Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In your case I believe you hired a hacker who shoots weddings on the side to support his habit. None of the professional photogs I know would agree to shoot by the hour or hand over the unexposed negs to be developed outside of their control (Costco, etc.). Most of them have a relationship with a pro lab (Burrell's etc) that have their exposures calibrated against the lab. Regards, Andy - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of w.gower@netmail.home.com To save money, we hired him for 4 hours - 2 hours prior, and 2 hours after the ceremony. He was very unobtrusive, and mananaged to gather the guests and family members for the formal shots quickly - the formal shots were his forte. Although, in about 10 shots, I have a large flower sticking out of my head. They make me mad every damn time I see them ! How could he not have noticed the damn thing behind me!! His big selling point was that he handed over the unexposed film at the end and let us do what ever we wanted. Flower sticking out of my head aside, if anything, it's the candids that were most dissapointing. We relied on friends and family to get these shots. One word - horrible. If we had to do it again, we would hire a pro to do the whole evening. Hindsight is 20/20 I suppose. Insist on reviewing the potential photographers portfolio (I was surprised how many didn't have one) and hire the best photographer you can (or can't) afford. It's only money.