michaelmowery

<p>You just described all the ways you CAN shoot the first dance or any picture for that matter. It is up to you to know when to use each of those techniques and that is where experience comes in...not asking which one to use. You need to try all those techniques for yourself and see what your results are then make your own mind up which ones you want to use to achieve your desired results. There is no right answer here cause i have shot the first dance using all those techniques you listed. The simple answer is get a focused exposed picture and from there do what you want.</p>

<p>Chalk it up for lesson learned. Always get the money in hand before spending your own. You don't have the signed contract so you are out of luck. Last minute jobs is why we take credit card deposits. But hey you can always ask if she will pay the cost.</p>

<p>You have a manual flash and its all about distance from flash to subject. Use your meter to get the f-stop and set your camera to that. The flash determines what you set the camera not the other way around. If you set your camera iso to 200 and set your lumidyne to 50 and place your subject about 6 feet away your f-stop should be around F8. So each time you are 6 feet away from your subject you remember F8 and set your lumedyne to 50. Thats how manual flash works.</p>

<p>A second shooter is only a second shooter when there is a primary shooter present. You leaving him alone is not the right thing to do to your client when they have hired you to shoot. I assumed you were asking about training a photographer on the job which is fine but to leave the party and have someone else finish it needs to be communicated to your client. That is not a free photographer to the client by the way. They have already paid for a photographer to shoot the job which is supposed to be you!! If you stayed for the whole job then yes the client would have had a second photographer for free. Who are you trying to fool?</p>

<p>Bob You are very confusing with your question. You start off by saying you don't hire second photographer yet you want advise on hiring a second photographer. Then you bring in the senario of inexperienced photographers hiring an experienced photographer to help yet you are an experienced photographer. ???? Now you add $1,000 budget and want to make a profit after hiring someone else to shoot your job? You obviously are in LA and i assume thats not Louisiana. Most photographers with experience that free lance will want $500 to $1,000 so that would put you in a loss. When you ask for a magic number what do you mean? The budget? or number of guests at a party that would constitute hiring a second photographer? With digital today it seems that the new combers have began to set the rate to cheap and give the files and somehow include a second photographer in the package all for around $2,000 and less which is crazy. This business is going down the toilet. As far as your guess of what you should charge is correct $5,000 to $7,000 for L.A.</p>

<p>your main light is too low. You need to position it higher to skim across the fabric to show texture.</p>

Ahhh ... Well you do have to man handle it. They don't go in easy. Lol

I can't see why it would not work. take your old speeding and line up the holes for the strip over your new speeding. They should look the same.