MrSmith is a bloomin photographer - I bet he'd do it for a pair of fancy brogues and a pheasant quill for his hat.
I don't deal with the general public as they are a nightmare, i have enough boots/shoes plus I also like my weekends not to be spent watching badly dressed people dance to 80' pop.
Plus Ewan wouldn't want to pay my day rate. 😉
I have to say it is worth getting a professional, they will get all the required shots. An amateur will miss everything and not be able to manage the crowd...
We used [url= http://www.rachaeledwardsphotography.co.uk/ ]Rachael Edwards[/url] who was excellent. Based in Lewes, but I'd have thought Guildford would be alright.
not be able to manage the crowd...
I found the homemade cattle prod did the job quite well. Getting a smile from them was difficult though.
*is smug about having a photographer booked for September wedding next year*
*is less smug as not discussed fees yet, (as it’s a mate who would be coming to the wedding, were they not taking pics, anyway) and wasn’t aware the going rate was quite that high*
Can anyone recommend a photographer who doesn’t charge the earth and is good.
They usually are expensive for a reason
We got married in September and used Moritz Schmittat. He's based in Guildford and was absolutely brilliant, not too pricey either.
[url= https://schmittat.uk ]Moritz[/url]
We asked a family friend who was a hobby photographer to take our photos, inviting him and his wife to the reception. He had a list of all the shots he wanted to get (bride / groom / family combos) then on top took a few candid shots during the day. The whole thing was very relaxed – we had to wait a week for the results (days before digital) we only had modest expectations but I have to say the results were brilliant. I think not putting too much pressure on our friend helped.
Whoever that was is an idiot. Most wedding/photography contracts will offer a licence for the wedding couple/client to reproduce photos as they wish [i]without giving up the copyright[/i]. The copyright to original photographic work is worth far more than a couple of hundred quid and if they're explicitly giving it away in their contracts then they're complete mugs!try a keen amateur...they pass over copyright so you can get them reproduced anywhere you like.
I've shot a few weddings, and my sister lives in Woking. I could potentially head for a long-overdue visit and tie in your wedding 😉
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Whoever that was is an idiot. Most wedding/photography contracts will offer a licence for the wedding couple/client to reproduce photos as they wish without giving up the copyright. The copyright to original photographic work is worth far more than a couple of hundred quid and if they're explicitly giving it away in their contracts then they're complete mugs!
Or they're just not that bothered about the money....
It requires a conscious and deliberate effort to sign away your copyright forever. Even if you're not bothered about ever exercising it for monetary gain, why deliberately rule it out? You can still adopt a "I don't care" attitude if you see your copyright being abused/violated, but if you've permanently signed it away, there can't ever be a comeback. Seems stupid and short-sighted to me, but hey ho, they're not my photos!
*is less smug as not discussed fees yet, (as it’s a mate who would be coming to the wedding, were they not taking pics, anyway) and wasn’t aware the going rate was quite that high*
I'd be more less smug (yeah, I know) about 'employing' a friend to do something which is potentially really quite important to your Mrs, if not to you!
Oh God, that shot of the cake falling gives me the shudders. Did it a few years ago (working as the photographer) - the venue had done the usual thing of sticking the cake in a dingy corner next to a fire extinguisher and a neon EXIT sign. Got the best man to help me move it out onto the floor and the whole thing just collapsed.
Did the natural thing, which was obviously to try and catch it with my foot - didn't end well but my shoes looked tasty.
Anyway, get a pro in to take all the stress away - there are so many photographers now that you'll get a good one for around the 1K mark and a really good one for a wee bit more - the days of 2K average spend are over. Ask to see a full wedding (very boring but gives you a realistic idea of the way they work). If you're not really a photo kind of a person, don't bother.
Friend is a professional photographer. You have probably seen a great many of their images in a great many cycling publications over the years...
Current smugness rating...
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Friend is a professional photographer. You have probably seen a great many of their images in a great many cycling publications over the years...
Doesn't necessarily mean they'll be any good at a wedding... My wedding photographer was full of the flu so pulled in an acquaintance to help out. Turned out to be the Scottish Wildlife Photographer of the year. Not one of his photos made it to the final cut...
EDITED to say - the photos were technically flawless but were utterly devoid of emotion or any story telling qualities
I’ve seen wedding pics they’ve done before. Not worried.
Friend is a professional photographer. You have probably seen a great many of their images in a great many cycling publications over the years...
Roo Fowler?
Yeah, a friend had a very reputable professional sports photographer and a friend, and they were a bit underwhelmed. Not so much the composition and the actual photos, but how they conducted themselves.
As much as anything though it's about having to negotiate a price with your friend, and risking ending up in a situation where one or other of you is unhappy because he feels he did 'mates rates' and yet you're working him like a dog rather than letting him enjoy the wedding whilst doing some casual snapping, or you feel you paid him a good amount and he missed the first dance and the cutting of the cake because he was doing shots and chatting up the bridesmaid.
Hey Ewan, I'm a wedding photographer! Have a look at some of my work here: [url= https://www.kahumbu.co.uk/ ]www.kahumbu.co.uk[/url].
If that's the sort of style you're both after let me know the dates and details and we'll see if it can work out?
Cheers,
Andy.
Friend is a professional assassin. You have probably seen a great many of their kills in a great many media publications over the years...
current feeling safe rating
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If you want an open, not too formal, reportage style look at Paul Rogers site, he's an ex staff photographer at the Times, his work is outstanding, won a fair few awards of late too.
I don't tink he's overly cheap but you tend to get what you pay for where photography is concerned.
You may be lucky it's a quiet time for weddings.
