Pinhole Wedding?

[Stradawhovious]

while you are at it why not get a cheap or make a pns dual lens camera and try and make some 3d captures

I was thinking of getting a couple of matching dated bodies for just this reason....... a couple of Nikon D40s or D100s with a remote shutter release on a home fashioned tripod rig would make for some seriously cool stereo optic shots of any event.


Not to drift the thread of course.......

 

[Forkie]

I'm one of the people here who doesn't worry about currying favor with Bitter Jeweler. If he has a stupid idea, I will voice my opinion on it--just as if he were a newbie wedding shooter preparing to try something asinine.

I don't know BJ, so have no reason to curry favour. Just thought you were being a bit of a spoil sport is all. If I thought it was a stupid idea I'd have said so, but as it happens, I'm quite interested to see how it turns out. It's also a family wedding, so it's not as if he's working on a stranger's dime.

 

[bigtwinky]

I'm one of the people here who doesn't worry about currying favor with Bitter Jeweler. If he has a stupid idea, I will voice my opinion on it--just as if he were a newbie wedding shooter preparing to try something asinine.

I'm one of those as well...actually, I'm like that with anyone here. Everyone's input is appreciated, regardless of your forum posts, likes, thanks or experience level. But I disagree in thinking that this is a bad / stupid idea. I think it's a novel idea that may or may not work and I'm honestly curious in seeing the results. Do I think he will be successful in pulling off full wedding coverage with a pinhole? No. But I'm still curious to see what he can get out of it.

There is no one way to get things done, there are various ways. And if your experience shows that this is a totally stupid idea that won't work, great. Personally, sometimes, I need to see for myself just how bad the idea is and see what I can learn from that.

Hey...people here ***** and piss and moan at ill-equipped or inexperienced newbies shooting weddings all the fricking time.

That is very true and when people do ***** about those newbies, I think it is justified. However, I believe Bitter has a good understanding of photography, both technical and compositional, to warrant thinking that this experiment is justified.

Different scenario if someone who had no shooting experience at all would want to try this.

 

[reznap]

I like the tilt-shift idea but the pinhole thing isn't something I'd try. But, to each their own.

Whatever you end up doing, I'd be very interested in seeing the results. I've seen (and taken some myself) a surplus of boring wedding photos and something completely different would be nice.

If I were to shoot a wedding as a guest or something, with no pressure, I'd bring a couple rolls of Ilford HP5 film and my FE2.

 

[o hey tyler]

That episode of JJB is so ****ing epic.

"YOU'RE SHOOTING A WEDDING WITH AN 18-55 KIT LENS?"

 

[bigtwinky]

I did a bit of flickr searching for "wedding pinhole" and didnt get many results that were actually from pinhole lenses (nor any with information on how and size).

But the few that I did see had a really funky painting feeling to them. With the right light and little motion, could produce something interesting. Think when they are giving their vows. If there is too much movement, might have a double face exorcist feel, but hey, thats experimenting for ya.

I know TPF frowns on posting other people's work, but in this case, it is a great example of what someone did and what I hope Bitter can pull out of the wedding. Much more efficient than posting a link...

I think this one is pretty cool

 

[Sw1tchFX]

I'd give it a shot, but I don't think the pinhole will work too great either. The pinhole you made, really just looks more like an OOF picture. except it took a half second to shoot it. Go with the T/S, you'll have fun with it, but I reckon that after about 10 minutes fighting the pinhole you'll figure "forget this".

 

[Ronaldo]

I would suggest thinking about being much more creative with the people aspect of the wedding, rather than trying any technical razzle-dazzle.

Your sister's wedding is going to be an emotional event for her, not an artistic one.

Why not use standard equipment and exposures, but use your freedom to capture the people and the emotions of the wedding for your sister - - in unique/interesting ways??

 

[o hey tyler]

I would suggest thinking about being much more creative with the people aspect of the wedding, rather than trying any technical razzle-dazzle.

Your sister's wedding is going to be an emotional event for her, not an artistic one.

Why not use standard equipment and exposures, but use your freedom to capture the people and the emotions of the wedding for your sister - - in unique/interesting ways??

Because that's what the PAID professional photographer is getting money to do. B-J is just going to shoot to **** around most likely, and enjoy the festivities.

 

[Ronaldo]

I would suggest thinking about being much more creative with the people aspect of the wedding, rather than trying any technical razzle-dazzle.

Your sister's wedding is going to be an emotional event for her, not an artistic one.

Why not use standard equipment and exposures, but use your freedom to capture the people and the emotions of the wedding for your sister - - in unique/interesting ways??

