Shooting Weddings – Strictly Amateur (for now)
I’ve had a few people ask me about my view of wedding photography recently (and whether I ever plan to take it up). Thought I’d answer that question on here.
So – the quick answer is that I’ve never shot a wedding for a job.
I’ve certainly nothing against wedding photography. There’s some amazing wedding photographers out there – or rather amazing photographers who just happen to do weddings – some of whom I rate extremely highly with them scoring top marks in all the important aspects of technical, creativity and so on.
So why haven’t I gone down the path of taking it on for myself? Well, I’m OK with the pressure, I like taking portraits and love taking candids. So, what was my problem again? It’s kinda hard to say actually – perhaps I feel like I’m still learning the intricacies of portraiture and weddings are not the best place to learn and experiment if you’re getting paid. Or perhaps it’s because I am not keen on the whole "ok, granny go stand next to the bride now… yep, go ahead – you can smile now" thing. Ultimately however it’s probably that in the past year or so, I’ve started taking occasional wedding photos for friends as gifts whenever we get invited – and it’s something that has become extremely enjoyable. So much so in fact that I’m now hesitant to ruin a great pleasure of mine by getting turning it into a job.
Whether I change my stance on this in the future will depend on mood, circumstance and peronsal direction no doubt, but for now – this is one of the specific aspects of my photography I intend to keep strictly amateur. Having said that, the number of invites we now get to weddings is increasingly at a suspiciously high rate :).
Anyway, attached below are some images from the wedding one of my best friends in the UK last November. All shots were taken with either a D200 & 17-55 f/2.8 or an Olympus OM-1 & 50mm f/1.4. Click on any of the images to enlarge.
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I remember these! They were from a few months ago, it was about the same time that I was doing the workshop with you and was shooting a Japanese wedding! Wedding is hard, but I think there are so many opportunities to do PJ work in it, making it very fun also! I am seeing more and more people requesting documentary style of wedding photography rather than the traditional, posed style of photography. If you were to get into it, I don't think you can make it boring, you just have to find the right couple that will go for your style! (O:
i have the canon s3is and the panasonic fz7 which is better for concerts? arena type .
Also i am looking to buy a telephot lens ,what are the thread size for both adaptors canon and panasonic.are they both 58mm
what is the size of the adaptor for both cameras.
Thirdly i have seen the new sp550 olympus how big is the camera at full zoom? i have seen the dimentions for it closed but not full zoom.
which is the better camera olpympus 550, panasonic fz7 or the canon s3is, i may sell if the olympus is not too big whith the zoom fully extended any help would be greatfull.
These photos of your best friend's wedding are exactly what I love about shooting weddings – the photojournalistic style. I like to think of it as capturing moments/memories that mean something to the couple. They may not see most of those moments during the wedding and reception, but looking at them later makes them smile, laugh, cry. THEY are what life is all about.
I hate doing the set up shots of the family and wedding party all in neat rows, but I do them.
I have two weddings to do so far this year .. I dread and love them at the same time, but I will say that I'm always very excited about the outcome.
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