Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michiel Fokkema showed: >>> Hi, > > Not really my first wedding, but my first paid wedding. > A few pictures of a very enjoyable day with a lovely couple. > > http://michielfokkema.wordpress.<<<<< Hi Michiel, Very well done through out. Interesting depth of focus and sharpness accentuating the smaller elements. There are a couple of candids I particularly like. Weddings through all my years were and are the biggest pain in the butt you could imagine. I began a charging method of doubling the price every time I was asked just to deter people from asking.. In other words, back in the early '50s I charged $25.00 dollars for a white album with 12 B&W prints. Yep hard to believe but that was usually a friend and what everyone figured was not bad for a beginner and some pros. Eventually I got away from them until I was hired as a staff photog and found myself every Saturday thrust into this horrid assignment of hell! Usually 2 a day! When I began my own business I swore I'd never do another wedding, OOPS! When I finally relented my deal was..Money talks! It would be $1000. which they would pay me at the end of day in cash!! And I'd give all the B&W film to the best man with instructions where to have it printed and get the album. I had nothing to do with it period. Didn't phase them, people still kept coming a $1000 a pop and I did no processing or printing. Too many and it became a big pain in the butt again, so I upped the price to $2000 with me still turning over the film at the end of the day to the best man and have a nice honeymoon. Damned if they still didn't keep coming. So I doubled it to $4000 and that deterred many, but we all know when people are so romantically inclined to marry, money doesn't count. :-) Finally I just cut it off as I found them more stressful than covering a war scene! Mother-in-laws and twitchy brides AAAAAAAAAAAAahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! :-) However me old son you've done an excellent covered with interesting images. Cheers, ted