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2004-01-07 Thread David C Miers
Unless I missed it in this thread somewhere, I've seen no one comment on the staging of the ceremony afterwards to compensate for either the lack of flash during or no shooting at all during the ceremony. I've had pretty good success and complete cooperation from the clergy in this matter thus

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2004-01-07 Thread Bruce Dayton
No, they are not. There is no legal polygamy and those who practice polygamy are not Mormons. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 12:14:59 PM, you wrote: JCOC Aren't the mormons the ones that engage in legal polygamy? JCOC jco JCOC

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2004-01-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, give'em a couple of centuries. They'll thaw up. Buddhism looks better...:-) Speaking of which: Has anyone ever photographed a Buddhist wedding? And if so, what form of Buddhism? (Tibetan, Zen, etc.) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing

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2004-01-07 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Bob, You may be mixing up Temples and regular church buildings. Based on your description, you went to a regular church, not a temple. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 12:51:31 PM, you wrote: BW Hi, Wow, must not be in Utah. BW France and England. When I was 14 I

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2004-01-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re[2]: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my high-horse... with a thump. One real issue/problem is that the general percieved value of a photograph has steadily declined as the ability to make/create one has increased. Many years ago

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2004-01-06 Thread mapson
hasn't gained the knowledge of photography was pretty poor. But with good PS cameras and mini labs, the ability for anyone to create a passable snapshot has made them feel that the value of the item (photo) isn't very high. After all, all I did was press a button. I really didn't have to know

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2004-01-06 Thread mapson
Why is it the Catholics, who have been around for a couple of thousand years, will allow me to shoot from the alter, as long as I don't make a spectacle, but some wannabe cult that was born last week makes my life miserable? Go figure. I don't get it. William Robb William, it depends on the

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2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill said: On the heels of the AF revolution came the PJ style of wedding photography, which to me requires as much skill as squishing a wounded bug. Jeez Bill, hope tv doesn't read that... I totally disagree with you on that point. I am hopeless at PJ photography and I don't really like it

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2004-01-06 Thread Robert Chiasson
make the money - and you don't have to lug 50 lbs of Mamiya gear around to do it. -- Robert - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 7:41 PM Subject: Re[2]: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my high-horse

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2004-01-06 Thread mapson
promised. Ceremony ends and priest thanks me for my assistance (?!?) and then congratulates me on a job well done I think some priests have had very bad experiences in the past and they prefer to be safe than sorry. We photographed a wedding where apart from us there were 7 or 8 other people

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2004-01-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Amita Guha Subject: RE: Re[2]: Cheap bastards? -was: Down off my high-horse... with a thump. The Presbyterian church where we got married (200 year old congregation) didn't allow photography during the service, but we knew about that well in advance. I

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2004-01-06 Thread tom
Bitch and moan, bitch and moan, wah, wah, wah. Just to counteract the horror stories... - I like most of my clients. Every once in a while I get hired by a twit, but generally they're very nice people who treat me well. In fact, most of them treat me like I'm doing them a favor. - I shoot what