I like to get there well ahead of the ceremony, and take some pix of the site at my own pace.
When I see the pro, if he or she has an idle moment, I introduce myself, and explicitly assure them that I will stay out of the way. Then I do just that. I try to get an aisle seat for the ceremony, but I stand up and sit down when everyone else does. Since the K10D makes a racket, I don't use it during quiet or music bits. This has worked very nicely. Often the pro has come up to =me=, during a lull, just to have a photographic chat. When my brother got married several years ago, I ran out of film during the reception; the pro sidled over as I rummaged through my bag, with my PZ-1p open on the table in front of me, and held out her hand with three rolls of Tri-X in it. I've gotten some photos that I (and others) have been happy with, too: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=865503 Oh, yeah... I've also had fun. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 9/4/09, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> > Subject: wedding photography ettiquette > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 4:22 PM > I'm going to a friend's wedding this > afternoon. > > I'll be bringing my camera and such. I sent him a quick > note, but he's > probably already left for setting things up. > > What's the polite way to deal with the pro photographer, if > there is > one? Should I introduce myself and ask if they mind if I > take photos? > Or just try to blend in with the crowd? > > I suppose I should stick to p-ttl rather than optically > slaving > strobes if I use them, so my optically slaved doesn't > trigger off of > their flash. :) > > -- > The first step is learning to take great photos, > the second step is learning to throw away ones that are > merely good. > Larry Colen > ...@red4est.com > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
