[Closed] Amateur Photographer Inverness

I've no idea how expensive he is but Dougie Cunningham's work is pretty special. (He'd do your action shots too). I could be talking completely out of turn here - but given his affinity for taking pictures up hills he might be quite willing to travel North without the usual charge? http://www.leadinglines.net/

I assisted a friend with a couple of weddings in the Inverness area a few years back. I think you'd need to know what any prospective photographer is capable of. Admittedly, a lot of pro photographers can take some staid and dated shots, but they'll generally have the experience to get something usable under all conditions. It's not just taking the shots - controlling a crowd is a big part of being a wedding photographer, and there's a good chance an amateur will find themselves out of their depth.

I'm available, some from my portfolio

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gimme a shout to arrange dates etc..

Not unexpected but genuinely disappointing. Honestly thought requests like this had been shamed out of existence.

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Anybody want to get married? I want to hire bruneep to photogrpah my wedding. And do the catering as well
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Could try the Scottish Photography Community Facebook page 💡

Are you offering any recompense at all?

I've a colleague who until recently did photography jobs in his spare time - weddings, family portraits and so on. He's just moved to Inverness. He doesn't advertise any longer, but I could let him know about this thread if you like?

Oh, that reminds me. Any apprentice builders wanna come and build me a dorma window for my flat? There won't be any money I'm afraid as I spend it all on sharp clothes and partying, but it'll be good experience for your portfolios or whatever...

Oh I've just reread the request - forget my suggestion Dougie won't do it for free (or even nearly free) I thought you were looking for a recommendation for someone really good rather than really cheap!

We already have someone extremely good that we're paying doing the action shots and for a wedding ceremony of probably about 10 people on the side of a loch, controlling a group doesn't really bother us.

Thegreatape- be good if you could, yes please.

Threefish - we'd obviously offer some recompense yeah, we aren't talking free (in fact I never said free, we offered to pay some of the people we knew here to get there but it involved them taking time off work) but with such a small unique wedding with alternative shots already sorted we're not prepared to probably double our budget to pay a professional photographer. At the end of the day it'll be the action shots that get put onto canvass etc and displayed for years.

It's a good job the action shots from my wedding day aren't on display.

Maybe a local sculptor for a Jeff Koons and Cicciolina style wedding?
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I'd recommend buying a dozen or so disposable film cameras and giving them to guests - either those who you know have an 'eye' or just take some random chances. Perhaps work out which parts of the ceremony/day you'd like particular documentation of, and make a specific request on each camera. Remind the 'photographers' to have fun with their task

To be honest, anyone who isn't a relatively close friend/associate and has invested time and money in learning to use a camera, and who would give you photographs rather than 'snaps' is likely to be a little offended that you don't put enough value on their skills/craft to be prepared to pay them for at least their time (and on-the-day expenses).