Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom - That was a great post; your enthusiasm is infectious. I've often thought that successful photography is about 30% gear and 70% attitude, so I'm sure your results are terrific. Greg Achenbach - -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 9:56 PM Subject: [Leica] Wedding madness >Luggers: > >Perhaps it's time for that 12 step program. Let's start by admitting my >problem. I love to shoot weddings. > >The benefits: > >1. People look as good as they ever will. > >2. The situation alone puts people in the mind of being photographed. > >3. There's alcohol to round out your subject's edges. > >4. There is action and emotion by design. > >5. The money is huge. > >6. The hardware is simple and fun to use. > >7. Print film - can you say latitude? > >8. Pretty brides and flirtatious bride's maids > >I started shooting weddings about 5 years ago when a friend's secretary was >having a quick low-budget wedding (shotguns optional) and I owed her a favor. > >Turns out, big-bellied bride and all, I made some pretty nice photographs >and a few friends. I had fun. Word spread, I shot a few more. These days I >shoot about 20 weddings a year, and they are my favorite work. compare it >to shooting a home for an editorial spread. You go to a home and move >furniture, clean things, paint a wall or two. Set up lights. Gel windows. >Make Polaroids. Move lights. Wait for the sun to move. Then, about four >hours after you started, expose 3 sheets of film, 6 if you're feeling >uneasy. I'll take the wedding any day. > >I meet both the bride and groom ahead of time. If I get a bad vibe I don't >take the job. If they are want something I can't or won't give them I don't >take the job. If they think I'm too expensive, I don't take the job. I will >not book a wedding through a mother of the bride under any circumstances. > >I routinely get invited to day-after barbecues and picnics. I have shot >several weddings for one group of friends. One recently engaged couple from >the group called me to check a date before they called the church. > >Besides, for weddings I shoot Leicas! > >Tom > > > > > >================================== >Thomas Kachadurian >WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria