Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Weddings
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:23:53 -0500

Mark: Very different sense of Humor you have!? From One of those "Wedding Photographers" who
over the past 30 yrs has learned to deal with??????????????
Cheers Wilber GFE
 http://www.jeffcoatphotography.com

Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Jorg Willems wrote:
> >
> > That is very kind of you, Tina!
> > Weddings are very stressful and we never had any intention to get into that.
> > Kids are out of the house and this is something we enjoy together.  Nothing
> > beats the glass of a good Merlot after a hectic wedding (they are ALL
> > hectic) and when Katariina comes out of her darkroom Sunday morning to tell
> > me that there are 'really some good one'.
> >
> Nothing beats having survived a good wedding and knowing how much you saved them
> from one of those "wedding" photographers!:)
> Weddings are looked down upon by other photographers but the real reason is NO
> GUTS. They don't know what TRUE FEAR is and don't want to know.
> I shot about 100 weddings in 20 years the truth comes out. Nothing beats those
> deviled eggs and polyester dresses!
> No redos' with weddings!!!! "Fly'em back in!!"  Everything has GOT TO WORK!
> Anything less that technical perfection and being more than two places at once
> results in the family making a little photograph voodoo doll which gleefully
> gets pins put in it for the duration of the known continuum.
> Now there's a WAR for you!!
> Mark Rabiner
> Never shot one with a Leica though, but have done one or two with a twin lens Rolleiflex!

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Cheers Wilber GFE
tel. 803-469-2440

http://www.jeffcoatphotography.com