Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The wedding photographer rag
From: Bmceowen@aol.com
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 14:59:15 EDT

In a message dated 5/16/00 11:15:40 AM, Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com writes:

>On the other side of that coin, a friend's son got married recently.  Their
>
>pictures too were all b&w, 35mm, mostly available light, PJ-style, not
>posed
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>or cliched.  They were also poorly composed, out-of-focus, badly exposed,
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>and and gave very little sense of the event.  All of this while using AF
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>cameras, zoom lenses and TTL flash, too!  Of 12 36-exposure rolls shot
>by
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>the husband-and-wife team, the couple had a problem choosing 18 shots for
>an
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>album.  The could have used a few more posed, cliched photos for their
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>$8,000...
>
>
>
>To add insult to injury, the photogs simply gave the couple the exposed,
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>unprocessed film and said see you later.  


I'm in the wrong business -- I mean I can earn $8,000 for NOTHING? Cool, 
count me in . . . 


Bob (just kiddin') McEowen