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Is my current gear sufficient for wedding photography?
The question, the comments, even the first revision of this answer are all focussed on kit. A common problem with photographers. We love to talk about kit. Half of us are chomping at the bit to ...
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As a professional photographer, how can one handle a wedding photographer being rude or demanding in a way that will compromise overall image quality?
The hosts of the wedding chose, for whatever reason, to hire the "official" photographers to document their event. As a guest of those same hosts you should respect the choice they have made and make ...
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Is my current gear sufficient for wedding photography?
You can do wedding photography with a smartphone. It's not really the gear — it's the skill. But, this is mostly a matter of expectations. Some people will expect expect you to have much higher-end ...
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How do I prepare best for my first wedding photography event?
I'll start with a brief* word of advice. (*it grew :-) )
Don't !!!!
If you value the friend's friendship and that of her sister and new husband, then the chances of them being damaged as a result of ...
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As a professional photographer, how can one handle a wedding photographer being rude or demanding in a way that will compromise overall image quality?
I have found that the best technique is to leave your equipment at home or at a minimum in your vehicle. Let the paid professionals capture the images they were hired to capture and you enjoy the ...
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Why don't event photographers release non-touched up images?
Event photographers are generally in the business of selling prints, not just snapping photos. They want to sell you the best images they can make, not the raw material for making those images. There ...
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Why do people move their cameras in a square motion?
There is a concept called "focus and recompose" which is typically used with cameras that have a limited spatial distribution of auto focus (AF) points or only one really good auto focus point in the ...
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As a professional photographer, how can one handle a wedding photographer being rude or demanding in a way that will compromise overall image quality?
I am going to respond to this as the photographer.
If and when I am covering a wedding or such an event as you have mentioned, I get really frustrated by guests bringing their DSLRs with them. To the ...
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Why don't event photographers release non-touched up images?
I'd rather not just let the photographer pick the X images that he/she thinks are best to edit and deliver because he/she won't have the same opinion as me as to which images are the best.
But you ...
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Why don't event photographers release non-touched up images?
Because unedited / unretouched images do not represent the photographers' best efforts. A wedding photographer is not somebody hired to use an expensive point-and-shoot. The shots they take require ...
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What's the best way to minimize wedding picture time?
You are trying to write software to make wrangling drunk people, shooting people of vastly different ages, and people who either have a strong desire or no desire at all to be a part of the pictures ...
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What's the best way to light up a subject that's far away?
The idea is I will be down below, looking up at them to take the photo, so a flash would be useless.
Only if you limit yourself to a camera mounted flash.
The key to such a shot is to get the ...
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Is it common for wedding photographers to be booked every weekend?
There's a general rule in all startup businesses (and that includes photography): expect to make a loss for the first two or three years while you build up sufficient market visibility (and for a ...
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Is my current gear sufficient for wedding photography?
I wonder if you could help me. I would like to know if my current gear is sufficient to start doing wedding photography.
Well this is almost self-answering :
If you have to ask, you're not good ...
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Which focal length should be 'always on' for a wedding?
The most important focal length for a wedding is the one you need at the time. Weddings cover a lot of different shots from a lot of different distances. Shooting a wedding on prime lenses is ...
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What's the best way to minimize wedding picture time?
I will answer from the perspective of a software writer, and someone that was recently married.
First, as dpollitt mentions, you're not gonna get any software that will make illogical people act in ...
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As a professional photographer, how can one handle a wedding photographer being rude or demanding in a way that will compromise overall image quality?
I believe what you are asking for here is the correct combination of words to make a professional photographer understand your reason and logic, and allow you to keep snapping pictures.
The problem ...
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As a professional photographer, how can one handle a wedding photographer being rude or demanding in a way that will compromise overall image quality?
I would expect a professional to simply say, "Sorry, I didn't realize I was disturbing you," and stop shooting the same subjects at the same time. You can still be in the way, even from behind. ...
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What do I need to consider when doing a pre-wedding shoot in cloudy weather?
One of the best times to shoot outdoor portraits is when the sky is cloudy and overcast. It provides nice, even, neutral lighting without harsh shadows and back light.
Natural light isn't always (or ...
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Can our wedding photographer charge editing fees not listed in the contract or previously disclosed?
As a rule, pro wedding photographers and editors consider a Blemish to be a temporary flaw or mark on a persons face. These will include skin imperfections such as spots, zits, blackheads, whiteheads, ...
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Why do people move their cameras in a square motion?
Many cameras don't have a full coverage viewfinder. That is, the viewfinder doesn't show the complete frame that will be captured by the image. By moving the camera to each of the four sides of the ...
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Why do people move their cameras in a square motion?
It could be that you are observing the photographer using the Brenizer Method (see also Ryan Brenizer's site) in action. Essentially, the Brenizer Method uses panoramic stitching to create very ...
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Should I charge a fee to a client who wants to change wedding date?
The only reason I can think of is if you need to make some extra spending on something. Pay an extra assistant, re purchase a flying ticket, hiring a backup photographer because that date was already ...
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Is my current gear sufficient for wedding photography?
One thing to consider if you are to charge for your photography: how reliable is your equipment?
If you're just a friend taking pictures and your camera breaks, or your SD card gets corrupted, your ...
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When do I have to give credit for the arrangement of photo I took?
I'm not a lawyer, but it seems unlikely that the photographer has a strong legal claim in the absence of special circumstances — just like the bride's hairdresser probably also can't demand credit. ...
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my wedding photos were a gift but now she wants to put them all over the internet
She took the photos. She owns them. She gave you a copy of them, but they're still her photos. If she were to use them for commercial purposes (your image in advertising) you might have more of a ...
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Why don't event photographers release non-touched up images?
Because some dumbass lawyer sued a wedding photographer who gave him "everything".
Gary Fong helped out the original photographer and he's financially OK, but I bet the photographer is going to have ...
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What's the best way to light up a subject that's far away?
In addition to what Michael has already stated, depending on the configuration, you may want to create a composite. Long exposure for the scene only and then add the lights and couple to overlay on ...
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As a professional photographer, how can one handle a wedding photographer being rude or demanding in a way that will compromise overall image quality?
I think there's a couple of points here:
There's one set of things that a professional photographer might find annoying and another set that might make an innocent guest feel insulted. But since ...
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