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travelair wrote:
Things sure have changed with the move to digital. Obviously, I haven't shot weddings in some time, as I quit when medium format film was still 'normal' and digital was the new kid in town. A typical wedding was 15-18 rolls of 645 format 120 @ 15 images per, and another 3-4 rolls of 36 exposure 35mm. In other words 300-500 total image, with typically no more than 150 delivered.
Heck, the guy I was stringing for, said I was shooting too much.
So, are you putting in your contract that you will provide 400+ delivered? Not a knock to you personally, but I'm trying to wrap my head around producing 400 unique keepers for a typical wedding.
Just got back from my first cousins wedding, where she asked me to "take some photos." It was a nice, low key, adult event, as she is in her early 50's, and finally found somebody important. For stills, I shot 197 total, and will end up delivering 65 or so, including 3-4 BW renderings or just the couple and bride. All important family groups were captured, which was very important to her, as well as formals and a few environmental shots.
This is a close family member, so all images were individually color balanced, with rotation, plus vertical and horizontal perspective adjustments, as needed. Of course, I copied settings in LR, but every single image got at least a couple unique adjustments. My background is technical and I tend to get a little carried away making certain everything is 'square' on formal shots. I also don't like putting anything out there that I wouldn't be comfortable hanging on my wall. Even with some level of proficiency, there will be about 4-5 hours of post processing, just for my small event.
It completely blows my mind that you are starting from a stack of 1200 and delivery 400....Show more →
Believe me I did not start out wanting to take that many. I really did not have a set number to take.
Luckily, as these were friends of the church it was not contracted for a set number. But reading/researching many photogs offerings it seemed like 400 was almost a norm(?) in the price range/coverage hours I was doing.
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