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2012-05-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/5/12, Tanya Love, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty's coming to Australia?!? I missed this entire thread?! When? >Where? How?! Give me enough time and I get everywhere :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _

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2012-04-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Don't believe everything you read on PDML, Tan ;-) ann On 4/30/2012 21:48, Tanya Love wrote: Cotty's coming to Australia?!? I missed this entire thread?! When? Where? How?! Tan. Sent from my iPhone On 01/05/2012, at 7:46 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Cotty wrote:

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2012-04-30 Thread Tanya Love
Cotty's coming to Australia?!? I missed this entire thread?! When? Where? How?! Tan. Sent from my iPhone On 01/05/2012, at 7:46 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Cotty wrote: > >> On 29/4/12, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> I'm certain they'd agree that

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2012-04-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:35 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Norm has his phone number. >> >> Norm has everyone's phone number. > > Not everyone. Some of us are outside the Norm. Norm has special powers, be afraid Dave > > Larry "four

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2012-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:35 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Norm has his phone number. > > Norm has everyone's phone number. Not everyone. Some of us are outside the Norm. Larry "four sigma" Colen -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

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2012-04-30 Thread David J Brooks
-- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Cotty > Sent: April 30, 2012 4/30/12 > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: Wedding photography (or not), + peso... > > On 29/4/12, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I'm certain they&

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2012-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Cotty wrote: > On 29/4/12, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I'm certain they'd agree that sending Cotty to Australia would be >> inhumane. The only question is, "for who?". > > Colen, it's only a matter of time before I knock on your door buddy!! Prom

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2012-04-30 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Norm has his phone number. Norm has everyone's phone number. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Cotty Sent: April 30, 2012 4/30/12 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Wedding phot

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2012-04-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/4/12, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'm certain they'd agree that sending Cotty to Australia would be >inhumane. The only question is, "for who?". Colen, it's only a matter of time before I knock on your door buddy!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Place

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2012-04-29 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 29, 2012, at 4:27 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 4/29/2012 7:06 PM, David Savage wrote: >> On 30 April 2012 04:10, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty > have you thought about the XPro-1 yet? It's a good-looking came

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2012-04-29 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/29/2012 7:06 PM, David Savage wrote: On 30 April 2012 04:10, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty have you thought about the XPro-1 yet? It's a good-looking camera, interchangeable lenses, and could well be a good successor to the R-

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2012-04-29 Thread David Savage
On 30 April 2012 04:10, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Cotty >> >> >have you thought about the XPro-1 yet? It's a good-looking camera, >> >interchangeable lenses, and could well be a good successor to the R- >> D1. >> >> No money! >> > >

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2012-04-29 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Cotty > > >have you thought about the XPro-1 yet? It's a good-looking camera, > >interchangeable lenses, and could well be a good successor to the R- > D1. > > No money! > shoplifting has a lot to be said for it! B -

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2012-04-29 Thread Cotty
On 27/4/12, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >have you thought about the XPro-1 yet? It's a good-looking camera, >interchangeable lenses, and could well be a good successor to the R-D1. No money! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://w

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2012-04-28 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/26/2012 9:51 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: . They always got a tap on the shoulder and a very direct suggestion in regard to where they should go. Canada.?? That depends, just how close is Canada to H3ll? Dave Paul On Apr 25, 2012, at

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2012-04-28 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 4/27/2012 16:47, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> One more reason i took my D200 to my daughters wedding. The second >> photographer's SB800 died and i lent him mine. Two more reasons i took >> my D200 to my daughters wedding, i had my pic's u

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2012-04-28 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 2:42 AM, David Mann wrote: > > Thanks, but where have you been?!? ;)  We were married on the 3rd of March > after getting engaged on new years day. Good question!! It doesn't pay to be an intermittent lurker -- you miss all the important stuff! Nice going, you crazy ki

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2012-04-28 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/27/2012 16:47, David J Brooks wrote: One more reason i took my D200 to my daughters wedding. The second photographer's SB800 died and i lent him mine. Two more reasons i took my D200 to my daughters wedding, i had my pic's up for them to see the next morning, it took the hired gun just under

