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This is an example of how NOT to take wedding photos

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218248/Newlyweds-win-court-battle-1-500-wedding-photographer-shoddy-pictures-include-missing-heads-car-close-ups.html

The article and sample photographs is quite funny I think!

Bandwidth here is not good enough to play the video unfortunately but I recon that would be a hoot as well.

Cheers

Graham

Crap, Crap crapola..... I've taken way better photos as a guest (and had "better" gear than the pro with the paid gig (and that was only a D200 + 28-70 f2.8 + SB800)...... but the pro could really work the film Pentax + grip + flash + lens and had the eye, I will admit, and it was a budget wedding.........

That was very sad to see...another wannabe! I think a monkey with a compact would have done a better job!!

As for the video...that was very bad....silhouettes and all sorts of jerky movements.

Shit! It's not like they can reshoot! Poor couple.

Ouch! I guess the couple's best bet is asking the wedding guests whether any of them took some snaps with their P&Ses...

Cheers
Steffen.

surenj wrote:Shit! It's not like they can reshoot! Poor couple.

It seems that they intend to.

What I've heard is that the photographer that was chosen by them has been shooting weddings for about four years, but in that time, has only completed 20 jobs.

That is not a whole lot of experience.

Sadly, this emphasises the instances that we discuss whereby somebody believes that all that it takes for one to become a professional photographer is to acquire a DSLR and some glass. More than anything else, this clearly illustrates that it's the individual behind the lens that matters, not the gear.

Know your gear, to the point that it becomes an extension of your arm. Understand the full enormity of the tasks at hand. Once you sign up for a paid gig, you do have a responsibility to complete it in a professional and workmanlike manner.

gstark wrote:Once you sign up for a paid gig, you do have a responsibility to complete it in a professional and workmanlike manner.

So does that mean I get to just stand around and look like I'm doing my work?

gstark wrote:individual behind the lens that matters, not the gear.

I like how the "photographer" in question tried to pull of the the artistic angled look

Must have seen it somewhere in a magazine and though "I could pull that off"!

Hmmmmmm...something different. What are they complaining about?

Mick

gstark wrote:
What I've heard is that the photographer that was chosen by them has been shooting weddings for about four years, but in that time, has only completed 20 jobs.

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This guy is a genius. If he scored 20 wedding with that level of skill, I'm going to employ him to do my marketing for me

darklightphotography wrote:I'm going to employ him to do my marketing for me

Maybe he uses someone elses portfolio for marketing?

wow, they went to 11 fairs to view others work, and chose him... maybe even I could do weddings...