Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 22 Jul 1998 21:57:13 +0100, tedgrant@islandnet.com (Ted Grant) wrote: > Today I wouldn't mind tying in with some wedding guy who did all the posed > stuff and formal things, while I did "my thing in B&W". Now that would be > fun and interesting, as each one would be a challenge to make magical > images that no one knew you were shooting. I've had several friends familiar with my work ask me to shoot their weddings. I always agree to be the second fiddle: they have to have found somebody else to do the traditional posed stuff and be on the line with the responsibility for delivering *something*; I just refuse to shoot weddings except for friends, but also refuse to risk a friendship over what I might or might not produce. Come the day, I always introduce myself to the Hasselblad-toting Official Photographer, tell him or her to unceremoniously kick me out of the way if I'm getting in the way of a shot, and slink around with my little cameras ... but then if the couple don't end up liking my pictures a whole bunch better than anything the Official Photographer produces, I know I was way off my game! -Jeff Moore <jbm@instinet.com>