Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jon, I agree with the other LUGgers who have said the disposable camera concept is a bad idea. I notice on one of your posts that your daughter's step father is a former wedding photog. Can't he be cajoled into doing the job? Who is giving away the bride? A few years ago, I did one of those "journalistic" shoots as a present for a friend's wedding. All candids in existing light. At the time, we were both working in the television industry, and I said "hey, how about we pretend you guys are celebrities, and I am covering it for a magazine story. They had a proper wedding photographer there too, with all his lights, etc. I covered the event with a pair of M6s on Tri-X @ISO 250, souped in Rodinal. I handed off the negatives with contact sheets. Months later, she showed me her wedding album. About 80% of it was the black and white stuff, with just a few of the group shots. But it was clear that the candids were the most prized shots of the day. So, Jon, load up your Leica with some Tri-X, and get to work!! In years to come, a set of beautiful B&W photographs taken by her father will be treasured. - --Jim Laurel On Feb 20, 2004, at 9:51 AM, Jon wrote: > My daughter is being married at the end of May and in in effort to keep > everything as inexpensive as possible (Her choice & her parents > delight) she > has requested that instead of using the services of a wedding > photographer, > make available to the wedding/reception attendees disposable cameras. I > mentioned this to a friend of mine who s a 100% working Fashion > Photographer. He thought it was a great idea as long as "little kids" > didn't > get control of the cameras. He also offered to do some shooting if he > were > in town, but with the admonition that it was as a favor, that most > photographers did not care for weddings. > To the group...Are there any preferred disposable cameras? We will > have both > color and b/w available. Thanks!! > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html