How to get experience and crack the industry – a special part 8 of the ‘How to Shoot a Wedding’ series – by popular demand. Video shot on D5100: http://goo.g…
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Yeah it’s nice to at least, for once, hear something else than “you need a
35mm, a 85mm, 3 flashes, blablablablabla” and hear some realistic stuff…
Thanks.
This is great information! Thanks a lot Matt
with that being said..Ill fly down and ill bring my point and shoot…cant
I be your second? LOL…so true…here in LA its REALLLLLLY bad everyone
with a camera thinks they know what they are doing…photography business
is too watered down here…
You know you don’t iron that kind of shirts.. -_-
Despite all the negative comments, I thought this was excellent advice
Matt. I have work colleague getting married shortly and although not
officially attending the wedding, she has invited me to take photos.
However, I don’t want to get in the way and I feel out of courtesy, should
contact her photographer. Would you agree?
thanks for the info! good stuff on a side note i would iron that shirt
before you go out on a wedding representing your brand.
That’s a great series, thanks for sharing your thoughts! A further episode
could be around the most common type of poses for the posed photographs.
Sorry they turned you down Matt.
have you ever messed up a wedding
@BillybobSpangleberry i agree i have a wedding in june im doing the full
day for £300 the couple dont want an album either they just want a disc so
they can print the images at a supermarket lol,like you say not everyone is
willg or can afford to pay thousands for a photographer
arrogant!!! Indeed……
I am a amateur photographer and listening to you say these things makes me
realize that if I want to become better I have to rely on myself. Not
anyone else. If I want to be great at what Im doing, then I need to put in
the hard time, work, and research that it takes for myself.
Good info Matt. I’m going along to my second weeding in a couple of weeks
with the same photographer, to get more experience. I have known the
photographer for a long time and she is happy to have me along. I am always
very mindful that I am representing her brand while I am there. Your video
Offers some good insight!
my pleasure
excellent point.
I hadn’t thought about those negative aspects of being there for free
before, thanks Matt!
agree
Wow someone is arrogant. I’m sure you were not born with experience as
well. Had to start somewhere right. I just wasted 9min of my life in
listening to some nonsense!!!!!
I think this is the best example of how to get your point across without
upsetting someone (anyone!). Yes, I absorbed everything you said about
photography, but how you said it was what impressed me most. In my job as
head of Europe, Middle East and Africa in my division a large global bank,
I often see people forgetting to be polite. Learnt a lot from this short
video. Thanks for reminding me.
Well said Matt, i agree with every thing you said. There are too many
people buying entry level camera’s and think they know what they are doing.
My cousin paid a girl to do her wedding so that i could enjoy it and not
have to work, so i did a few photo’s and left the paid so called
Photographer to do her job. When i seen the images and shot in full
sunlight and not using flash and the exif data the camera was in Auto mode.
Cheers John
Lighten up, pig. This is good advice and exactly what professionals think
when approached by a total amateur who ends up being a pain in the butt on
a shoot. Matt is not putting anyone down. He is addressing a common
occurrence in the industry – and industry where there are already too many
amateurs who are low-balling prices and misleading customers into thinking
they know what their doing.
Too bad for you man…
great video – People interaction is 90% – not something you learn as second
shooter few times – practice interaction on friends in gatherings etc. for
quite awhile – like you said workshops are a great idea – one has to know
his gear 100% at a wedding – fumbling is a killer – being assistant is like
you said a good idea as you will hear and see
I like the fact you explained it in such a way which is blunt and to the
point but without offended a photographer who is “not as good” as someone
they want to work with. It’s like a bands agent taking someone else who
wants to be an agent with them to shadow them when trying to land a deal –
it just doesn’t happen.
Thanks Matt, useful tips! Btw great image quality in your latest videos.