Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank the Leica Gods for the assistant! Glad it worked out Tina! I'm sure you captured some great moments.I'm really happy to hear it. Can I quote you about comparing wedding photography to Iraq? 2 unmarried huh? Let's get those dates down now! Chris NOLA via Cork in the fog. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 9:00 PM Subject: [Leica] Wedding Photography > LUG: > > I'm back at the farm in York after spending two weeks in California for > the Golden Trout workshops in the Sierra Nevada mountains and then a week > in Chicago for my daughter's wedding. In California I carried 35 pounds > on my back over 12,000 feet up and slept in a tent, using a pit toilet and > hiking 5-10 miles every day. In Chicago, we stayed at a luxury hotel on > the lakefront and ate at gourmet restaurants every meal. Guess which one > I preferred?!! > > While we were out of touch in the mountains, my daughter's photographer > informed her that he would not be able to shoot her wedding and his > assistant would be doing it. I am the one who had strongly encouraged her > to spend the majority of her wedding budget on the photographs (shrimp and > wedding cake and flowers all disappear but the photos are forever) To say > that she was upset would be an understatement. She told me that I would > have to take up the slack and get all of the photos that she really > wanted. I studied all of Chris' wedding photos again (she loves his work) > and memorized what I should be taking. HAH! If you think it's easy to > get the photos that Chris does, just go try it. I'd rather be back in > Iran, Iraq, Honduras, or even the John Muir Wilderness. > > I hope I got some acceptable photos - I took 1754 - and, as it turns out, > my daughter was more pleased with the assistant's work than she thought > she would be based on the photos on her website. > > So everything turned out o.k., but I hope to never to do another wedding!! > I did get conned into photographing my oldest son's wedding, too, twelve > years ago. QualChrome ended up ruining half of the Kodachromes that time. > I still have two unmarried kids. > > Never again!!!! > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information