Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 4/26/05 3:57 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> typed: > At my brother's recent wedding, I took a ton of candids, > color with a D70 and B&W with a Leica + CV 32/2.5 > and FM3a + 105/2.5. My brother said he liked my pics > better than the pair of official wedding photogs, but then > I wasn't running around sweating a bunch of formals, > trying to coral groups of relatives together and what not. > > Instead, I hung out with the grooms men while they got > ready, sat near the bar, snapped pics in pitch black while > they gussied up the car, made sure to get head shots of > all the older relatives who could make it to the ceremony - > stuff like that. And, of course, I only showed him the good > ones after I'd had a chance to tweak 'em all quite a bit. :-) > > I never post photos, so ducking and running, some are > online at this URL in the three galleries marked "wedding." > > http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps/Family/index.html > > There's just a few salvaged/over sharpened pics among to > satisfy all the different groups of relatives that attended, so > kindly ignore those :-) > > Scott > As a professional photographer who shot weddings I have to say that people at weddings who: > made sure to get head shots of > all the older relatives who could make it to the ceremony - > stuff like that. Were not my favorite people in the whole world. Not that I didn't get used to it. I think photographers are the least respected professionals in the whole professional world. And that in no profession would a "professional" be treated with such disrespect. Of course wedding photographers are the bottom or the barrel. But there's at least one in every town whose work is worthy of respect. It's like if I were an avid amateur nuclear physicist and I somehow got into a nuclear physicist convention and a guy was up there making a speech would I stand up on a chair and start saying a bunch of stuff and start handing out a bunch of stupid fliers about my own personal theory of nuclear physics? No! :) Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/