:-)) J --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J and K Messervy" Subject: Asked to do a wedding. > > > >I have been asked whether I'd be interested in photographing the > wedding of > > the brother of an acquaintance. > > > > Any and all tips, tricks and advice would be greatly appreciated! > > >From an email I sent to an aquaintance who is breaking into the > game...... > > > Wedding photography is as stressful as you care to make it. > I tend to make it pretty stressful myself. > > Some things I discovered that helped alleviate this: > > They have a pretty even chance of being divorced within a few years, > so > the photography is about as disposable as a used car. > You may as well charge like a Rolls Royce, the pictures won't be > around > long enough to prove they are a Chevette. > > The brides mother is going to hate the pictures no matter what. She > already hates the asshole that her daughter chose to fall in love > with, > and will transfer this loathing onto the pictures. > Don't worry about it, it's not a battle that can be won. > Don't fight it. > Take the opportunity to turn daughter against mother, instead. > > If you have to, point out that this is the father of her grandchild. > > Remember what the truly important pictures are, and get them. > Pictures of the bride and groom together are not necessarily the most > important in the long haul. > > Generally, it is the family portraits. Make sure you get family > portraits of just the grooms family, and just the brides family. > Weddings are about families. > > Hedge your bets and go with blood, not law or religion. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
