Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll bet the bride didn't hear your shutter. At 04:22 PM 5/14/02, you wrote: >At a wedding last summer I asked the bride before hand - take a deep breath, >Jim, the shock will pass ;-) - if there would be a problem shooting during >the ceremony. Ironically, it hadn't even occurred to her that that might be >a problem. Well, she checked with the (female) minister, who said fine, as >long as I wasn't using flash. So I positioned myself in the tiny >150-year-old church right up next to the lectern, where I could stay tucked >away, but shoot the faces of the bride and groom. During the service, as I >was shooting - with my 'silent' M6 which sounded like a cannon because of >the acoustics in the wooden church, the mother of the groom kept giving me >the evil eye and "subtly" waving at me to stop shooting. So I stopped >shooting - for about 30 seconds - thought about whether I wanted to piss off >the bride or her mother-in-law, and resumed shooting! As Jim would tell me, >it was the bride's wedding, she was paying me, and she wanted me to shoot. >:-) > >B. D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark >Rabiner >Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:42 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Other photographers at the wedding > > >I'm less concerned about other photographers at the wedding.. >than i am concerned about other NON photographers. > >Some weddings turn into a media circus and i don't think it is expected >or appreciated. >Everyones playing with cameras. >Talking, dancing, partying is secondary, > > >And i'm told not to flash in the Church. >But there are millions of flashes going off. >I'm the only one not getting the shot. > > >Mark Rabiner >Portland, Oregon USA >http://www.markrabiner.com >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html