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Hi Amanda-

I'm always looking for talented assistants, particularly for the 2007 wedding season. Please contact me at connie@cpk-photography.com.

Thanks!

Connie

Ken, actually, I didn't accidentally do anuything. The card reader was able to find most of the images - seems just the last few are unreadable. Although, my camera still thinks there are no images on the card. Disaster averted. And maybe Lexar can even figure out how to recover those last few!

Thanks everyone for you suggestions. I have tried about 5 different recovery software programs and none have worked so far. I need to go get a card reader (have just been using my cameras to date) and try Marc's suggestions. I can't imagine what I would have done if this happened later in the evening and I had lost important shots. It makes me not want to shoot digitally anymore!

Hi - I just shot a wedding using a Lexar 2G card in one of my bodies (Nikon

D200). I was shooting as normal, the pictures appeared on the LCD. Then,

when I hit the play button on my camera (as I had been doing throughout the

day), it said - NO IMAGES!. Frickin' Lexar! Luckily it was early in the day

and I was shooting with 2 bodies, so no key shots lots except for a few great

candid ones that I got. I tried the Data Rescue/Photo Rescue software, but it

could not find any images on the card. I will need to send the card to Lexar

to recover... unless anyone else has suggestions?

 

Thanks!

#2

#3 hands down

Wow, you've gotten a lot of responses - I haven't read them all, but a quick answer - a one hour engagement shoot, I shoot about 150 shots, quarantee 25 images delivered, usually delivery 40-60. I give a lot of direction, at least at first b/c engagement sessions aren't a real natural event. Usually by the end, the couple feels more comfortable and I can give less direction. For a wedding, I usually shoot about 800 shots and deliver 300-400. Very little direction at a wedding other than during the portrait hour as you'd expect.<div></div>

Ricki - Please do not crash a wedding. As a bride, I'd be weirded out and annoyed, and you do not want to annoy a bride on her wedding day. I'm not trying to be mean, but I think that would be really tacky. Perhaps there are wedding photographers in your area who could use you as a second shooter (you'd have to hand over your work to them, but could probably keep copies for yourself to build up your portfolio).

I don't find it so complicated that I need special software - I use outlook for calendaring/contact info and have a soft copy of the contract on my computer in folders (i.e 2005 contracts, 2006 contracts). I also have a physical file on each couple where I keep the signed contracts and my hand-written notes that I take when I meet with them on venue, prefences, etc.

Yes, their shipping department messes up a lot. I'd never send my negatives there but for prints, if you don't get them, they'll reprint and resend. I'll try doing direct WYSIWYG prints, otherwise, I guess it's a search for a new lab. Sigh. I tried mpix once for vacation photos and they came back waaayyyy too "corrected", it was the worst experience with a lab I'd ever had. But, I know people love them, so maybe I'll try again. Thanks everyone for your feedback.

Hi All - I've been using Pictage for a couple of years now and I'm

usually very happy with their print quality. However, in the last

couple of weeks, I placed 3 orders (all of images I've gotten great

looking prints from them in the past) and they all turned out

terrible - in the same way. The color prints are dark and dingy

looking and the b/w prints are much too light with no contrast. I

tried calling Pictage to see if they switched labs or changed their

algorithm, but the customer service person said I wasn't allowed to

speak with anyone in the lab b/c they don't have phone or email and

she didn't know what the problem was.

 

Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone else is having the same problem

or if these 3 orders were just flukes. I need to place a large print

order for a client album and I'm hesitant to use them now.

Colleen- I like that one a lot - very original.

Ah, my favorite technique. Shot with a D70 - don't have the exposure handy. Some color correction in PS.<div></div>

Thank you everyone for your responses. Great photos. MC - I like your use of angles.

One more perspective...<div></div>

Hi-

I'm shooting a wedding for a couple where the groom is in a

wheelchair. Has anyone else had a client in a wheelchair? If so,

any tips on creative poses? I'm also doing their engagement session

soon - would love to see any examples! I originally had thought of

poses where they are laying the grass, things like that, but he can

not get out of the wheelchair at all.

Thanks!!

Connie

Hi Todd- To answer you question, I keep my subject in the center, use a slow shutter speed, and rotate the camera a bit. Since the outside of the rotation (the edges of the photo) move more, there is more blur than in the center. Hope that makes sense.

I sometimes do that - I think it works when the subjects are in motion so that you get that whole sense of movement in the photo. I usually keep my main subject in focus though, or more in focus. While your friend's shot might sorta look cool from an abstract way, when subjects are meant to be still and it's blurred, it just looks like a mistake to me.<div></div>

We're not quite ready to start a family yet but trying to figure out when it would make sense. I think it would be hard to shoot a wedding with a big belly. Plus, you kneel down to the ground and get up over and over and I feel like pregnant women have a hard time just getting out of a chair!

Hi- Just wondering how you timed having children. Do you take a year

off or do did you plan for a Jan/Feb birth? Did you shoot weddings

while pregnant? Hate to take a whole year off, but I hear morning

sickness can last all day so the first trimester is out and then who

wants a 7 mo-pregnant woman shooting their wedding?

 

Thanks!

Yes, the whisper is a great moment to capture!<div></div>

I primarily use my Nikon 35-70 2.8 for weddings. I also bring a Nikon 24mm 2.8 prime, but use the 35-70 for 80-90% of the shots.

I have a go-to person where we call each other in case of emergencies, but she's usually booked for weddings herself. Our deal is we just take over each others' contracts at whatever price we negotiated. Would love to have more back-ups, so if there are other wedding photographers in the SF Bay Area who are interested, pls contact me!

I charge $1/mile outside of my base city. Combo of time and gas... no one seems to mind paying it.

My guess when they asked for a CD of images for $200, they were thinking you shot digital? I can't imagine they would ask you to shoot your wedding for free or even at a loss for you. Unless you really want the experience, I would explain the expenses involved in shooting film and tell them you'll do it for $200 + the cost of film and processing.