Re: Being asked to shoot a wedding when you aren't a wedding ...
Ballistics many of the answers you have gotten could have EASILY, EASILY been found on previous FM forum posts and instead of doing a few minute search, you chose to skip it and go here. I somewhat understand, and yes some of us may be stern because the industry is full of students and mom\'s with cameras and uncle bob\'s , but that is because more and more people don\'t respect the hard working pro\'s and this job in the industry. No we aren\'t doctors, or lawyers, engineers or architects (though you would be astonished how many of us formerly practiced in those different fields), but we take pride in what we do and the pathway we took to get there.
What I am saying is that if you truly respected the industry, you would walk away from this or at the least read other posts relating to this SAME topic. I would have different advice if you were truly interested in becoming a wedding photographer, but you aren\'t. You want to make some quick cash, don\'t care to do much extended research, need enough info to get by, and didn\'t come to the discussion at least prepared enough in the beginning to ask some solid, concise and to the point questions we could address.
What you may not understand is that we who do this for a living run into this situation constantly, and I mean CONSTANTLY. People who have no experience with weddings, don\'t care to do this for a living, but just want enough to get by to make a few bucks. It\'s a slap in the face, and yes it does take away from the industry. It gets old, and admitantly makes us cynical. We all had to start out yes, but most of us had intentions of doing it for a living or at least part time in the extended future. I believe you didn\'t think of it in this light, but I hope you can step back and say yes, I can understand your point. I\'m not trying to start a debate, so you don\'t need to respond to this post - I\'m just stating the impression you gave and the tone you set from the beginning. You are talented I can see by your work, and I can see why you would be asked to shoot a wedding. You eventually got some great questions out there, though I think you would have been better served to have started off with those in the beginning rather than the generic, what do I do to shoot a wedding question. I don\'t know you in person and you may more than likely be a very nice and easy to talk to individual, but it doesn\'t come across like that on here at all. My recommendation is stop typing so much and start reading. Just take some time to do research. read one of the other hundreds of posts on this EXACT SAME TOPIC. Here\'s to page 7.
Feb 25, 2013 at 03:20 PM
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