The one thing that I always see new wedding photographers make a mention
over is how much camera equipment they have and are going to take. They
never mention how they plan on using it or what they are going to try and
capture the day of the wedding and what it will mean to the bride, groom and
their families. First time out you need to keep things as simple as
possible. The best shots are the events that happen when your changing lens.
Then I hate to tell you this but 9 times out of 10 you have been asked to
take the photos as they know you have a camera and "Marco is a good guy and
he won't charge us for this". They don't want to or can not pay a
photographer who does this for a living. God help you if you blow this-
friendship is "OVER"! If you insist on doing this I would carry the two
cameras with flash (never take new or used equipment to a job for the first
time), your 50 1.8 and the 18-55 on the second body. Use the two feet god
gave you to do your zooming and shoot like you can never do this a second
time (which by the way you can not). Maybe the 70-300 for some shots during
the actual wedding- but when that part is over take it off and put it away.
If you keep doing this you will learn to use different glass at different
times but not the first time out of the gate.
Giving the brides mom a list of photographers is a good idea- but the not
just the cheep ones- they may be just weekenders and that is just as bad as
first timers. You need to sit with your couple and find out what is
important people wise and event wise at the wedding- if they insist on a
list of photos that you must make- find someone who knows the people and the
timing of events and let them gather and set up for you- otherwise you will
miss half of what is going on. I know you are probably taking my name in
vain right now- but I see at least 10 to 12 brides a year with horror
stories about a friend that shot the wedding and what can I now do to fix
the photos for them. Half of them tell me that they just didn't see the big
deal till it was all over. They thought that anyone could do this-sorry not
true. Something else- "NEVER" hand over unprocessed film to a bride or her
mother- you never know what drug store they will run it to and then if they
blow it - guess what - you are the bad guy who under exposed the film or
used bad film. If your shooting digital- then please don't just give them
the files and let them do it on their computer- same deal. Also what about
the money- just expenses? Or are they looking for free. People have no idea
what is involved in this.
Cheers Wilber
BTW I've been doing this for 40 years.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Gamba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:42 AM
Subject: EOS My stuff and wedding
Hello everyone, I'm a newbie of the newsletter so don't kill me at once :D
:D
A couple of my friends is going to marry next month and they asked my to
take the photos of the wedding. I know this is a big responsibility, but
the
told me that there is no problem at all...
So I have:
Canon EOS 350D
Canon EOS 650
SpeedLite 420EX
EFS 18-55 (kit lens)
EF 70-300 IS USM
EF 28-105 II USM
EF 50mm f/1.8 Mark 1
I've bought on ebay:
Speedlite 580EX
BG-E3 Grip for the 350D (In case of battery lack...)
EFS 17-85 IS USM
I was thinking of a set like this:
Canon 350D + Battery Grip + EFS 17-85 + Speedlite 580EX
Canon 650 + EF 50mm + Speedlite 420EX
I still don't know if I could go really close to the altar, but I think
that
at 85 the 17-85 EFS will do the job...
Any advice for me?
I will be very pleased.
Thanks
Marco
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