On Aug 9, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > My fave of the set is LRC54150.jpg. That's a fine shot, Larry.
Thanks Bruce. > > Wedding photographers don't care about being obtrusive. That's probably one of many reasons I wouldn't make a good one. > It's a job, > they are being paid for results, lawsuits can happen. :-) That's one of the many reasons I told Bill that I didn't want money for doing the photos. Not only is he a nice guy, but there's no way that he'd be able to pay me what it would take to make it worth my time as a job. > They also > don't treat it as hands-off photojournalism: they get right in there > and take charge. You here, you there, great. Now, I need all the > bridesmaids over here. Etc. I figure wedding photographer is 98% > people skills and business development skills and the rest photography > skill. I don't think I'd ever have the requisite business development skills. > > Not dissing wedding photogs. I think it's the hardest photography > there is, well next to war journalist I suppose. I don't have what it > takes. I've already turned down a number of requests to do it. Leave > it to the pros, I say. I think that my biggest challenge to being a good wedding photographer is an emotional understanding of why anyone would care enough to pay what wedding photographers need to charge. I don't actually recall any occasions where I looked at someone's wedding album more than a couple months after the event. Yes, it's an important transition in your life, but the wedding isn't nearly as important as the marriage. And, even if the marriage only lasts for three years, it's only one tenth of one percent of the marriage, the other 99.9...% of the days are just as important. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
