[Leica] Confession time!

[gwpics at aol.com (Gerry Walden)]

Jim

I never for once accused you of demeaning weddings (and would not do so) 
but as genre wedding photographers are often looked down upon. There are 
a lot of hacks in our profession, and anyone who is out of work with a 
camera thinks that they can easily do weddings to earn a few bucks, but 
in fact good wedding photographers are producing superb work under the 
most extreme conditions whilst pandering to the egos and eccentricities 
of the participants. Wedding photography is often 10% photography and 
90% stage management but the work of people on this list like Rob Heyman 
demonstrates the high skill that is applied - work that is capable of 
bringing a tear to the eye of the more sensitive for its beauty.

Yes, you can earn a lot of money as a wedding photographer, but the 
emphasis is on the word 'earn', it doesn't come easy. And you know that 
Jim because you have been there!

Kind regards

Gerry

Jim Hemenway wrote:

 > I wasn't demeaning wedding photography, I'm just not one who likes doing
 > weddings.  I think that I'm good at it, but I'm also good at selling, so
 > would rather sell stuff than try to please a bride and/or mother.


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