Shooting a wedding in 8 days!! HELP!!

[Rekd]

She's taking advantage of them. Plain and simple.

She gives professional photogs a bad name and there is a good chance she will ruin the memories this couple is paying MAJOR money for.

Pathetic.

 

[Tulsa]

Look, I am a newcomer here, but I'm shocked at some of the responses around. The person here is asking for help. Money consideration is their own personal issue mentioned in passing -- that of the person paying it and that of the person receiving it. Whether they're satisfied with the service provided or not, who're we to decide?

What money they get paid for doing a job is not our business and shouldn't have any role in giving advice on the forum.

Its simple, They have no clue what they are doing, they have never done a wedding. Would you bring your vehicle to them and pay them to rebuild the engine? Because I bet they have never done that too, but they could probably get advice on the internet in 8 days and do a crappy job.

 

[Kofman13]

Look, I am a newcomer here, but I'm shocked at some of the responses around. The person here is asking for help. Money consideration is their own personal issue mentioned in passing -- that of the person paying it and that of the person receiving it. Whether they're satisfied with the service provided or not, who're we to decide?

What money they get paid for doing a job is not our business and shouldn't have any role in giving advice on the forum.

its making it our business when our advice and opinion is asked along with the situation explained

 

[MohaimenK]

for some reason when guys see a female name here, some of them seem to....well....kiss ass. Sorry to say but if I a guy asked this question, I'd get torn apart. sorry this just sounds more like a joke to me than anything.

 

[nonamexx]

Look, I am a newcomer here, but I'm shocked at some of the responses around. The person here is asking for help. Money consideration is their own personal issue mentioned in passing -- that of the person paying it and that of the person receiving it. Whether they're satisfied with the service provided or not, who're we to decide?

What money they get paid for doing a job is not our business and shouldn't have any role in giving advice on the forum.

its making it our business when our advice and opinion is asked along with the situation explained

I've a long and hallowed online experience including administrating and moderating forums and I simply don't see the point in ethical advice online when it's clearly not asked for or sought after.

However no point in my advising you either. It just gives one a bad and slightly unfriendly vibe about the forum and that's why I asked.

 

[nonamexx]

for some reason when guys see a female name here, some of them seem to....well....kiss ass. Sorry to say but if I a guy asked this question, I'd get torn apart. sorry this just sounds more like a joke to me than anything.

I wasn't even aware of the sex of the OP. Sorry, but I find it insulting that you insinuate that I was defending the OP. Not at all.

I was just asking the point in why we are so affected by the MAJOR MONEY part? If the person parting with it has no problem, why should we? Buyer beware and all that.

 

[MohaimenK]

this thread reminded me of this..."MAJOR MONEY!"...KIT lens....:bounce:

 

[lildlege1]

Look, I am a newcomer here, but I'm shocked at some of the responses around. The person here is asking for help. Money consideration is their own personal issue mentioned in passing -- that of the person paying it and that of the person receiving it. Whether they're satisfied with the service provided or not, who're we to decide?

What money they get paid for doing a job is not our business and shouldn't have any role in giving advice on the forum.

Very Well said!!!!! The whole point of this forum is to Help each other out and learn new things!!!! Not everyone is perfect!!!

 

[RauschPhotography]

for some reason when guys see a female name here, some of them seem to....well....kiss ass. Sorry to say but if I a guy asked this question, I'd get torn apart. sorry this just sounds more like a joke to me than anything.

I don't kiss ass regardless of gender. If you're unprepared and expect a pat on the back and encouraging words... you've got another thing coming. If you're getting paid for a gig and you're not ready for it, you're going to hear a lot of backlash, and not just from us on the forum.

 

[MohaimenK]

Very Well said!!!!! The whole point of this forum is to Help each other out and learn new things!!!! Not everyone is perfect!!!

Yeah and this takes away from the seriousness of the question :er:

"I'm getting paid MAJOR money so I want the pics to be PERFECT because I never shot a wedding so I just need tips!"

 

[Kofman13]

this thread reminded me of this..."MAJOR MONEY!"...KIT lens....:bounce:

YouTube - Judge Joe Brown - Cheap wedding photographer

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[nonamexx]

for some reason when guys see a female name here, some of them seem to....well....kiss ass. Sorry to say but if I a guy asked this question, I'd get torn apart. sorry this just sounds more like a joke to me than anything.

I don't kiss ass regardless of gender. If you're unprepared and expect a pat on the back and encouraging words... you've got another thing coming. If you're getting paid for a gig and you're not ready for it, you're going to hear a lot of backlash, and not just from us on the forum.

Kissing ass is not the same thing as offering constructive advice. If the advice is to not to take so much money, then I cannot see the propriety in such advice because it clearly is no business of ours, regardless of the fact that the OP mentioned the fact. I rightly believe this forum is for photography advice, not an ethical discussion on how much money is acceptable as reward for services rendered. And we have no idea of what MAJOR MONEY is. It could be anything at all and a matter of perspective of the OP.

Very Well said!!!!! The whole point of this forum is to Help each other out and learn new things!!!! Not everyone is perfect!!!

Yeah and this takes away from the seriousness of the question :er:

"I'm getting paid MAJOR money so I want the pics to be PERFECT because I never shot a wedding so I just need tips!"

Aspiring for perfection and being perfect are not the same thing. Clearly there is a disconnect between current level of skill and what we aspire for, but going by the attitude of some of the members of this forum, I feel there is a bit of jealousy and outrage arising out of it that people actually get paid for photographic work when they proclaim to be amateurs.

Do I sense a bit of elitism here?

 

[ababysean]

I'd like to know the dollar amount of "major money" before I say anything.
$50 bux is Major money to some....

 

[mooney101]

Two of the biggest tips. Since you still not comfortable shooting yet.

Check out the location and bring a second shooter. Even an experience second shooter and pay them good.

 

[Robin Usagani]

$1 is a major money for me. I can get something from the $1 menu at McD!