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2012-04-28 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/28/2012 09:42, David Mann wrote: Thanks, but where have you been?!? ;) We were married on the 3rd of March after getting engaged on new years day. I've been in "stepped out" state. So please accept my belated greetings! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

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2012-04-27 Thread David Mann
On Apr 27, 2012, at 2:14 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Interesting!I can see a wedding photog not wanting to give a > wannabe her shots... can you imagine Cousin Ed putting your wedding > photos, framed/posed by the photog, but shot by Ed over her shoulder, > on his website? Or maybe it's ju

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2012-04-27 Thread David J Brooks
One more reason i took my D200 to my daughters wedding. The second photographer's SB800 died and i lent him mine. Two more reasons i took my D200 to my daughters wedding, i had my pic's up for them to see the next morning, it took the hired gun just under 11 months to get them their photos. Dave

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2012-04-27 Thread Jack Davis
Boris, your take on this thread has been very well said and is mine as well.   Jack From: Boris Liberman To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 2:26 AM Subject: Re: Wedding photography (or not), + peso... On 4/27/2012 08:11, Adam Montoya wrote: > At my Uncle's third

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2012-04-27 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Cotty > > I wouldn't take a DSLR to a wedding ceremony anymore. Then again I > wouldn't take a DSLR to most places now for anything. If I did go to a > wedding, I'd take my X10 which has become my go anywhere/ do anything

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2012-04-27 Thread Cotty
I wouldn't take a DSLR to a wedding ceremony anymore. Then again I wouldn't take a DSLR to most places now for anything. If I did go to a wedding, I'd take my X10 which has become my go anywhere/ do anything camera. Its only weakness is at the long end of the bottle but for everything else (includi

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2012-04-27 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/27/2012 08:11, Adam Montoya wrote: At my Uncle's third wedding, i brought along my DSLR just to take some test shots and what not (2006 with my *ist DL). Only had the camera a few days so i wanted to play with the high iso (3200) in a poor lighting situation. Big mistake. Found out afterwor

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2012-04-26 Thread Adam Montoya
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 4/25/2012 22:48, Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you >> bring your dslr? > > > I would indicate that I /could/ bring my camera and take some shots. If they > ask me to do so

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2012-04-26 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/25/2012 22:48, Christine Nielsen wrote: Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you bring your dslr? I would indicate that I /could/ bring my camera and take some shots. If they ask me to do so, I would make sure from the start that I am not going to be in the wa

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2012-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > When I was shooting weddings I *ALWAYS* asked whoever was conducting the > wedding what their rules/preferences were regarding photographing during the > ceremony.  To a person, they were grateful I had enough respect to ask and > comply wit

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2012-04-26 Thread Larry Colen
That "worst wedding photos" link pointed me to this, which is actually quite good: http://www.petapixel.com/2011/12/12/wedding-photography-from-a-cameras-point-of-view/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/l

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2012-04-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
When I was shooting weddings I *ALWAYS* asked whoever was conducting the wedding what their rules/preferences were regarding photographing during the ceremony. To a person, they were grateful I had enough respect to ask and comply with their wishes. The policies ran the gamut from "If I see y

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2012-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
I'd be comfortable totin' an SLR (plus flash) at the typical outdoor reception. Jack - Original Message - From: Christine Nielsen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:07 AM Subject: Re: Wedding photography (or not), + peso... On Thu, Apr 26, 20

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2012-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: I may be asked never to bring a camera to another wedding. The only one I've ever photographed (a couple of months ago as a favor to the bride and groom, both longtime friends of mine) didn't even survive the honeymoon and was

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2012-04-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
The worst I've seen was at a wedding 29 years ago. The photographer set-up strobes on light stands for alter shots after the wedding. Whenever anyone with a Point-n-Shoot took a flash shot (always, film was slow), they tripped all the slaves on the strobes. The photographer was expensive and snoo

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2012-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Paul Stenquist When I was shooting weddings, I generally didn't mind guest snappers, as long as they didn't use flash. But flashers can screw up exposures, so I would usually buttonhole those types and ask them to put the flash away. I've also run into a few snappers who wouldn't hesitate

