Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]snipped a lot: >I am always invited to eat, never allow myself to be ordered around or >bombarded and usually welcome the opportunity to help others improve their >photographs. I am usually treated as a valued guest and love doing all that >I can to make sure the B&G's day goes well. > >Maybe I'm just an odd duck in the business but that's how I get referrals >and my business keeps chugging on. > > >Carpe Luminem, >Michael E. Bérubé Michael, I don't think you're so odd on this issue. Here's what I think: Weddings have a bad reputation I think because many photographers do them ONLY FOR MONEY. Not because they love shooting them. Those same guys are part of what gives wedding photographers a bad reputation. They are the same ones who make the wedding day into a sales event, shooting only with print and album sales in mind. I recently experienced one of these at my sons wedding. He kept the B&G for 45 minutes after the ceremony shooting endless variations. Notice how Ted described what he offers wedding clients? He tells the client how he does it and then he delivers. The answer is to NOT do a job you hate. Pass those on to someone who will enjoy them, who's style fits the job. If you understand what's happening on the big day it does not have to be distressing, you just deal with your clients as humans and have a good time - just as you said above. Sure you have to make the pictures. But the time to offer what you will and will not do is long past so just do your job as well as you can and get on with it! Pay 100% attention to your task and when its done everyone's happy. If they're not happy its probably because you did not have an adequate understanding BEFORE you took the job. Not speaking for Mark or anyone else. Henry