nagya

<p>I second that opinion 100% Same here in WV.</p>

<p>Are you shooting manual? or do you just want to shoot auto? Churches are usually pretty crappy conditions to begin with so I shoot manual to get the exposure the way I want it and I use a 40D. If I shoot strait Jpeg I loose a lot of information. I manually shoot so that I have total control.<br>

A good way to learn manual on the 40 D is to put the camera on a tripod and point it at a full moon. Adjust the camera over and over to get exactly what you want. It really makes the difference and it would help to understand why it does what it does.<br>

I don't know if this helps, if not ....sorry.<br>

Happy Shooting! </p>

<p>I do 1/2 of the package price as the non refundable deposit ...the other half is due 30 days before the wedding. That gives me a little flexibility if they're late.....I never shoot a wedding if they haven't paid.</p>

<p>No I agree it's the walmart photographer.....how annoying would that be for the bride, good lord it would be like the circus has come to town.hahahaha I bet that bride doesn't get a lot of clear video with all those photographers hopping around like rabbits.</p>

<p>Ok, I want to play too! 3+ Years catagory<br />Marc Williams Love the energy!<br /><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=612621">Marcin Harla</a><br /><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2122193">Botikario 2006</a><br /><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3855363">Dan Gin</a><br />I really liked a lot of them hard to choose.</p>

<p>Yes, I remember when I got my first little hand me down camera.....I was 5, I shot everything. But it didn't hit me that it was what I was born to do until my dad died in an accident. I relized there were only a handful of pictures of me and him. No one bothered to take pictures and my memories were gone. I started shooting everything and couldn't stop. I felt like I could do something that would record people's lives so that they wouldn't be forgotten. Capture moments that would fade fast.......and maybe comfort someone later.</p>

 

<p>Well I feel like contributing to this....<br>

2 Reasons you should feed your photographer without question....Although I don't request it, it's the right thing to do plus it's good manners.<br>

1. Do you get a lunch break at your 9 to5 job? Yes it's the law that a person have the opportunity to eat a lunch. Why is my job less important than yours.....I work all day, very hard. The least you could do is feed me, if you don't that's fine, but then I should be able to leave to go to McDonalds for 30minutes and eat.....now logically no one wants the photographer to leave and most photographers wouldn't do it because it kills the flow. So feed us and there is not an issue.A full happy photographer makes for awesome pictures.<br>

2. I am not your servant I am your friend, I deal with your stress, help with every strange thing that comes up on your day, hold your hand when your nervous, chase off the cousin you didn't invite and basically am your maid of honor for the day, plus try my best to capture every incredible moment of your most special day. We should be friends and you fed the rest of your friends....why would there be a question of feeding me.<br>

Maybe I'm different or because I live in a small town but my brides always offer. Sometimes I eat and sometimes I don't. My assistant gets sick if she doesn't eat so she always eats. I don't believe this should be such a big decision. </p>

 

<p>I shot this image on a cliff in West Virginia.....This is straight off the camera<br /> Canon 40D F11 @400</p><div></div>

<p>For me I knew I was a professional when I had to pay taxes...insurance...and started getting headaches all the time.hahaha -yeah I think the answer is the pro is stressed and the amature is still having fun.</p>

I agree, I try to dress in dark colors so that I can blend with the groomsmen while I'm standing up front shooting. Plus it helps to blend in with the crowd as well. I wear black or pinstrip black pants and a dark shirt. I even bought a black Domke vest to wear as well so I always have all of my gear and no bag to carry.

I love shooting weddings not becaue I love all the lovey dovey wedding stuff. I love to shoot weddings because of all the emotion. The range is definately there. People are laughing, crying, passing out.... it just goes on. You see people at their best and worst and become part of the family for a day. I sometime think of stopping because I stress myself out completely trying to get everything, but I can't because I would become to depressed.

Thanks so much for your help.

Anne, I agree....I lost my father tragically when he was 45 and the only thing that I have left are the images. That's why I felt that I should do something. I can't put into words the horror that I felt when I got that call. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. What got me through it was organizing the photos for the funeral. So to me it was therapy. I would like to do the same for her.

I have to add that the mother and I are closer than the average wedding. She is a wedding coordinator in another town about 2hrs away. She has sent me at least 5 weddings since Dec. so I have spent some time with her. We typically are involved in the same weddings so we talk and eat together. I feel like we've developed a friendship. I don't know if this changes your advice or not, but I thought it might be important to add.

Thanks so much for your advice. I won't consult the mother, I know it will be way to hard for her. Whatever I decide to do will be on my own. She lives 2 hours away so I will ship it to her.

I received an email yesterday about a groom that I took pictures of in Dec. He

was 20 yrs old and very close to his mother. She emailed me and said he had

been killed a week ago. I won't go into details because it's not necessary, but

it hit me hard. I had prepared myself for the bad photos, bad brides etc....but

not for death. I don't know why because I have had plenty of friends and loved

ones die. So I pose the question....what can I do for his mother. We all get

close to the families we shoot because we spend to much time with them not too.

I am going to make a cd of all of the images from the wedding and send it to

her, but should I do something else? Like a snapfish book or something. Has

this happened to any of you and what did you do?

I just wanted to say thanks so much for your help. I created the entire albumn in PS and after the 1st cople of pages I really got the hang of it and it was no big deal at all. I guess it was like anything else it's the jumping in part that's scary, but once your in it's no big deal.

Error 99 happens when you put the wrong lens on that camera. try a lens that is made for digital rebel xt. My 350D had this error with a sigma lens. It would work for a while and then error 99.

I have a lot of student photographers asking me questions since I am in a university setting every day. I help them. I do this because I feel like I should. I started my business on my own with zero help. It was very difficult to do and I would have loved for someone to help me or give me advice. I don't feel like the other photographers in my town are my "competition" because there are so many weddings in this town and not enough competent photographers to handle them all. I also think it's important to keep a good relationship with them because we refer to each other....ALL THE TIME> That's my 2 cents...for what it's worth. :-)

Black pin stripe suite. It's what I wear at every wedding. It helps me blend in.

Thanks so much for your help. It sounds like I'm going to have to work through photoshop. I was hopimg for something easier, but quality is more important.

What software is good to use with Asuka book to design the pages. I am not fast

enough with photo shop to build each page from scrap. I would like to be able

to drag and drop the images into a template and send it to them for printing. I

have never printed with asuka but they have been recommended by another

photographer. Any help would be great!

 

Thanks

Amanda

In my contract it states I can use the photos in advertising. That pretty much covers it for me.

I have always just shot with the flash on a strobaframe. The last wedding I shot I took studio lights and now I'm hooked. Man it makes a world of difference.

I shoot mostly weddings and I have to say if something would happen to a bride or groom of mine I would give them everything. NO CHARGE> I would do this because after I spend a day with someone I feel connected to them. If I was in your situation I would feel a sense of loss as well because I had been a part of this childs life. Photographing an event that was special to that child, sometime we do what's right because it's right.