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2012-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christine Nielsen On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Jack, Last wedding I was at, the preacher told her congregation to not take photos. 'They have a professional photographer here and you should please not take photos during the ceremony.' I watched the 'Pro' for a lit

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2012-04-26 Thread John Sessoms
That's sad. From: Derby Chang Reminds me of this http://www.petapixel.com/2012/04/23/couple-pays-750-for-the-worst-wedding-photos-ever/ On 26/04/2012 7:21 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Jack, Last wedding I was at, the preacher told her congregation to not take photos. 'They have a professional ph

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2012-04-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I take my DSLR, but try to be an unobtrusive as possible. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you > bring your dslr? > > A good friend of mine got

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2012-04-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:40 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Apr 26, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > >> Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you >> bring your dslr? > > I read our wedding photographer's contract the other day and she asks that > any guest with

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2012-04-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > My take on the issue: You should bring your camera. Be discreet and > base your amount of "discreet" on how many other people (if any) are > taking photos. If it's just you and the hired photographer then you > can really go for it; if there

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2012-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:16 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> If i don't bring a camera to weddings people think i don't like them/:-) > > "Oh, it not that, of course! You're just ugly." Fine, next time we are at GFM, i won't scare the bears a

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2012-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
lovely bunch of wedding photos, which have long outlived the > marriage. > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bob Sullivan >

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2012-04-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: . They always got a tap on the shoulder and a very direct suggestion in regard to where they should go. Canada.?? Dave > Paul > On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

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2012-04-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks! The father-daughter dance gets me every time. (sniff!) :) -c On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:09 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Btw, nice shot! > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Messa

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2012-04-26 Thread Jack Davis
und myself there with an SLR. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:53 AM Subject: Re: Wedding photography (or not), + peso... Christine Nielsen wrote: >I can see how "everyone's a photographer&qu

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2012-04-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Nielsen wrote: >I can see how "everyone's a photographer" might inspire a bride to >want to rein it in a little bit. As she walks down the aisle, instead >of seeing the loving gazes of all her friends & family, she sees a >phalanx of iPhones held up to their faces, as they snap & flash

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2012-04-26 Thread John Coyle
I usually will take a DSLR to a wedding, but will not try to copy what the pro is doing, and I will always try to be conscious of not stealing his shot. On one occasion the few shots I took were the only half-way decent ones taken on the day! I think if you are courteous and considerate of the

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2012-04-25 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 25, 2012, at 11:24 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 4/25/2012 11:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: >> >>> I may be asked never to bring a camera to another wedding. The only one >>> I've ever photographed (a couple of months ago as a favor to the b

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2012-04-25 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 4/25/2012 11:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: I may be asked never to bring a camera to another wedding. The only one I've ever photographed (a couple of months ago as a favor to the bride and groom, both longtime friends of mine) didn't even survi

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2012-04-25 Thread David Mann
On Apr 26, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you > bring your dslr? I read our wedding photographer's contract the other day and she asks that any guest with a DSLR must shoot at a different angle from her own shots. I

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2012-04-25 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > I may be asked never to bring a camera to another wedding. The only one I've > ever photographed (a couple of months ago as a favor to the bride and groom, > both longtime friends of mine) didn't even survive the honeymoon and was > annulled w

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2012-04-25 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 25, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you > bring your dslr? I've only been to one wedding since I got my DSLR, and I brought my gear. The first thing I did when I got to the wedding was look for the pro to tel

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2012-04-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
t: April 25, 2012 4/25/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: Wedding photography (or not), + peso... Christine, I don't think it was the bride's idea for no pictures...all from the preacher. I've seen few who were so rigid. Only Rabbi's in the sanctuary.

