Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Chefurka wrote: > > That's the saddest phrase I've heard today: "back to scanning wedding photos". Keep buying those lottery tickets, B.D. > > With deepest sympathy, > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] > > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:16 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] design 2 > > > > ...back to scanning wedding photos... > > This was my first wedding, but I have to say that shooting weddings and all the nonsense that preceeds them fits right into what I do with a camera...And the only way I'll do a wedding is the way I do any family shoot - I'm there, I shoot what interests me photographically (and I will include shots of anyone the bride or groom says they must have shots of), I pick the best shots, scan and print them - and what I see is what you get. No color. No groups. No poses. No BS. If someone doesn't want to agree to that, that's a wedding I won't be shooting. This first one I was hired by the bride and groom, and the bride's mother hired a society wedding photographer. B. D.