[Leica] Photographing your niece's wedding

[Douglas Barry]

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.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/ <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/LM102185.jpg.html>
>
> Be well,
> Richard
>
> Richard Clompus
> Trinidad, California
>
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