<p>Hello everyone,<br> So I recently had my first job as a wedding photographer, taking photos only at the clients reception. I am not a wealthy person by any means, and pretty much went in to the job equipped only with a Tameron 28-75mm 2.8 on a 5DmkII. I've been doing cinematography for years, and personal photographs in my own time, so I knew this equipment well, and knew it would suffice for the outdoor reception. My "boss" gave me the site location, and the time frame that I was supposed to attend (6pm-8pm). I imagined that I would have been staying longer than that, which was no problem for me. I arrived 30 minutes early, and almost immediately began snapping all the people, decor, design, etc. that I could. I ended up leaving a whopping 6 hours later, after only being initially scheduled for 2. This was fine, I enjoy photography, and I was getting paid, how bad could it be?<br> After the shoot I immediately went about the process in a typical way - dumping, sorting, editing, publishing, and felt great. Despite the horrible lighting conditions (and lack of a CF) the photos looked great, and I felt confident and proud to have pulled off some pretty sharp images, while using such a slow shutter in a high intensity setting. I send them to my boss, and he reassures me; "those look fantastic, great job!" <br> Awesome?<br> No.<br> I get an email forward from him today from the lady that ordered the photographer (wasn't the bride or her mother). She was so disappointed. Her main complaints included the following:<br> -The images were out of focus. (the images were mostly focused & partially blurry due to motion blur of moving faces, bodies, etc. but keep in mind it was pretty minimal)<br> -There were many shots of signs and food and not enough focus on candid shots of the guests. (I hand counted 119 portraits out of 161 total photos. Those including a variety of 75 different faces)<br> I got paid $300 for a 6 hour job. Not including editing, and gas.<br> So here I am, sort of in shock.<br> I have won awards for cinematography, which I know does not really mean anything for my photos sake, but I KNOW that I know how to properly expose an image, I just graduated for it.<br> I felt as if I did the job correctly, capturing the story of the day, and including as many different faces as I could. I even asked the DJ at one point to make an announcement asking people to simply come get me for a photo in hopes of eradicating the chance of doing my job poorly, and missing people, but some were bound to not get captured (to them I'm the random kid with a camera, and some keep clear of me because of that).<br> The client wants me to "fix" the photos. So what do I do now?<br> ps. I've already looked deep into shake reduction tools, and they're only a tad bit helpful. </p> <p>Thank you in advance for any responses.</p>
