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Old 05-31-2009, 08:14 PM
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Default Good to see you are going to be honest....

A hammer does not make a carpenter, just like a camera does not make a wedding photographer.

With what I have seen above, it sounds like your going to experiment on them doing wedding photography. As long as they know that you have no experience and that you will be "learning as you go", then I don't see a problem. Well, I do, but that is another issue. As I see it, any "Professional" should not have to think twice about full disclosure.

If I were you, I would research as much as I could about weddings, timing, customs, and the typical shots taken. As a pro, you owe it to them to be as prepared as you can for this important event. You should know that wedding photography is considered one of the most stressful areas of photography. Put on some comfortable shoes, have a lot of patience, be prepared for the unexpected and be as nice as you can when shooting. Unlike the safety of shooting portraits were you have all the control, at a wedding you have to be prepared for none. If you screw up a portrait session, you can always re-shoot, and only have one client that is unhappy. With a wedding, you mess up and you have a whole group of folks that are NEVER going to forget. You can have great shots, but if your rude, take to long, forgetful, late or a lot of other things, they will always associate you with that, not the shots.

I hope everything goes well for the couple as well as you.

Good shooting

JM
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