Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

Well, I have to go with Paul on this one. I have been shooting weddings regularly for several years. The tripod issue is partly to do with weight of the rig you are shooting with. When I was shooting the 67, I did the formals on a tripod. I did find a lack of spontaneity and as Paul has indicat

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

In a message dated 2/13/2009 1:42:34 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: Agreed. And I may try a tripod for the portraits one of these days, particularly if my assistant shows up:-). i always make at least one 11 x 14 freebie for the bride and groom, and I've never

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On Feb 13, 2009, at 5:20 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:28 PM, William Robb wrote: Consider yourself told. Not a chance. It's just more bombast

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:28 PM, William Robb wrote: Consider yourself told. Not a chance. It's just more bombast from Billy Boy. Better that than the lunacy from the e

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On Feb 13, 2009, at 4:36 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: That works if you shoot everyone in one location. I try to shoot my formal portraits outdoors and move the groups to different spots in order to achieve some variety. I may shoot the b

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > That works if you shoot everyone in one location. I try to shoot my formal > portraits outdoors and move the groups to different spots in order to > achieve some variety. I may shoot the bride and groom in four or five > locations. I frequen

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

That works if you shoot everyone in one location. I try to shoot my formal portraits outdoors and move the groups to different spots in order to achieve some variety. I may shoot the bride and groom in four or five locations. I frequently find that I have only minutes between the ceremony a

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On Feb 13, 2009, at 11:28 , William Robb wrote: Charging a shit pile of money doesn't mean you aren't a fuck-up, it just means you are a good wanker. Probably an unlistable "MARK!" Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Bl

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:28 PM, William Robb wrote: > >> >> >> Consider yourself told. >> > Not a chance. It's just more bombast from Billy Boy. Well, here's my two cents worth. In fact, it may be worth less than two cents, because I've onl

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

I use one camera on a tripod for the ceremony as well. But never for the portraits. It just gets in the way there. Paul On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: William Robb wrote: Shoot the editorial crap (and I use this term literally) handheld, since you hav

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:28 PM, William Robb wrote: Consider yourself told. Not a chance. It's just more bombast from Billy Boy. -- 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 an

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Drew wrote: > and nice to see you did it subtle like ;-) Bill doesn't do subtle. ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne

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- Original Message - From: "Drew" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos Consider yourself told. and nice to see you did it subtle like ;-) You must be new here. That was subtle. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

- Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos I'll add that the pro I worked with (a high-end guy who got $5000 and up for a wedding) did mostly the "photojournalist" style shoot. He shot most of the ceremony

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

William Robb wrote: I shot my last wedding last May. My wedding career probably netted me about a thousand weddings snip Consider yourself told. William Robb and nice to see you did it subtle like ;-) Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

Mark Roberts wrote: William Robb wrote: Shoot the editorial crap (and I use this term literally) handheld, since you have no choice. Try to at least use a handle mount flash, preferably one that can still be adjusted to put the flash head over the lens both vertically and horizontally. If

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos Bull bleep. It's obvious someone here hasn't shot a wedding in a long time.No wedding photographer I know uses a tripod for portraits. And some of them get 8K per w

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oved. If I had been busy shooting all the guests at the tables, I would have missed it: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7913684 Paul On Feb 13, 2009, at 10:27 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Weddi

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

Paul On Feb 13, 2009, at 10:27 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos Shoot the formal stuff with your camera on tripod . Ouch! You don't want to get bogged down with a tripod. This is

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos Shoot the formal stuff with your camera on tripod . Ouch! You don't want to get bogged down with a tripod. This is like saying you don't wan

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

- Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos Shoot the formal stuff with your camera on tripod . Ouch! You don't want to get bogged down with a tripod. This is like saying you don't want to get bogged down

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On 2/12/09, John Celio wrote: > The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and more > nervous every time I think about it. It's just under a month away now. I'd > like to ask for a little help: Some interesting articles and photos here: http://www.wpja.com/for_the_photograp

