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Not sure if this is the best section to post in but.....
I've been asked recently to do a couple of wedding, my immediate reply was no!
But I've been thinking maybe I should not dismiss it (they were willing to pay), and it will be a new challenge. But a bit of a background:
My Dad was a wedding photographer and I used go with him to weddings (to carry a bag etc!). Anyway I always remember how much hassle it was getting people to do what he wanted, trying to round up the family etc etc and then the pressure of him going home and developing the photos in the darkroom ready to be put in the newspaper a couple of days later (yes we're talking film days).
Obviously the pressure of film is no longer there and I get the feeling that wedding photography is a lot more relaxed now.
If I was to change my mind any advice?
I'm more equipped for landscapes than portraits ie I don't really have any primes for portraits or much in the way of lighting apart from a couple of speedlights. Although I did notice on the last wedding I went to (as a guest) the photographer pretty much used a 24-70 (or 24-105) all day apart from the wide group shots. What's the minimum I could get away with?
I've been asked recently to do a couple of wedding, my immediate reply was no!
But I've been thinking maybe I should not dismiss it (they were willing to pay), and it will be a new challenge. But a bit of a background:
My Dad was a wedding photographer and I used go with him to weddings (to carry a bag etc!). Anyway I always remember how much hassle it was getting people to do what he wanted, trying to round up the family etc etc and then the pressure of him going home and developing the photos in the darkroom ready to be put in the newspaper a couple of days later (yes we're talking film days).
Obviously the pressure of film is no longer there and I get the feeling that wedding photography is a lot more relaxed now.
If I was to change my mind any advice?
I'm more equipped for landscapes than portraits ie I don't really have any primes for portraits or much in the way of lighting apart from a couple of speedlights. Although I did notice on the last wedding I went to (as a guest) the photographer pretty much used a 24-70 (or 24-105) all day apart from the wide group shots. What's the minimum I could get away with?