First Wedding Shoot

[DiskoJoe]

If you are not reviewing your shots during a shoot then you are doing your clients an injustice. Every pro I have ever worked with does this periodically during the shoot. The guy from Strobist.com actually recommended getting the client involved during a tutorial as well. So if you guys think that you are more knowledgeable then a well known and respected photographer and teacher then you can continue to think so.

 

[o hey tyler]

If you are not reviewing your shots during a shoot then you are doing your clients an injustice. Every pro I have ever worked with does this periodically during the shoot. The guy from Strobist.com actually recommended getting the client involved during a tutorial as well. So if you guys think that you are more knowledgeable then a well known and respected photographer and teacher then you can continue to think so.

There's nothing wrong with reviewing your own shots by yourself. Showing a client an unfinished product is generally a bad idea.

Perhaps not every well known and respected photographer has the best ideas. I suppose you didn't consider that though.

 

[Superfitz]

The photos I'll be posting will be edited by the primary photographer (who has given me permission to use them for my own portfolio) and shown to the clients and approved beforehand.

No one else finds this odd? Using photos that someone else edited in your portfolio? Does anyone else do this? Seems kind of sketchy to me. Perhaps I misunderstood?

 

[o hey tyler]

No one else finds this odd? Using photos that someone else edited in your portfolio? Does anyone else do this? Seems kind of sketchy to me. Perhaps I misunderstood?

A lot of times, primary photographers will edit photos so that the same aesthetic impression is maintained throughout the shoot. When I was shooting weddings with my ex girlfriend, we edited together but also used the same programs and had the same vision. So it still worked out.

 

[Superfitz]

A lot of times, primary photographers will edit photos so that the same aesthetic impression is maintained throughout the shoot. When I was shooting weddings with my ex girlfriend, we edited together but also used the same programs and had the same vision. So it still worked out.

I understand the reason a primary edits all the photos. I just have issue with using a photo in your portfolio that someone else edited. The entire photograph can change after an edit. Your situation sounds different, because you worked on them together, saw what she did, have the same vision, and could duplicate the edits she made. It sounds as if the OP is totally blind to the editing process, but uses the end result in their portfolio. Once again, am I wrong in thinking this?

 

[LinusM]

Its not a necessity to review your photography on the hoof. A pro should know what he has without looking at it and as for showing to a client - well thats at your discretion. A client should be hiring you for your proven track record, style and vision. That said they should have a fair idea of the sort of product you produce.

In my work too much reviewing images on the job ( chimping ) means missing the shot that may have been presented right in front of you.

I edit all my own work, but am now looking at outsourcing the PP. I will still select the images that I want though as this is still very much about me and my vision!

 

[sharjeel10]

I compliment you on having practical judgement skills light years past generally individuals on this site maxim they are set to do their first wedding when they have no encounter or the best possible gear. Anyhow you understand you most likely ought not be doing this. Be that as it may, if this individual only demands you doing it, (I expect she is not set to pay you much, or anything whatsoever), then the most obvious thing you have to do is sort up an agreement and have her and the lucky man sign it. In this agreement, you need to say that it is your first time doing this, that you don't feel ready for it, that you don't feel you have the right gear and positively have no move down gear, and that you won't be considered answerable for any and all results rolling out from your administration as the wedding photographic artist. Additionally state that you won't be answerable for the nature of any photos taken throughout the whole occasion.

Right away, that might as well get you off the catch in court in the event that this "very cool few" chooses they need to sue you after the occasion assuming that they don't prefer your photography or for any photographs you missed, and so on. What the agreement won't do is absolved you from any particular claims another person could carry against you. This is the reason there exist Liability Insurance and why each working expert has such. Will something to that effect happen... not likely, however assuming that it does, you might be in a boatload of harmed. Being of lawful age, you won't cover up behind a shroud of adolescence. Things can happen however that you simply never move toward, for example you might go down into somebody, make them fall and break their arm, or more terrible. Your agreement with the wedding few gives you no insurance against such an event. This raises a different focus. Contingent upon the venue for the wedding and / or gathering, a few venues require you to show confirmation of obligation protection before you can even do any such administration as wedding photography.

Notwithstanding, here are a few connections that you can read to get some all the more comprehension of doing the genuine photography and what you have to do and what to envision. Perusing through them will presumably make you acknowledge exactly how far you are from doing this right now.