james d.

Stacy,

I really like the song, nice and bright. :)

The site is good with one caveat. The transitions are fast, too fast IMHO. The fade in and

out are distracting rather than adding mood. It gives a feeling of being rushed.

Your work looks very inviting via of the site. I wouldn't hesitate to give you a call after

seeing it.

Jim

Didn't imply that actions were bad as I stated I had some custom made for me.

My only point was that some things are worth purchasing for some people and not worth

purchasing for others.

I believe the real good ones are treated more like state secrets rather than made available

for any price.

I wish I had all the money back I spent on applications whose usefulness was short lived. :)

But for a newbie or someone that simply does not have the time or desire, buying actions and

then tweaking them still save them from having to invent the wheel and their time is better

spent elsewhere.

If you are already a Photoshop maven then by all means you should be creating your own.

I'm not up on Kubota's actions, but I do have some actions that were custom made for me. It

now takes me two minutes to do things that seemed to take forever to do.

Chris,

Maybe this it what you're looking for?

http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/

"For me it is Garry Winogrand."

I honestly can't think of anyone else that comes close to Winogrand. His work defines the

subject in my mind.

Yes, most definitely include it!

I included a similar photo where both the B&G where wearing cowboy boots. They loved it. :)

Like Woody Allen said when asked if he thought sex was dirty.

"Only if it's done right."

Don E's answer is probably the truth in one form or another.

"Maybe. Or maybe you consider your resume and your career."

The "art" chosen could very well be by the kid of someone who has or will donate millions to

the hospital.

There's always two reason they do things like this , the reason they tell you and then the real

reason.

If it turns out to be the CCD causing this it may be covered under this.

http://www.nikonusa.com/email_images/nikonusa/service_advisory/coolpix.html

Melody,

What you want are Great photographs of the most important day of your lives.

The cameras won't matter, it's who's behind them.

It sounds like you really did your homework and it sounds like you would be happy with

either one.

The big advantage of having two photographers is that it increases the chances of

catching those great photographs that you are looking for.

Forget equipment and price difference. Reevaluate their work and go from there. I'm sure

you will pick who is best for you.

Jim

PS Congratulations. :)

There's a market for everything.

The people that are buying the "turn and burn" photographers probably couldn't afford a

better one. It might have been them or no one.

I saw these types twenty five years ago. Except then they shot with film.

One wedding back then I had my P&S 35 mm with me and I took some snapshots. I never

planned on giving them to the B&G, but the "turn and burn" photographers photos were so

poor that it made my snapshots look like works of art. They were thankful to have them, I

was embarrassed by the quality.

So don't worry about those people. That's a market that is price driven where the lowest

bid always wins. Sell them memories, not pieces of photographic paper with some images

on them.

*My client came back and said that she thought the use fees were too high and too

restrictive, since she wanted to give away photos to the sponsors. She said based on my

quote she was going to have one of her volunteers take pictures from now on.*

The problem is you had already set a precedent of working for free and now just about any

fee would be considered "too high".

She is more than willing to have *another volunteer* do the job. I would walk away.

The other alternative is to look at it as a work for hire job and price it accordingly and

hand her digital copies at the end.

Catherine Leroy.

She recently passed away http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/10/news/obits.php

"Among Leroy's many honors are the George Polk award for Best Reporting Requiring

Exceptional Courage and Enterprise Abroad. She was the first woman to receive the Robert

Capa Award."

She was only 21 when she went to Vietnam as a photojournalist.

Here's a link to some of her work. http://www.pieceuniquegallery.com/leroy/

cl_gallery.html