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So, how many of you have shot weddings?

@ Brownie – “unique vision of the day”?  What does that mean?  Is this something your photog professor said?  Shooting a wedding is about 1 thing – making the client happy.  It is THEIR day.  These are THEIR memories.  There are lots of ways to shoot weddings – many different styles.    I’m not sure giving them a “unique vision of the day” is always the best course.  Give them something they can relate to – not someone else’s artistic interpretation of the events . . . . . unless that’s what they’ve asked for.

@ David – Lighting a bit basic in a candid shot . . . .  hmmmmmm . . . .  yeah . . . . . it’s a CANDID SHOT.  If you stop to fix the lighting, or move the subject to better lighting, it’s not CANDID anymore, is it?

Shooting a wedding (other than the formal portraiture sessions) is one of the hardest things a photographer will do.  You have to be everywhere at once – you need 20 sets of eyes, 20 camera/lens combinations all going at once, and need to do all of this discreetly.  You need to be unseen, unheard, yet omnipresent.  You take the lighting you are given in many situations, and often, there is little time for setting up the perfect composition.  It’s photojournalism in the midst of chaos.  Generally, speaking, I don’t have too many problems with the wedding photos – but I certainly understand why you are shying away from them – they are a pain in the ass, aren’t they?