Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Wedding Photography
From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:21:31 -0800

Oh, absolutely.  Their pics would have sucked if they'd been done on a 'blad or RB.  They wouldn't have been as grainy though, which might have helped a little.

The morals of that story for the client are:  see representative samples first (preferably a complete wedding rather than cherry-picked photos), and never agree to just accept unprocessed film - it lets the photographer off the hook way too easily.

The moral of the story for photographers is:  don't screw around accepting professional assignments for a type of photography you don't thoroughly understand - you will hurt the reputation of the entire profession as well as your own.

Paul

- -----Original Message-----
From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 2:26 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Wedding Photography

The story is certainly a horrifying one, but I would suggest that it has
to do with a lack of photgraphic talent/skill on the part of the
shooters, rather than the film size or format.