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On Feb 12, 2009, at 2:03 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Christian wrote: John Celio wrote: The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and more nervous every time I think about it. It's just under a month away now. I'd like to ask for a little help: What are your favo

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

Thank you, everyone, for all the tips and ideas. It looks like I've got a TON of stuff to look through and read in the near future. :) John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/calemp http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

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On Feb 12, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Christian wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: But I hate weddings and don't like to shoot them ... I feel my distaste for the event become too evident in photographs I take. now those pictures I gotta see! :-) Unfortunately, most of those negatives went to the pr

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: But I hate weddings and don't like to shoot them ... I feel my distaste for the event become too evident in photographs I take. now those pictures I gotta see! :-) -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

I shot weddings in 1974-5. I did candids, all B&W, with a Nikon F and two lenses (35mm, 85mm). The pro who booked the gigs did all the color, posed work in medium format. The clients seemed to really like my B&W candids, although they never liked the particular photos I liked. But I hate we

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

iginal Message - From: "Luiz Felipe" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos John, there are good advices galore, so I'm just fill in some points: It's not about our favorite photos - get the bride and groom favorites, and add things you like. They know your pics, ri

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

Christian wrote: John Celio wrote: The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and more nervous every time I think about it. It's just under a month away now. I'd like to ask for a little help: What are your favorite wedding photos? Photos you've shot, someone has

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:05 AM, David Savage wrote: > Oh and remember, don't f^&k it up because you only get one try. > Not with most of my friends. Dave > HTH > > Dave :-D > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-

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Would also help to ask the bride & groom before hand if they have any specific shots they'd like. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Luiz Felipe" Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos John, there are good adv

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

John - You can get some good tips here - http://www.adorama.com/Catalog.tpl?op=academy_new&article=070706 and David Ziser's blog has some decent tutorials, especially the ones for lighting. http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/ -p John Celio wrote: The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

John Celio wrote: The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and more nervous every time I think about it. It's just under a month away now. I'd like to ask for a little help: What are your favorite wedding photos? Photos you've shot, someone has shot of you, or photos

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

I've put some of my favorites (and the brides' favorites) on my web site gallery page. The site is here: http;//www.paulstenquist.com If you'd like to see the master's work go here: http://www.bigdayphoto.com This guy is also good: http://www.fotografz.com/ If you want to see what people in y

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Oh and remember, don't f^&k it up because you only get one try. HTH Dave :-D 2009/2/12 Luiz Felipe : > John, there are good advices galore, so I'm just fill in some points: > > It's not about our favorite photos - get the bride and groom favorites, and > add things you like. They know your pics,

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

John, there are good advices galore, so I'm just fill in some points: It's not about our favorite photos - get the bride and groom favorites, and add things you like. They know your pics, right? Whatever you plan, someting different will happen. Sometimes not so different, but keep ready to t

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with the familiar techncally. JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:30 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

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pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:30 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos Is there any way you could get some practice? Do you know anyone else getting married where you could volunteer as an auxiliary photo

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

Check Flickr for ideas. There are a few very active wedding photography groups with some outstanding work on display. And also keep in mind some of the ideas suggested on this page that Anthony Farr brought to our attention recently: Cheers, Dave

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

Is there any way you could get some practice? Do you know anyone else getting married where you could volunteer as an auxiliary photographer? Do you know any pros where you can say that you'd like to practice shooting, and he's welcome to the rights to anything decent you get? I believe that a lo

RE: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

ginal Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:53 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and more nervous ev

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

John, Here's a 10 picture summary of a neighbor's wedding. http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/DianaEricWeddingPhotos# Of course there are 40-50 more I took informally along the way. This is probably the 5th or 6th wedding I've shot in the past 10 years, all as a wedding guest rather than a pai

Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and more nervous every time I think about it. It's just under a month away now. I'd like to ask for a little help: What are your favorite wedding photos? Photos you've shot, someone has shot of you, or photos someone else shot