Faux in the making!

[cass335]

So I just got home from shooting a wedding. Outdoor wedding, with beautiful fall colors! Anyways, I totally had to deal with a TERRIBLE, in the way, thinks he is a photographer “faux”!  It was a serious pain in the ass. He had his little sony cybershot and was practically attached to my shoulder for the WHOLE wedding!  Yes…even during the ceremony when I was standing in the center of the aisle to get photos of the couples walking down it. After we got done with the family member group photos, I asked the couple to have everyone except the wedding party head inside to the reception.  At the reception he was back in my way. What I loved even more…he acted like I was in HIS way a couple of times. Grrr!  It was so bad that, at one point, I stood on a chair to get a better angle for a group shot, and as soon as I got down he jumped up there.

[ebi]

You gotta kindly ask those people to leave if they are bothering you. Better to bruise an ego than have to deal with a pain in the ass the whole night!

[cass335]

Yea I know you’re right. But it was a close friend of the groom, and i just prefered to not make waves. So i kust worked around him. I guess I am just too nice of a person some times. That’s one area I have to work on.

[Worst Case Scenario]

When that happens to me I just stand back for a few minutes and in a loud but polite voice say

” I seem to be getting in this guys way, I’ll just hang back while he gets his shots”

With no shots to copy they soon stop, and if they don’t, the B&G soon realize that they are paying me for shots and ask him give it a rest. If he starts copying again you can either repeat the action ( and this time the B&G will get pissed at him) or just politely say “I gave you a chance to get shots, now let me have mine”

To the B&G you’ll come across as nice!

[nesgran]

Maybe you should have directed him to this course https://www.livingsocial.com/cities/1569-national-uk/deals/799176-online-diploma-in-professional-photography?afsrc=1&country=united-kingdom&utm_campaign=digest_funandeventsuk&utm_content=1733&utm_medium=email&utm_source=blast

[cass335]

WCS: I will have to keep that in mind. Fortunately, I haven’t had to deal with that much.  Though I have no doubt it’ll happen again. We just did a bridal show, and one bride I talked to said her mother-in-law was their photographer. Well…she happened to be there with the bride. I asked her how she liked shooting weddings. She said she had only done 5 or 6, but was getting better at it.  She told me she had just bought her first professional camera.  I asked her what it was, and her response: “Of course you would ask me that. Honestly I can’t remember, but I know I spent like $2,500 on it. And it came with 2 lenses!” I did my best to not roll my eyes at that response. I asked if she knew if it was Nikon or Canon and she said “Oh it’s Nikon, that I do know.”

All I could think was “oh boy…another one”. I can’t tell you how often I hear “my family friend/uncle/cousin/whatever is a photographer, from people at bridal shows. My response is always the same. I smile politely and say: “Well congratulations on your engagement and I wish you the best of luck with your wedding.”  Which translates to: boy I sure hope you don’t get sh***y pics!

nesgran: LOL!

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