Just to vent a lil bit...

[BermyFunk]

Why does everyone think since you are a photographer you do weddings lol. I was just informed today that I was second on the photographer list of a friend of a friends wedding. I am honored to be the second pick but I am also curious who told him I did weddings. I am not nearly good enough to do weddings, I have potential but weddings are not my thing. Should I start to try weddings? I know it is very stressful and the horror stories always scared me away. I want to do portraits, but should I do weddings for a little bit to get some money? Juuuuust venting, most of these are rhetorical questions but feel free to answer.

(sorry if in wrong section)

[Skrim17]

Probably just an assumption. Politely say thanks but I don't do weddings.

[saturnin]

yah .. you are not the only one.. as a guy with camera aka photographer..everyone wants pics, weddings, funerals..yada yada. It can get frustrating sometimes, especially when u have to tell your friends "NO".

The way i see it is, if you are not into weddings dont do it. If u are toying with the idea, go and be a 2nd shooter and see how that goes for you, if u make it through the day and your results are good, well...there is your asnwer. If you dont get good results...well there is your answer.
You can always comeback to it another time when you maybe get more experience or want another try @ it.

Doing weddings for money is fine, you dont have to love what you do(it helps but not necessary), as long as you get the results, right. :D

There is lot of pressure to get the right picture and or not to miss the moment, obviously the more weddings or any other shooting one does, they gain the experience and know what to look for. You dont have 2 be an amazing photographer to do weddings, you just have to make the pics interesting.

[BermyFunk]

good advice both of you. Im gonna be the photographer at my brothers wedding and he rly doesnt care how the pics come out so that is gonna be a good test.

[friz]

I just tell people that I feel obligated to record the whole event through consumation. They leave me alone.

[Gabe63]

I just tell people that I feel obligated to record the whole event through consumation. They leave me alone.

With my good looks I'd be invited. Bow chica wow wow

[saturnin]

heheheheheh

[DStanic]

Tell them you need at least 2 camera bodies to shoot weddings (since it's very difficult to swap lenses during the moment) so therefore they need to buy you a new 50D. :lol:

[argyle]

good advice both of you. Im gonna be the photographer at my brothers wedding and he rly doesnt care how the pics come out so that is gonna be a good test.

I suggest that you check with your future sister-in-law on that one...she may have a different opinion. ;)

[watt100]

I suggest that you check with your future sister-in-law on that one...she may have a different opinion. ;)

good advice !

[chauncey]

Terribly sorry old chap, venting is not allowed on this forum. :lol:

[BermyFunk]

I suggest that you check with your future sister-in-law on that one...she may have a different opinion. ;)

Ok maybe not caring was a bit of an overstatement. They do care a little bit. But niether of them think they need to be perfect and I think I am good enough to give them decent results. She isnt all girly girly shes more of a punk chick. And the wedding is very low key. So im safe :)

[ryant35]

I was declared the second photographer at a friends wedding. I'm actually looking forward to the experience and hopefully showing up her wedding photographer uncle.

I'd rather shoot than sit around anyway.

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[Maureen Souza]

Maybe you could bow out.......... but shoot anyways for practice ;)

[S-S]

good advice both of you. Im gonna be the photographer at my brothers wedding and he rly doesnt care how the pics come out so that is gonna be a good test.

i hope his bride & all the families share this disinterested point of view otherwise someone could be in for a nasty shock if the day doesnt go well photographically...

[nphsbuckeye]

Tell them you need at least 2 camera bodies to shoot weddings (since it's very difficult to swap lenses during the moment) so therefore they need to buy you a new 1Ds Mark III. :lol:
Fixed it.

[DennisW1]

I was declared the second photographer at a friends wedding. I'm actually looking forward to the experience and hopefully showing up her wedding photographer uncle.



Nice attitude.

Just a quick reality check: The wedding day is all about the bride and groom, not about the photographer. You're just hired help, like the caterer, or the limo driver. Yes, your job is more stressful, encompasses the entire day and then some, and has more potential hazards to its success than some of the other hired help, but please leave your "I'm better than him" attitude in the trunk of your car before you begin your work that day.

[ryant35]

I'm not hired help, I've been voluntered, besides it's not like .I'm going to physically compete with the guy and stop him from working. I'm going to wait to hear who's
pictures are better.

[S-S]

thats good to hear - i was shooting a wedding once where the bride (a friend) had begged me to cover it as a favour cos they were poor - and who should show up but TWO hired photographers - who promptly proceeded to block me from all the 'normal' angles - so i had to shoot from very creative positions to get my shots

was pissed off... that was basically the last time i agreed to shoot for free

[The Moose]

thats good to hear - i was shooting a wedding once where the bride (a friend) had begged me to cover it as a favour cos they were poor - and who should show up but TWO hired photographers - who promptly proceeded to block me from all the 'normal' angles - so i had to shoot from very creative positions to get my shots

was pissed off... that was basically the last time i agreed to shoot for free

If you weren't getting paid and she had hired two photographers, why did you bother taking any shots at all? If that were me, I would have sat down and watched the wedding. I wouldn't care that she was a friend in this situation, I still would have sat down.

[Wilt]

Tell your friend that a proctologist (the 'dark' side) does not do brain surgery or breast augmentation either!

[chauncey]

A proctologist might do brain surgery Wilt, if that brain had been inserted into the proctologist's area of expertise. :lol:

[Wilt]

A proctologist might do brain surgery Wilt, if that brain had been inserted into the proctologist's area of expertise. :lol:

Had not considered that issue...removal of head from rectum! That still does not require surgery to the brain itself, though.

[PhotosGuy]

Why does everyone think since you are a photographer you do weddings lol. DarnifIknow. A few years ago I was shooting a car & someone walked up & asked if I did weddings? I told her, "Only at the point of a shotgun!" ;)

[bjyoder]

I shot a wedding for free that actually turned out well. My cousin and his bride-to-be asked a month or so after I got my camera. I told them I would make NO promise on how well the pictures would turn out. They said that wouldn't be a problem.

As promised, they didn't complain, even after I admited that I was frustrated that, after looking at the pictures, I felt I could have done a better job.

I know now that I will not work another wedding for free - that was WAY too stressful! :lol:

[number six]

DarnifIknow. A few years ago I was shooting a car & someone walked up & asked if I did weddings? I told her, "Only at the point of a shotgun!" ;)

Ah, a new meaning for the term "shotgun wedding".

:p

[HappySnapper90]

I was in a camera store several months ago looking at items on shelves and overhead a woman who was buying something at the register and asked the woman working if she shot weddings asking for her daughter. The worker had done some but not for a while and charged about $800. Imagine asking a complete stranger to shoot your daughter's wedding without seeing the portfolio and quality of expected work!

[PhotosGuy]

Ah, a new meaning for the term "shotgun wedding". There's an upside to only dating people with liberal parents who are anti-guns! :D