I'm not famous, don't have assistants, don't use radio slaves, and do
NOT ask the wedding party to stand still for one, must less, 1000 shots.
That's how I do it. And what people I shoot, whether families doing
nothing for a day, or brides, grooms, and their loved one's, invariably
say at the end of the day is "we weren't even aware of your being here."
On the other hand, at the wedding I shot last weekend - actually I was
there to shoot the events starting with the rehearsal through TO the
wedding (but shot the ceremony as an add on), the bride and groom were
ready to kill the "wedding photographer" with her 'stand here, stand
there' and her clanky camera and potato masher flash - who probably took
about 240 shots, almost every damn one posed.
And here are my first 10 picks from the wedding - I give the bride a
plain vanilla photo album with 40-50 8 1/2 x 11 quadtone black and white
prints; and I chose the images to tell the story of the day.
http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/folder-6029.html
Best
B. D.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:54 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] 1000 shots in a day
At my stepson's wedding a couple of years ago, the lucky bride's
family hired a highly-acclaimed, nearly famous (and very
expensive) wedding photographer. He was of the Hasselblad and
Nikon variety, complete with assistants with radio-controlled
flashes for backlighting, etc. And the end product was, I have to
admit, absolutely outstanding. Absolutely no digital anything.
But he took almost exactly 240 shots from beginning to end.
However, by the time all this was finished, many of us, especially
those who were ready to start drinking (more) and partying
seriously, were ready to kick the SOB's butt. Besides, he was a
little bit annoying. (Apparently considered himself a bit of a
comedian.)
Anyway, I have to observe and opine that if you can get a wedding
party to hold still for 1000 pictures, you must be either shooting
with a motor drive stuck on "sequence" (or the digital
equivalent), or these people are heavily sedated. Or maybe you're
just one smooth dude and they want to make you happy and keep you
around. I would need to see this for myself to decide.
When's your next wedding shoot?
Walt, mostly pulling your leg
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From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:50:48 -0500
>Boy, I'll second all that...When I'm spending a day with a
>family, or shooting a wedding, I can easily shoot 1000
>frames...And I'm focusing, framing, and paying attention to
exposure. ;-)
>
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