Re: Being asked to shoot a wedding when you aren't a wedding ...
Ballistics perhaps you got off on the wrong foot, and I probably did too, but it somewhat sounds like you have to defend every suggestion others make and seem to have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder. There are a lot of experienced pros out here trying to engage and help you out, and yes while some ( including myself ) have come across rough in the way we address a non-pro shooting a wedding, it is from experience and well intentioned advice. We aren\'t saying you are not capable, or that you might not have the skill. Take it for what it\'s worth, but you will be greeted much more openly if you will be gracious about advice rather than trying to have the last word. And I still stand by the fact if this is a once time gig, it is your wife\'s boss, and you have no interest in further pursuing wedding photography, to just courteously bow out and enjoy the wedding as a guest, if at all.
I am not saying a wedding is going to be the most stressfull thing you will experience, or close to it. But I can tell you personally, after working for a fortune 500 company as an architect designing high end hospitality for ritz calton, w hotels, jk mariott, omni, Wyndam, Wynn and various other high end hospitality players with crazy deadlines - weddings can be very very stressful sometimes. And most of the times you never know when to expect it. This also comes from someone who played collegiate NCAA sports. Again, lets not play the 1 up card, but just realize that weddings come, sometimes, with unexpected and chaotic situations.
Feb 24, 2013 at 01:57 AM
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