Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At my brother's recent wedding, I took a ton of candids, color with a D70 and B&W with a Leica + CV 32/2.5 and FM3a + 105/2.5. My brother said he liked my pics better than the pair of official wedding photogs, but then I wasn't running around sweating a bunch of formals, trying to coral groups of relatives together and what not. Instead, I hung out with the grooms men while they got ready, sat near the bar, snapped pics in pitch black while they gussied up the car, made sure to get head shots of all the older relatives who could make it to the ceremony - stuff like that. And, of course, I only showed him the good ones after I'd had a chance to tweak 'em all quite a bit. :-) I never post photos, so ducking and running, some are online at this URL in the three galleries marked "wedding." http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps/Family/index.html There's just a few salvaged/over sharpened pics among to satisfy all the different groups of relatives that attended, so kindly ignore those :-) Scott Philippe Orlent wrote: >Let me answer with a true story: > >When my brother married, they engaged a professional wedding photographer >with good credentials. Loaded with cameras and stuff, he photographed the >wedding from beginning to end and some time later showed his selection (a >zillion pictures). They were all by the book: everybody who had to be on it >was on it, everybody smiled, the vaseline shots were there, etc etc. >Amongst the invited was also a friend of my brother, who happens to be a >photo amateur and brought just a tiny P&S camera. He enjoyed the wedding and >took some photographs from time to time: 1 roll. >I saw the result of that one roll. All of the shots on it -even not always >technically perfect- vibrated with the true atmosphere of the wedding. They >all ended up in my brother's wedding album. And untill today, these are the >ones my brother and sister in law are the most fond of. > >So I think it might be a good idea to take your camera along and make some >shots as a backup for the official man. Just tell your wife you'll take some >pictures, because you like to take some pictures. Play the underdog. I bet >your shots will be the ones your son loves the most. > > > > >>From: Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> >>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:15:38 -0700 >>To: Leica-Users-Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Subject: [Leica] Doing your Kid's Wedding >> >>First, let me announce my pleasure that my youngest son has announced his >>engagement to marry a really nice girl from Texas. Both Mom and I are very >>happy. >> >>Now the question.... How tacky would it be for me to take pictures at the >>wedding / reception? These will not be the official pictures, just stuff >>for our own enjoyment. The wedding and the reception are heading the way >>of >>formality, not casual ( if that makes any difference). >> >>The wedding is a year off, so I am in no rush for a final answer.. but >>before I even broach the subject with the bride to be ( or my wife), I >>would like to have an opinion other than my own..... ( I hate getting >>smacked upside my head....... ) >> >>Frank Filippone >>red735i@earthlink.net >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >