Re: [Leica] 1st Wedding assignment --- should I ?

[Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>]

All very lovely work Lea !!!
Thanks for the advice. Since I never done weddings
before, I never thought it could be such a daunting
task, not to mention hard work involved as well. I
guess I should pass it up because commonsense tells me
if the photographer (me) is going to freak out....

- --- Lea Murphy <lea@whinydogpress.com> wrote:
> Henry,
> 
> I've not read all the replies to your post
> yet...though I see there are
> several. I'll throw in my 2 cents.
> 
> You ask an innocent enough question and while I have
> to say I agree with Ted
> that you should run not walk from this wedding
> assignment, I can also say
> that I think you ought to take your camera, take
> some pictures and see if
> it's the kind of work you would enjoy doing. Being
> an accessory photographer
> is MUCH easier than being the main one, yet you get
> to capture images and
> get a feel for how things go.
> 
> I did wedding photography 15 years ago and while I
> never messed one up, I
> didn't feel confident at it, either. So I quit and
> moved on to other
> thing...portraits, still life, things like that.
> Then last year a friend was
> getting married in a small intimate, beautiful space
> but said she wasn't
> going to have a photographer. I was blown away. All
> that work and no record
> of it. I don't know how to say it other than I felt
> in my bones that I
> needed to record it. And so I did...with the bride
> and groom's permission ,
> of course. I had agreed to do it at cost if they'd
> agree to let me get my
> feet wet again on theirs. I fell in LOVE with
> wedding work...in a way I
> hadn't been the first time. I was confident like I
> had never been. Two women
> at that wedding hired me to shoot theirs which
> promted me to do some
> advertising pieces and in the last year I've done 9
> weddings with 3 booked
> for spring 2003.
> 
> My equipment is completely different now than it had
> been the first time
> around...I shoot with 2 Quantum T2 flashes with
> FreeWire radio control
> slaves (when flash is required), a slew of lenses, a
> slew of bodies...from
> medium format to the Canon EOS line to my Leica M6.
> And I've been reading,
> emailing others who shoot weddings, checking out the
> web, going to bridal
> shows all in an effort to educate myself.
> 
> I guess my point is that you won't know if you're
> good at weddings and if
> you like them until you try it. But you shouldn't
> try it on a friend's
> wedding without knowing if you're good at it. So
> take your camera, take some
> pictures, get the feel for things and go from there.
> Your gut will tell you
> if it's the kind of work you should be doing.
> 
> Here is a link to a few wedding images I've done in
> the past year
> http://www.whinydogpress.com/wedding1.html
> 
> Good luck...whatever you decide.
> Lea
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry Ting" <henryting10@yahoo.com>
> To: "Leica-users"
> <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:18 PM
> Subject: [Leica] 1st Wedding assignment --- should I
> ?
> 
> 
> >
> > A good friend's son is getting married and he
> > requested me to be the photographer.
> >
> > I'm not a pro and quite frankly taking pictures of
> > these "once-in-a-lifetime" event comes with a lot
> of
> > responsibility. While it certainly would be a
> > challenge, but the thought of screwing it up is
> beyond
> > comprehension.
> >
> > How do you guys prep yourself for the very 1st
> wedding
> > assignment, both mentally and emotionally.
> >
> > By the way, such an assignment dictates that flash
> > will be needed on some occasions, how do you
> guys/gals
> > handle the big difference between the bride's
> "white
> > gown" and the groom's "black tux".\?
> >
> >
> >
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