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<p>Well, unless you need the extra megapixels for big prints, I don't see why you need to get a 5dm2 when a 5dm1 will suffice your crave for a FF body.</p>

<p>You said you shoot mostly food pictures, with studio lighting I pressume.. so there isn't any reason to get 5dm2. You will most likely never use its high iso, and unless you are planning to do video, 5dm1 is more than enough to do your job well</p>

<p>it is never too early to plan your business and treating and doing things properly.</p>

<p>Like I said many times, There are far more successful photographers with better business/people skills than those with good photography skills.</p>

<p>Know where you want your business to go, set goals so you know you are not walking in circles later on.<br>

You know, setting skill goals can also be part of a business plan. If you want to start in 2 years, then set goals like "I want to be proficient at flash in 1 year" that kind of thing.</p>

<p>You would be surprised though what a couple fps would do. I would get the 1D series if you can afford it.</p>

 

<p>if all you do is mostly studio work, you won't miss the high iso of the 5dm2. so i would go with the 7d. i rarely go above iso 200 for my studio shots.</p>

<p>you still have your 5d full frame to do your landscape work</p>

<p>isn't there a rumor that a new 100-400 is coming out? if your purchase is not pressing, maybe you can afford to wait a bit to see if the rumor pans out? :)</p>

<p>curious...why you want a 1.4? the 1.8 is not bad, and it's not that big of a jump from a 1.4 in aperture...</p>

<p>uh..like it changes from ettl to M mode?</p>

<p>say what? <br /> you mean there is a search function in this place?</p>

<p>http://www.photo.net/search/?cx=000753226439295166877%3A0gyn0h9z85o&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&section=all&q=bridal+show&filter=0&sa.x=0&sa.y=0&sa=Search</p>

<p>As I said in my post on the other thread</p>

<p>http://www.photo.net/wedding-photography-forum/00VhTj</p>

<p>it is somewhat ironic that probably 1-2 years ago some of the people in this thread would have been in the other side of the fence of this story.....and now just look at their responses and assumptions about this "newcomer"..</p>

<p>if i could only have 1 lens for a wedding... 24-70 2.8 would be it. but thats my shooting style.. the lens really depends on your particular shooting style.</p>

<p>rebel xsi is a capable body... i wouldn't have any issues shooting a wedding with it and producing good results. heck..i shoot weddings with my 5dm2 and i rarely go above iso 400.</p>

<p>your lenses is more of a problem...maybe rent a 20-70 or the 10-22 ef-s. go rent a flash too.. you don't need to go 580ex.a 430 would suffice.</p>

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<p>manage the client's expectations.... since you never done a wedding before..</p>

<p>now the matter of charging for your first wedding, I'm totally against that concept, but I'll leave that debate to others.</p>

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<p>...photography is one area where people feel a sense of entitlement that they should be be trained for free by others.</p>

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<p>So true...everywhere you see a wedding photography forum (here included), you see tons of new people asking for seasoned professionals to mentor them for free, and when they refuse, they say they just care about the money and not about the art, and somehow they themselves are the only ones that are in for the art.</p>

<p>I wonder, how many of these new people, once they become more seasoned, react to a new person asking them to be a mentor...somehow i think most of them will react the same way as the people that they once cursed would...most..</p>

<p>as for the poster's issue..well, i think the mentorship in itself is the reward...that and the networking factor. Succeeding in the wedding business is more than just taking wedding pictures, successful wedding photographers are usually those with better business/networking skills than those with better photography skills.</p>

<p>i would ask myself if you really need that lightmeter..i mean its good to have but how much do you need it...</p>

<p>i only say so cuz i have a l358...and i can't remember the last time i actually used it..seems almost a waste of money nowadays.</p>

<p>any reason you need to shoot at that aperture? even when i shoot landscape i don't go that high.. the only time i shot at f/32 was to see if i had dust in my sensor/lens</p>

<p>yeah..what those 2 said</p>

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<p>If I asked someone and they refused, then that is not someone I would want to shoot my wedding anyway. I don't have a vision of myself as some sort of "artiste" that must micromanage every situation.</p>

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<p>Well, I guess then you won't be asking any of the top photographers in the world to shoot your wedding.</p>

<p>It has nothing to do with micromanagement. It has more to do with brand and image management.</p>

<p>those 2 images are pretty much what matthew said.. desaturate a bit, warm the pic, and lower contrast a bit too.<br>

most likely they simply adjusted the parameters in lightroom/photoshop and created a custom preset/action out of it.</p>

 

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<p>Just pulling your chain, Mark. :^)</p>

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<p>hey..who knows..this is the internet..for all i know we all here are just butchers working at the local grocery store posing as photographers online :)</p>

<p>/end thread jack</p>

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<p>Hey Mark--I guess I'm not a 'real' professional since I have given RAW files to a client. :^)</p>

 

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<p>hence i said "Most real professionals". the keyword being "most"</p>

<p>u going to have to be more specific... as in particular images.. there are too many images with different styles in the websites to know which one you are talking about... at least for me that is</p>

<p>I've shot with my tt1 and tt5 in a variety of shutter speeds with my 5dm2 without issues.. I use the factory default settings and they've worked out fine so far.</p>

 

<p>Only craiglist photographers would give you unedited files so you can do the postprocessing yourself. Most real professionals would never give you their unedited files.</p>

<p>If you are set on doing the post processing, you probably need to go hire a photographer from CL.</p>

<p>i use the optech ones.they are not bad...although a bit on the short side</p>

<p>bodies are a depreciating asset..i doubt a body that's out that long will increase in price...</p>