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2012-04-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Btw, nice shot! cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Christine Nielsen Sent: April 25, 2012 4/25/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Wedding photography (or not), + peso... Here's a s

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2012-04-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Christine, I don't think it was the bride's idea for no pictures...all from the preacher. I've seen few who were so rigid. Only Rabbi's in the sanctuary. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> Jack, >>

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2012-04-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's an easy one: I bring it. Mostly for the reception, and as you said, "just in case" but I want one there. That being said if I had something smaller and very high quality (Fuji X Pro 1? M9? Hey, I can dream) I might prefer that. A bit less conspicuous than a dslr might be nice, but I ha

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2012-04-25 Thread William Robb
On 25/04/2012 1:48 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you bring your dslr? Yes. Going to a wedding without a camera just doesn't seem right. For a girl that my wife works with, it's a good thing. Her photographer was an idiot who ble

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2012-04-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I always bring the good camera to a wedding and reception. Allows me to hide behind it and not have to deal with all the standard gooey stuff.. Unless I've promised to be the photographer for them, they expect some shots as a present from me. Either that or they have paid me to shoot. That be

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2012-04-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
When I was shooting weddings, I generally didn't mind guest snappers, as long as they didn't use flash. But flashers can screw up exposures, so I would usually buttonhole those types and ask them to put the flash away. I've also run into a few snappers who wouldn't hesitate to step right in fron

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2012-04-25 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Jack, > Last wedding I was at, the preacher told her congregation to not take photos. > 'They have a professional photographer here and you should please not > take photos during the ceremony.' > I watched the 'Pro' for a little while and thou

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2012-04-25 Thread Walt Gilbert
I may be asked never to bring a camera to another wedding. The only one I've ever photographed (a couple of months ago as a favor to the bride and groom, both longtime friends of mine) didn't even survive the honeymoon and was annulled within a week. The important thing, though, is that I got

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2012-04-25 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:16 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > If i don't bring a camera to weddings people think i don't like them/:-) "Oh, it not that, of course! You're just ugly." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from th

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2012-04-25 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you > bring your dslr? Yes i do, but as some one stated, i stay out of the way avoid flash, and take candid shots of our area. If i don't bring a camera to weddings people

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2012-04-25 Thread Walt Gilbert
BAH! Sharpness, composition, white balance, lighting: All are bourgeois concepts! -- Walt On 4/25/2012 4:39 PM, Derby Chang wrote: Reminds me of this http://www.petapixel.com/2012/04/23/couple-pays-750-for-the-worst-wedding-photos-ever/ On 26/04/2012 7:21 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Jack, L

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2012-04-25 Thread John Sessoms
Depends on whether you want to take photos or not. The main advantage I see for the DSLR (when shooting as a guest) is the flash doesn't turn on automatically as it does with many P&S cameras. That could be a factor in some church weddings where they don't allow flash during the ceremony. Fr

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2012-04-25 Thread Derby Chang
Reminds me of this http://www.petapixel.com/2012/04/23/couple-pays-750-for-the-worst-wedding-photos-ever/ On 26/04/2012 7:21 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Jack, Last wedding I was at, the preacher told her congregation to not take photos. 'They have a professional photographer here and you should pl

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2012-04-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, Last wedding I was at, the preacher told her congregation to not take photos. 'They have a professional photographer here and you should please not take photos during the ceremony.' I watched the 'Pro' for a little while and thought she was a 'Guy with a Rebel', so just ignored the Preacher.

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2012-04-25 Thread Jack Davis
In answer to your "survey" question; ..no. In the case of a good friend, I'd subtly reaffirm that you're still "into" it, but are hesitant to bring along your SLR so as not to appear to be competing with the pro. The next comment must then come from the friend. If you hear only crickets, le

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2012-04-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Christine, I agree with every word that Bob said. When my old colleague got married last fall I sat a couple of rows back from the front and shot from the pews with my DA* 55. The "pro" was apparently one of the many Guy With A Rebel sorts and missed much that I got. And vice-versa of course--he d

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2012-04-25 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 25, 2012, at 14:48, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Here's a survey question... as an invited guest at a wedding, do you > bring your dslr? > Yes. Used sparingly and appropriately (ie, don't get in the way of the pro doing the posed stuff) you get good stuff that way. And why not? -Charle

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2012-04-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Christine, I always take my camera and shoot photos. I stay out of the hired photographer's way and often shoot from the pews or background. I usually put the best shots up on Picasa and send the link to the bride and groom. Mothers of the B&G often love the quick feedback. Regards, Bob S. On Wed