I don't photograph weddings very often. If my favorite lab were to go out of business than I probably will just quit doing them. I do teach a wedding photography class through a community college. Everyone in my class last spring shoot digital. They took the class because they were not sure what types of pictures they should take, or how to pose them. They are more comfortable shooting digital, but need some pointers that they feel is better acquired by talking to a veteran wedding photographer.
Jim A. > Film is basically batch processed. In printing, some control is exercised, > the amount of which varies in proportion to how much one pays. With > digital, each frame is processed individually and prints or print files > can e fine tuned. The last two weddings I shot were digital, and I was ale > to roduce perfectly matched shots. The busiest and most expensive wedding > photographers i know all shoot digital. Yes, there are a few promoting > film as something special, but theyre few and far between. And, as I said > in an earlier post, the photographer is at the mercy of the lab. With one > lab after another failing, that's not a good place to e. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I photographed one wedding using a Canon D60 digital. Yes, it was >> great >> to be able to see the results on the display. No, it wasn't fun >> looking >> at the results on my computer and tweaking them to make me satisfied >> with >> the results. When I shot with film, I knew what I would get because I >> had done so many using the same techniques I had developed over 30 >> years. >> Did a wedding last September where the owner of the wedding site said >> her >> husband had gone back to using film because of the stress in having to >> look through hundreds of files and tweaking them. >> There was an article in a local photo magazine about a wedding >> photographer who claims he is "different" from other photographers >> shooting digitally because he uses film, a medium that his clients are >> no >> longer familiar with but who like his results. >> I'm photographing a wedding next weekend. My client is happy I am using >> film because she likes film results over digital. >> >> Jim A. >> >> >> > I have the same question. Digital takes much of the stress out of >> wedding >> > shooting, because the photographer has complete control. Not true with >> > film. >> > Paul >> > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >> > From: Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Do you mean that you shoot no film except at weddings, >> >> =or= that your wedding shoots are exclusively film? >> >> If the latter, why? >> >> >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> --- Jim Apilado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > There are a lot of amateur photographers who make >> >> > the jump to >> >> > "professional" wedding photographer. I've done >> >> > dozens of weddings >> >> > over the past 30 years. Still an amateur, and >> >> > still shooting film >> >> > ONLY at weddings. Have had lots of good food and >> >> > good beer. >> >> > >> >> > Jim A. >> >> > On Mar 8, 2008, at 6:28 AM, Rebekah wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > ouch. I'd love to shoot a wedding, but not as the >> >> > official >> >> > > photographer, more for my own enjoyment. That >> >> > sure seems like a >> >> > > weighty responsibility! >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > rg2 >> >> > > >> >> > > On 3/8/08, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > >> Had a beer with a friend last night. They were at >> >> > a relatives wedding >> >> > >> last month, and the wife of a brother was asked >> >> > to >> >> > >> do the wedding photos. >> >> > >> >> >> > >> She has some sort of a non P&S camera i'm lead to >> >> > believe.:-) >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Anyway, he tells me last night, that NONE of the >> >> > photos she took came >> >> > >> out, Unknown if she shot film or digital, but i >> >> > suspect film if >> >> > >> it took this long to find out. >> >> > >> >> >> > >> As expected, they are pissed, and a family row is >> >> > now in full swing. >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Dave >> >> > >> >> >> > >> -- >> >> > >> Equine Photography >> >> > >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> >> > >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> >> > >> Ontario Canada >> >> > >> >> >> > >> -- >> >> > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> > >> [email protected] >> >> > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >> >> > link directly above >> >> > >> and follow the directions. >> >> > >> >> >> > > >> >> > > -- >> >> > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> > > [email protected] >> >> > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >> >> > link directly above >> >> > > and follow the directions. >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> >> > directly above and follow the directions. >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________________ >> >> ____ >> >> Never miss a thing. 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