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If you have to ask this question...

pointless thread. You have two camera's. If one is just sitting in a bag or carrying both you have two.

 

What I really dislike about you carrying two camera's at the same time is they are two different cameras with two different functions. When I pick up my D100 after shooting my D200 I have to think about what I need to do. Weddings are not a time to be thinking which camera I'm using.

A little too late now, but I never show, offer, give, or even let them know how many shots I take. I offer all exceptable shots to them.

 

NEVER let them see all the shots. "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link". You are only as strong as your weakest photo. Every photographer will have bad shots durring a wedding shoot.

 

Basically I take xxx amount of shots. I delete any unexceptable shots. I then give proofs to all of the exceptable shots. I don't guarantee a set number of shots. I think this is stupid. I'm not going to guarantee, lets say, 250 images. I only take 220 exceptable shots. Now I have to put in 30 shots that look like c rap.

 

Now when they, and others, look at these shots they'll be thinking Uncle Bob could have taken these.

Jenny,

 

I would stop shooting weddings immediately. You have some maturing to do before you attempt this again. You also need to learn how to comunicate with people. Either the person "ruining your shots" or the B&G if that fails. You also need to learn how to move your feet. If someone is in your shot, then move to get it.

 

Just walking out is absolutely unprofessional, to put it nicely. If wedding photography were "easy money" everyone would do it.

 

Not trying to be a jerk, just telling it like it is.

Sounds as if you DID NOT do anything in writing. There for suck it up and next time get it in writing.

Set camera to "P". This is the "basic setting".

I may get slamed, but I don't mess with Tiff's. Files are just too big to mess with.

 

I shoot RAW, edit with ACR and save as jpeg. The only time I edit the jpeg file is when I size for prints and save that file as a different image. I'm never re-saving my origonal jpeg file so its not losing any qulity (except the origonal compression, which is very little and exceptable)

Can you say DUH!

 

Of course you need to. Unless you plan on cheating and avoiding taxes, insurance, and such.

Vladimeer,

 

Your statement may not necessarily be true. For the same reason that we charge "retainer fee's" and not deposits is why she may be able to get out of the contract.

 

First contact the photographer. If no agreement can be made then it may be worth seeing a lawyer, but probably cost about the same.

 

If you do get an agreement worked out, get something in writing that cancels the contract.

You pretty much have it. Exclusive means only they get to use it. One time is one time.

Are you shooting manual or auto. I am guessing auto. Try to shoot manual, you'll have more consistant results.

 

Besides that, how can you learn and improve when its set on auto? At least when you make mistakes in manual mode, you'll know what you did, or didn't do.

Larger light sources make lighting softer. The farther you move your lights back, the smaller you are making your light in comparison to your subject. Take your hand and put it in front of a light bulb. Move your hand back and forth. You will notice the closer to the bulb, the softer the lighting gets. Of course it gets brighter too, but softer the closer it gets.

 

Ideally I would have your key light at full power(softbox) a couple feet from the subject. The fill light at 1/2 power(umbrella, shoot through if possible) at the same distance or slightly farther back.

When you are working with white backdrops usually you don't want "perfectly exposed" background. You want 1 or 2 stops overexposed to achieve a pure white background. By overexposing there is not detail. There is nothing to be seen on the background.

 

Not sure what you are looking for being there is nothing there.

You start out saying YOU put images on your site. Then you state THEY mandate you put photo's on your site.

 

Which is it?

Never saw the pictures. Your site is terrible. Firt, why do I need to click a link to enter your site? I have a 3 meg broadband connection. If it doesn't load in 5 seconds, see-ya!

When people ask this, what I hear is:

I don't really care about my photography. I don't care if colors match.

 

Calibration devices are part of digital photography, at least if you are somewhat serious about your work.

In my contract I ask if they will be supply 2 meals, me and my assistant,. It also states if they say no, that we will be taking a 30 minute break to eat. When they're paying $xxx for a photographer, they'll pay the extra couple dollars for a meal so we don't take a break.

 

Guests, they're part of the business. What you can do, is ask politely to wait until you are done. Explain to them if everyone is distracting the party then they'll be looking all over the place and they're pictures won't turn out very nice. I also have a stipulation that I am the exclusive photographer, pro or amature. If others taking pictures interfere I can walk. Push comes to shove, it shouldn't, you have that trump card to pull. The bride will make everyone stop at that point.

 

Keep your cool, keep professional. You never know where your next job will come from.

I don't even know what half the bells and whistles do on my camera. Never will. Bells and whistles do two things. They are usefull if you need them, they get suckers all geared up wanting all these things they have no idea how to use.

 

F100 is a fine camera, just don't get excited over features you won't use.

 

For me a D200 was a wonderfull upgrade over the D100. Not for all the fancey things it does, rather upgrades to basic things like, higher megapixels, faster fps, faster focusing, larger buffer, and better metering. To me those are important enough to purchase the camera, unlike many tech junkies who feel they need have the newest and greatest thing.

Do you have any sort of filter attached? Weird being the flames are upside down too!

Even the top end glass will have this from time to time. I have a 17-55 and have gotten before. Only once or twice in a very high contrast scene. Only in a small portion of the image.

Robert Medina - South Jersey/Philly , aug 23, 2006; 09:22 a.m.

I think about this everyday. I work alot in "not so nice" areas all the time so it is ground into my brain to think that way.

 

Thieves don't just live in "not so nice" areas. Can we be a little more prejudice?

I along with many don't do a contract w/ Senior portraits. Some do some don't. What I would ask for is a model release so you can use them in your portfolio. This is about the only thing that can really get ugly.

 

Paid models is another story.

Shaun has a great piece of advice; Bring an assistant.

 

My wife comes with me to help organize the party durring formals and uses a cable release button on my second body w/ 70-200 on it, while I move around. Durring the reception I throw the 50mm on there and she shoots away. If I get one or two keepers from her great, if I don't, no loss.

Why are you talking yourself out of this. You've done two weddings before. You have the equipment. The bride knows your level of experiance. She's seen your work.

 

Why are you feeling so uncomfortable doing this?

 

The only prob I see is hooking up with this "pro". Make sure you're not signing any non-compete clause and also agree to do this wedding.

No regreats.

 

It would have been nice to have a faster flash sync, but thats just nit-picking.