Because that's what the PAID professional photographer is getting money to do. B-J is just going to shoot to **** around most likely, and enjoy the festivities.

But I would think as her brother he's going to know relationships, history, people, etc. that will mean a lot to the bride - - as opposed to the hired gun who will just be taking standard shots. IMHO B-J should use his "insider knowledge" to create an emotionally unique and meaningful record of the celebration, while having fun with his freedom to do so. But hey, oh hey, he knows his sister better than me. . .

 

[o hey tyler]

I would suggest thinking about being much more creative with the people aspect of the wedding, rather than trying any technical razzle-dazzle.

Your sister's wedding is going to be an emotional event for her, not an artistic one.

Why not use standard equipment and exposures, but use your freedom to capture the people and the emotions of the wedding for your sister - - in unique/interesting ways??

Because that's what the PAID professional photographer is getting money to do. B-J is just going to shoot to **** around most likely, and enjoy the festivities.

But I would think as her brother he's going to know relationships, history, people, etc. that will mean a lot to the bride - - as opposed to the hired gun who will just be taking standard shots. IMHO B-J should use his "insider knowledge" to create an emotionally unique and meaningful record of the celebration, while having fun with his freedom to do so. But hey, oh hey, he knows his sister better than me. . .

If I had a sister or even a brother, I feel like she/he would want me to be part of the bride/groom party. I don't know, I could be wrong. But wedding photographers seem to get along just fine with minimal interaction between photographer and bride/groom. It's too much work to enjoy a ceremony and meaningfully photograph it at the same time.

 

[Ronaldo]

Because that's what the PAID professional photographer is getting money to do. B-J is just going to shoot to **** around most likely, and enjoy the festivities.

But I would think as her brother he's going to know relationships, history, people, etc. that will mean a lot to the bride - - as opposed to the hired gun who will just be taking standard shots. IMHO B-J should use his "insider knowledge" to create an emotionally unique and meaningful record of the celebration, while having fun with his freedom to do so. But hey, oh hey, he knows his sister better than me. . .

If I had a sister or even a brother, I feel like she/he would want me to be part of the bride/groom party. I don't know, I could be wrong. But wedding photographers seem to get along just fine with minimal interaction between photographer and bride/groom. It's too much work to enjoy a ceremony and meaningfully photograph it at the same time.

But now you're questioning his role as photographer period - - which is an altogether different point than the OP and this discussion.

Nevertheless, I would still suggest that whatever time he does allot to photography during the wedding/celebration that he focus on capturing the people/emotions, vs. some art-class project.

 

[e.rose]

BLAH, blah, blah blah BLAH!

Go for it Bitter! You did the "right" thing and hired a pro... now you're allowed to do whatever the f***k you want.

I don't know what everyone is b*tching about. The impression that I'm getting from this thread (and Bitter, please correct me if I'm wrong), is that he's going to be more of a guest having fun with a wedding he's going to be attending than an actual "second shooter". And hey... if anything cool results from it, he'll be giving them to his sister.

He did the "responsible" thing... he hired a pro. So who gives a rats ass what he decides to experiment with/on?

Seriously.

Ya'll need to lighten up.

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[o hey tyler]

But I would think as her brother he's going to know relationships, history, people, etc. that will mean a lot to the bride - - as opposed to the hired gun who will just be taking standard shots. IMHO B-J should use his "insider knowledge" to create an emotionally unique and meaningful record of the celebration, while having fun with his freedom to do so. But hey, oh hey, he knows his sister better than me. . .

If I had a sister or even a brother, I feel like she/he would want me to be part of the bride/groom party. I don't know, I could be wrong. But wedding photographers seem to get along just fine with minimal interaction between photographer and bride/groom. It's too much work to enjoy a ceremony and meaningfully photograph it at the same time.

But now you're questioning his role as photographer period - - which is an altogether different point than the OP and this discussion.

Nevertheless, I would still suggest that whatever time he does allot to photography during the wedding/celebration that he focus on capturing the people/emotions, vs. some art-class project.

I'm not questioning ****. Allow me to direct you to post #8 where BJ informs us that he hired a professional friend of his to photograph the wedding.

He's not getting paid by his sister, he wants to try out his own thing with his own cameras on his own time at his sisters wedding because he's allowed to. I read all the posts, did you? I think you're the one who is making assumptions here.

 

[kundalini]

BLAH, blah, blah blah BLAH!

I don't know what everyone is b*tching about.

Well, see....... you only have a little over 300 posts and you probably haven't been around long enough to know......... this is what we do best here on TPF........ The Pi$$y Forum.




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