Just briefly started to read the first few pages and did not realise you have had this camra for less than a year!
and from what i am reading its no different from a hundreds sites on wedding tog help, in fact anyone could write this with no actual experience just research on the web.
No real surprises
Well, the fact that I *am* so new did seem to surprise you.
Had I not mentioned it on the blog, what would you have thought? I did mention it here, and as a matter of fact my #1 post and many others on this board state just that.
It is ALWAYS very easy to judge someone else, Jols. A little harder to actually put up, if you know what I mean?
If shooting 3 weddings as a second photographer (#4 is coming up next weekend) and doing a 50th anniversary (paid) and many parties (as the main but unpaid 'Tog), as well as putting in on average 2-5 hours PER DAY, minimum 6 days a week of specific goal oriented studies in photography and hands on practice (over 11 months that easily comes to thousands of hours of concerted and focused study and tens of thousands of shots (using more than just my D200, with the vast majority being to achieve very specific goals) means "no actual experience" to you, so be it, it is your opinion and you are completely entitled to it.
I, at least, would have been more fair and said "limited experience" instead, and I am NOT hesitant to admit that. Anyone and EVERYONE that says they have nothing more to learn has automatically placed themselves in a position where they have blocked themselves.
As far as the business end of it, most businesses are run on the same basic principals and are judged by one main criteria... either you are a success... or not. Business has one goal, to grow consistently and remain profitable.
I may not be a paid photographer, but I am a 1 man business that has been in business for 25 years and I am VERY comfortable earning a 6-figure salary and still have time to take 4 months a year off for vacations and other pursuits outside of work. Next year, my goal is to raise that to 6 months off per year, and still increase yearly revenue by 10%. I even know how to do it already!
However, to get back to the point, no one HERE was doing much to help the newbs, and I certainly saw no posts from yourself that assisted them much either, thats one reason why I started it.
As far as being different... wedding photography is wedding photography is wedding photography. It is a LEARNABLE skill to achieve some level of proficiency and if I am restating things again in another manner easier for newbs to understand, thats fine and just proves that my information is at least consistent (if currently far from complete).
Finally... as I stated it in the blog, I'm not just doing it for others, but more for me, as an exercise that I enjoy. If it can help someone, thats nice. It is part of how I express myself in this hobby and in others (my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blog just hit 1125 pages and my PCM tuning website is currently at 156 pages, either one complete enough to seriously consider writing a book with!). Granted, I have decades more experience in the other areas, but we all started from the same level... ZERO experience.
People come here to learn, others come here to share. I'm here for both of the same reasons.
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