----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: wedding photography...ugh!
> I agree. I recall Doug Brewer recently telling Tanya that, although she was > talented, many of her shots looked like recycled versions of other people's > ideas. "Perhaps that is true", I said to myself, "but I have seldom seen > wedding shots that don't." Certainly I've never seen any wedding photographer > on THIS list produce stuff that struck me as truly original. That is not to > say that it is not beautiful - some of it is most striking. > > I think that, considering the various forces and demands tugging at the wedding > shooter from the sundry directions, obtaining good results, let alone great or > original results, is a respectable feat. Most wedding photographers have a checklist of shots that need to be gotten. They start at number one, and work their way down the list. Like Mr. Rubenstein said, the customer knows what a wedding album should look like, and you had better produce one for them that looks like what they think it should look like. William Robb