Ajay
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Long post, I know, so thanks in advance to anyone who actually reads the whole thing. Hopefully someone out there can relate.
I've realized after today that I have no desire to ever become a wedding photographer. It seemed like everything about this wedding was doomed to derail in some way or another.
Photos started late because we had to wait for the mother of the bride to arrive with the flowers for the groom and his men; and she locked her keys in her car on the way to pick them up. I got to spend a lot of time taking fun shots of all the guys while waiting for the girls to get ready.
By the time the bride and bridesmaids were dressed and ready we only had about half an hour to do the girls pre-wedding photos. We ran out of time of course and subsequently ended up with zero decent shots of the bride by herself or any fun poses with her and the bridesmaids outdoors.
The reception was held at the same church, so they only gave us about 30 minutes to do post-wedding photos so as not to keep the guests waiting. We ended up taking close to an hours worth, but they had so many different combinations with family that we didn't get hardly any shots of just the bride and groom and none outside.
The lighting in the reception hall was horrible of course. I did the best I could with my SB-600, but a lot of the photos still came out with some harsh outline shadows. We were going to try and sneak the bride and groom out of the reception to get a few pictures before it got dark, but the church people were rushing us through the reception so they could get the wedding guests out before a Christmas play they were having that night.
We finally got a chance to step outside and take a few photos, but by this time it was almost completely dark. A few of the couple together came out decent, but I am not satisfied with any of the bride by herself. I told her if she is willing that sometime after her honeymoon, if she wants to get her hair done again and have her dress on again we can do a bridal shoot so she has some decent photos of herself.
When I got home tonight and finally got a chance to sit down and do a slideshow of the photos I didn't feel quite as bad. After editing out similar shots she is still probably going to end up with 400 or so pictures. There are several shots that I'm quite proud of.
By far I mostly enjoyed taking shots of the flowers and ringbearer pillows and decorations. Do wedding photographers ever have an assistant just to take those types of shots? That is the only way I could see myself doing another wedding. The stress and responsibility totally outweighs any joy I might get out of doing this sort of thing regularly.
Thanks again to anyone who actually read this whole thing. :hug::
I've realized after today that I have no desire to ever become a wedding photographer. It seemed like everything about this wedding was doomed to derail in some way or another.
Photos started late because we had to wait for the mother of the bride to arrive with the flowers for the groom and his men; and she locked her keys in her car on the way to pick them up. I got to spend a lot of time taking fun shots of all the guys while waiting for the girls to get ready.
By the time the bride and bridesmaids were dressed and ready we only had about half an hour to do the girls pre-wedding photos. We ran out of time of course and subsequently ended up with zero decent shots of the bride by herself or any fun poses with her and the bridesmaids outdoors.
The reception was held at the same church, so they only gave us about 30 minutes to do post-wedding photos so as not to keep the guests waiting. We ended up taking close to an hours worth, but they had so many different combinations with family that we didn't get hardly any shots of just the bride and groom and none outside.
The lighting in the reception hall was horrible of course. I did the best I could with my SB-600, but a lot of the photos still came out with some harsh outline shadows. We were going to try and sneak the bride and groom out of the reception to get a few pictures before it got dark, but the church people were rushing us through the reception so they could get the wedding guests out before a Christmas play they were having that night.
We finally got a chance to step outside and take a few photos, but by this time it was almost completely dark. A few of the couple together came out decent, but I am not satisfied with any of the bride by herself. I told her if she is willing that sometime after her honeymoon, if she wants to get her hair done again and have her dress on again we can do a bridal shoot so she has some decent photos of herself.
When I got home tonight and finally got a chance to sit down and do a slideshow of the photos I didn't feel quite as bad. After editing out similar shots she is still probably going to end up with 400 or so pictures. There are several shots that I'm quite proud of.
By far I mostly enjoyed taking shots of the flowers and ringbearer pillows and decorations. Do wedding photographers ever have an assistant just to take those types of shots? That is the only way I could see myself doing another wedding. The stress and responsibility totally outweighs any joy I might get out of doing this sort of thing regularly.
Thanks again to anyone who actually read this whole thing. :hug::