Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, I was at a friend's daughter's wedding last weekend up in the far north west of Ireland, and made more basic photography mistakes than I've done in a long time. It's hard to celebrate, separate yourself from involvement, and take dispassionate images. As someone with even a closer relationship to the bride than I had last Saturday, you did well. At least you were the only photographer, whereas I had a bit of competition and didn't want to interfere with the professionals who were there to do the real job. If they took one shot, they took a half a million. Hopefully, they'll have some good ones: mine are singularly uninspiring, but the wedding was great and the Co. Donegal scenery is magnificent. Douglas On 18/04/2018 08:27, Richard Clompus via LUG wrote: > We?ve all been there. You have this passion for photography and over the > years, you end up becoming the family photographer. You always have a > camera with you and are always on the look out for new and fresh images to > capture. With a camera as your constant companion, you have the appearance > of being a ?tourist in your own town.? So when your niece asks you to > photograph her wedding, you think about it for a few seconds, a wide smile > crosses your face and you say, ?I?d be happy to create memories of your > special day?. Having photographed weddings during my college years to > finance camera gear, it wasn?t really a stretch to do it again. > > I used mainly a Leica M10 with the Noctilux 50/1 and the Leica Q. All the > equipment worked and I had a ball. Everyone is happy (thankfully) and I > had a wonderful time at the wedding. I > have great deal of respect for wedding photographers who do a much better > job every week for more critical clients and make a living doing it. Here > are a two photos taken with a Noctilux 50/1 and a 90/2 pre-aspheric > Summilux. They render skin beautifully. Focus is always a challenge. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/ > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/LM102185.jpg.html> > > Be well, > Richard > > Richard Clompus > Trinidad, California > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information