professional photographer that uses only Nikon equipment that has already attained Nikon Professional status at Nikon in order to attain such status, they have sent me an authorization code, have verified that I am indeed a professional photographer that works full time as a wedding photographer and has all my serial numbers for my equipment but I still need a name of a person that is already a member.... anyone want to let me use their name ...????? I know this sounds silly but they can't tell me who is a member so I don't even know who to ask. I don't know very many other photographers, and to be honest the ones that I know I don't even know what equipment they use..I guess that's probably not good either, but to be honest, it's not the equipment, it's the eye behind it..... right? </p>

<p>Well because this thread is so long, Im not sure anyone has brought up this issue, but anyone who publishes pictures of other people without having the necessary documentation of a release is the one at risk for the law suit. I used to shoot this type of stuff all the time, and it only took me two months to realize, that I needed releases from the homeless guys even in order for the prints to be published. This actually opened up a whole new world for me and those I photographed. I became known around the city and in several instances these same people actually saved my life out there as I was photographing. It's funny what doing the right thing gets you..... even when you think it's a hindrance at the time.</p>

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<p>Hey guys thanks for all the input, I think I have updated this site about twenty times in the last few days, and will continue to add changes as your comments suggest. As for my packages, I offer wedding packages that I would want if I were the bride. The unlimited hours the day of the wedding isn't a negotiating issue with me. First of all, it is more for my own work habits that I do it that way. I NEED the entire family to feel comfortable with me, and the best way I know to do that is to have multiple contacts before the wedding, and actually pull my bride out of her bed on wedding day. It gives me an edge when it comes time for the wedding and the reception, because everyone is EXTREMELY comfortable with me and I am then part of the family. As for the spelling I will go back and check that. As for sharpening the photos, I have noticed that different monitors display my site differently as to color, sharpness and even how dark or light they are. I have my site set to the same standards as my off site printer, and don't care to change that since it's important for my workflow to have it synchronized in that fashion. Thanks so much for all the advice, check back from time to time and see what Ive done to update it.</p>

<p>I just finished my new website at <a href="http://www.beckandcallphotography.com">www.beckandcallphotography.com</a> and I am in real need of honest critiques from some of you highest professionals. I am trying to get accepted by the wpja and need some insights from some of you guys that do this for a living as well. Please let me know what you think I should do from here, change photographs? divide them up into different portfolios, change music etc. Thanks. Jennifer</p>

<p>I offer discounts for the following reasons, having a wedding during November, January and February, as well as brides that are willing to schedule their weddings on days other than Saturdays. If brides truly need the discount they can get a discount at most venues and with all the other expenses. If they have to be married on a Saturday in May, well then they obviously don't NEED the discount as bad as they think they do.</p>

<p>Okay I am planning on shooting the entire wedding today with Raw Images, However when I upload them to the site for ordering, my site doesn't support raw images... so do I turn them into Tiff files which are three times larger in file size or do I turn them into Jpg files?</p>

<p>Ahghh, Ive never heard of the external hard drive that fits on the belt. Wouldn't that just be one more place for something to mess up? I usually have empty cards in one pocket and used cards in another. Im going to try shooting raw images with the 2GB cards first today, at least the getting ready portion of the wedding, It's not a big deal to change cards, but during the ceremony it's a pain in the butt. Maybe I will leave the 8GB cards for that. I think I have 89 GB of cards in total.</p>

<p>Yea, I only use the SanDisk cards. I really think I should buy the 32 GB or bigger though since I shoot so many files. I was thinking of shooting in Tiff because they can be opened in my PS and my lightroom. I only have PS CS, that's why, and I only have lightroom I.</p>

<p>Are you kidding? Download them to what? I am with the bride all day, I don't carry an external hard drive, and even if I did, ... I can't take the time to download anything during the day of wedding. Im confused I guess. .... you stop to download them as you are shooting a wedding? Hmmmm.</p>

<p>Yea, I have the Nikon D700 and I would like to shoot Tiff files, which only gives me about 107 shots with an 8GB card. Which if you divide that into 4000 shots, that's a lot of cards, and a lot of changing.... I would need probably five 64 GB cards.... but I haven't heard of anyone using them.</p>

<p>Okay Ive been shooting weddings for several years now, and I traditionally spend fourteen to eighteen hours with my bride and groom on wedding day. Literally from the time they roll out of bed until they leave the reception, so as you can imagine, I usually shoot anywhere from 2500 to 4500 images in a day. As now I am shooting in raw, I have heard that they are making some very large Compact Flash cards. Has anyone used them? If so what kind, and are they comparable to the SanDisk Extreme III cards? Right now the largest Ive used is 8GB and that means I am changing cards almost all the time. I would love to have something like a 64 GB card, but can I trust them? Please respond. Jennifer</p>

<p>Are you guys printing from a raw file? I thought in order to print you had to have either a tiff file or a jpg file. David, I have no plans to return to Denver. However, I do miss the streets and the guys I met there. Unfortunately there is no way to check up on them to see how they are doing. ( I shot mostly the homeless out there. )</p>

<p>Thanks guys. I downloaded the trial verion of Lightroom 2.0 and that seems to work fine. When you guys convert, do you convert to Tiff or Jpg?</p>

<p>Okay, I was talked into shooting a photoshoot in raw format with my nikon D700, now I have an entire batch that I can't see or mess with in lightroom and CS how the heck can it be better to shoot in raw if photoshop and lightroom don't support the files....PLease help.</p>

<p>Lightroom is what I use for 90% of my post processing, but I spend a lot more time on the portrait sessions that I do both the day of the wedding and the ones that I do before the wedding. For these I go a little more in depth, cleaning up the images, using layers to combine images etc. It's that 5% of my business that I realize I could be doing a better job on. Thanks for all your help out there, but I did find someone willing to teach me a little more than I know now. Especially when it comes to shooting in RAW.</p>

<p>I own and operate my own wedding photography business, but I have little to no experience in photoshop. Sure I can color correct, use the healing tool, do the simple stuff, but I want to turn my images into something much more... where do I find such masters of the art in photoshop?</p>

Man, I guess I feel lucky that Im not in this situation. It sounds like the amount of work that this photographer is doing is way above and beyond the call of duty. Trust is a major key in working with anyone. Trusting their judgement, their ideas and their style. Many of my brides trust me to create from start to finish the album and I find that when a bride trusts me completely, I am truly able to tap into my talent because she brings the best out. I hope that you looked at the albums that the photographer had done prior to your wedding, and I take it you must have liked them, so why not trust his judgement and let him "play"? After all, his talent and judgement is the reason you chose him.

Never is a very strong word. I shoot weddings for a living, and 90% of what I shoot is without flash. For receptions that have no natural light, I add a studio light to the dance floor, church weddings require you use a very fast lens, but Ive never used flash in a church. I have been known to bounce some light in a reception, but that's the only time I even consider it. My work depends on the fact that noone really know what Im shooting, thus the photojournalistic approach to weddings. I try to be as obscure as possible, and that's impossible to do if your flash is going off every three seconds.

Well I don't have time to read all the responses, but probably like many of you other wedding photographers' I was stunned by the comment you made that you were trying to learn all you have to learn in two weeks. However, I started exactly that same way. I was involved in documentary photography, as well as scenics, and within two months I was supposed to take a few snapshots at tiny weddings. The first one really was a tiny wedding, only about twenty people, no real reception to speak of, except slicing a cake, the other however was a huge deal, and luckily I loved the entire wedding. I had so much fun in fact that I started doing all kinds of weddings for a nominal charge, making sure that they knew I was a novice, and I never got paid more than a hundred dollars. I kept practicing, reading every day, checking out other established photographers shoots, and listening and watching others, especially here on photo.net. I might suggest that you go over lots of portfolios which you can find the best of the best at www.wpja.com. There you will see some of the leading wedding photographers, and will at least learn some of the usual shots. Good luck, but don't pretend you can learn a trade in two weeks, it probably won't happen that way.

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Hey Krista, I am a wedding photographer in VA, Fredericksburg to be exact, but I cover that area. Give me a call at 540-710-6491 and you can look at my proof site at www.beckandcall.photoreflect.com. Hope to hear from you soon. Jennifer

The picture of the nude fat man on my site isn't really a man, it's a wax statue at a museum in Washington DC, and the trick in that shot was that I wasn't allowed to use a tripod, and the lighting was extremely low to keep photographers from getting a good shot of it.