RE: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-23 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Shrek, You know, when I fantasize about being a professional photog, then realize that no one wants to buy fuzzy bw photos of people they don't know, I think that I could be a wedding photographer. You

Re: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-23 Thread Norm Baugher
That's what I'm doing next weekend in Guadalajara at my friends wedding. They have the wedding photog for the formals, then I'm being turned loose with BW to shoot whatever the hell I want toshould be fun. Norm (who says Tequila and BW don't mix?) tom wrote: Imagine the possibilities!

Re: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-23 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anytime you put 100 or 200 people together, put them on a schedule, and add some emotion, you're going to get the possibility that something screws up. Heh. I've done two weddings in my life. One of them was up on the west coast of

Re: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-23 Thread jaalmanza
I'm assuming this is Guadalajara, Mexico. A Mexican wedding has some interesting customs. One is where the groomsmen undress the groom down to his shirt and unmentionables. Then the cloths are handed to his new bride so she can dress him. Someone hands her a hat and a belt. Someone else

Re: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-23 Thread Norm Baugher
It is Mexico and from what you've said, this should be good (along with the embarrassing photo ops)! Norm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm assuming this is Guadalajara, Mexico. A Mexican wedding has some interesting customs. One is where the groomsmen undress the groom down to his shirt and

RE: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-23 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, tom wrote: If you think about it, a wedding is actually one of the most interesting things you can shoot if you like to shoot people. Everyone looks good, they're on their best behavior, they're participating in religious and cultural ceremonies, they're dancing and

Re: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-23 Thread Butch Black
That's what I'm doing next weekend in Guadalajara at my friends wedding. They have the wedding photog for the formals, then I'm being turned loose with BW to shoot whatever the hell I want toshould be fun. Norm (who says Tequila and BW don't mix?) Just remember Norm; One tequila two

RE: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-22 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Fred, fred, fred... Finally somebody understands the series of events that us wedding photographers are so adept at handling. I feel for you, in such a heartfelt way, my poor little friend, to have gone so blindly into territory that is so treacherous, so hostile, that I often refer to it as

Re: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-22 Thread graywolf
How about the drunken best man jumping on the hood of your car as you are leaving and tearing off your windshield wipers when you hit the brakes and dump him in the street? That was the one where I decided there was no way I was going to do this again, and hit the bar at the reception myself.

Re: My first wedding shoot

2004-07-22 Thread Fred Widall
Thanks for those insights Tan, they just strengthen my resolve not to venture down the photographic paths of matrimony ever again. My photos were just your basic wedding photos, the bride groom, the bridesmaids, the in-laws and the out-laws. I've uploaded a few to photo.net.

RE: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-22 Thread Butch Black
Memories; Like the time I'm assisting. We had already done the Bride's pictures, a lovely woman about 5'6. We then started to do the groom and best man 6' and maybe 5'. About 5 minutes into the shoot the shorter man taps Bill the photographer on the shoulder and informs us that he, not the 6'

Re: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-22 Thread Jim Apilado
From: Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] The experience has given me a greater appreciation of professional wedding photographers (Hi Tan) and their level of dedication. They earn every penny !!! For myself, on a per-hour basis I would have made more flipping burgers at McDonalds, with a lot

RE: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-22 Thread frank theriault
--- Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred, fred, fred... Finally somebody understands the series of events that us wedding photographers are so adept at handling. I feel for you, in such a heartfelt way, my poor little friend, to have gone so blindly into territory

RE: My first wedding shoot.

2004-07-22 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: My first wedding shoot. --- Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fred, fred, fred... Finally somebody understands the series of events that us wedding photographers are so adept at handling. I feel for you, in such a heartfelt way, my poor little