On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 08:02:09PM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: > I like to get there well ahead of the ceremony, and take some pix of the site > at my own pace.
I wasn't able to get there early. > > When I see the pro, if he or she has an idle moment, I introduce myself, and > explicitly assure them that I will stay out of the way. Then I do just that. When I got there, the first person I saw was the photographer. I did not introduce myself to him. It would have been silly, since we met 36 years ago. In photo class. > > I try to get an aisle seat for the ceremony, but I stand up and sit down when > everyone else does. Since the K10D makes a racket, I don't use it during > quiet or music bits. I was going to go for an aisle seat, but it turns out that most of the front row was open for whoever. So I got front row, from the end that the sun was shining from. > > This has worked very nicely. Often the pro has come up to =me=, during a > lull, just to have a photographic chat. When my brother got married several > years ago, I ran out of film during the reception; the pro sidled over as I > rummaged through my bag, with my PZ-1p open on the table in front of me, and > held out her hand with three rolls of Tri-X in it. At one point I saw Mark eating alone, and invited him over to our table, but he was rushed and only had a few minutes to eat. > > I've gotten some photos that I (and others) have been happy with, too: > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=865503 Very nice. > > Oh, yeah... I've also had fun. That's kind of important too. > > Rick > > > > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > --- On Fri, 9/4/09, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > > Subject: wedding photography ettiquette > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 4:22 PM > > I'm going to a friend's wedding this > > afternoon. > > > > I'll be bringing my camera and such. I sent him a quick > > note, but he's > > probably already left for setting things up. > > > > What's the polite way to deal with the pro photographer, if > > there is > > one? Should I introduce myself and ask if they mind if I > > take photos? > > Or just try to blend in with the crowd? > > > > I suppose I should stick to p-ttl rather than optically > > slaving > > strobes if I use them, so my optically slaved doesn't > > trigger off of > > their flash. :) > > > > -- > > The first step is learning to take great photos, > > the second step is learning to throw away ones that are > > merely good. > > Larry Colen > > [email protected] > > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
