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I find they sell better when I sign names like Ansel Adams, or Robert Capa, or Annie Lebowitz on the front..
Comment by Don posted on photograph signed by the photographer at 25/07/2012 - 21:49
dinneenp wrote:
I'll have the equipment I need, as I wrote the thread thought I'll get a replacement but always good to get opinions & comments from someone who hS been there.
I have a friend who is a wedding photographer, doesn't use flash.
"every journey, no matter how big, begins with a single step."
sorry if my post came across harsh. the wedding industry in my area has been nearly completely destroyed by amateurs with a single camera, kit lens and "Open for business" attitudes.Don wrote:
this is why people should not hang up a "pro" or "open for business" sign until they are prepared.
Back-up equipment is a must!
When they hire somebody to shoot thier wedding, they do not need "super creative but no camera/flash/lens" to show up.
lecture over.
I didn't promote myself as a pro/wedding photographer. A friend asked me to shoot his wedding. We talked about it, I explained clearly everything (never did one before, lack of experience etc.) this is why people should not hang up a "pro" or "open for business" sign until they are prepared.
Back-up equipment is a must!
When they hire somebody to shoot thier wedding, they do not need "super creative but no camera/flash/lens" to show up.
lecture over.
I'll have the equipment I need, as I wrote the thread thought I'll get a replacement but always good to get opinions & comments from someone who hS been there.
I have a friend who is a wedding photographer, doesn't use flash.
"every journey, no matter how big, begins with a single step."
I officially took weddings off my business services list for several reasons...
8 out of every ten callers was a competitor posing as a possible client wanting to "Scope out our work" or find out our rates...
of the remaining 20% that were actually brides, 98% of them balked at our prices claiming they could get somebody else to do it for a couple hundred bucks, and yet when asked, every one of them had heard horror stories from other brides/friends about bad photogs...
So the combination of more photographers than brides, and more horror stories than happy customers has pushed the perceived value of a real wedding photographers work down to the point it isn't worth my time.
I don't even meet a prospective bride (waste of gas and coffee money) anymore unless they're referred by somebody who has hired me in the past, and has seen my work and has an idea what I charge.
Word of mouth is the only ad work I do, and I turn weddings down rather than work for peanuts.
That is just where the industry is right now, and until it rights itself or implodes completely, there's better pay for less hours elsewhere.
Comment by Don posted on 17-50f2.8 broken & 1st wedding in 5 days at 22/07/2012 - 17:25
this is why people should not hang up a "pro" or "open for business" sign until they are prepared.
Back-up equipment is a must!
When they hire somebody to shoot thier wedding, they do not need "super creative but no camera/flash/lens" to show up.
lecture over.
Back-up equipment is a must!
When they hire somebody to shoot thier wedding, they do not need "super creative but no camera/flash/lens" to show up.
lecture over.
Comment by Don posted on 17-50f2.8 broken & 1st wedding in 5 days at 22/07/2012 - 15:04
SkyRider wrote:
I use* a Zoom H1; this doesn't come with a hotshoe mount but it does have a 1/4" hole on the bottom and Amazon do a hotshoe to 1/4" adapter for about a fiver. I've found the combination to work well. Better than using the H1 on its own in fact as it has a cheap plastic case that creaks when handled but seems to sit on the camera without problem.
Cheers,
Paul
[*Strictly I suppose that should be "used" as I loaned the H1 to someone a while ago and the loan is becoming ever more extended... ]
I use a zoom h1 and when paired with audio technica lav mics or my rode video mic the versitility and cost factor make this recorder a must have for anybody shooting on a tight budget...I use* a Zoom H1; this doesn't come with a hotshoe mount but it does have a 1/4" hole on the bottom and Amazon do a hotshoe to 1/4" adapter for about a fiver. I've found the combination to work well. Better than using the H1 on its own in fact as it has a cheap plastic case that creaks when handled but seems to sit on the camera without problem.
Cheers,
Paul
[*Strictly I suppose that should be "used" as I loaned the H1 to someone a while ago and the loan is becoming ever more extended... ]
Comment by Don posted on External Microphone... at 22/07/2012 - 14:45
For d-slr shooting, this is the best one you'll find IMHO ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL4E897792626A15F9&feature=player_embedded&v=S...
and a soon to be released version with built in digital recorder..
http://www.rodemic.com/news/announcing-the-videomic-hd-the-worlds-first-digital-...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL4E897792626A15F9&feature=player_embedded&v=S...
and a soon to be released version with built in digital recorder..
http://www.rodemic.com/news/announcing-the-videomic-hd-the-worlds-first-digital-...
Comment by Don posted on External Microphone... at 22/07/2012 - 14:38
Pentaxophile wrote:
At this point either A) they request what the guy is doing and what he has in his hands, and the guy kicks off, refuses to let them look at the equipment, and ends up being arrested silly fool or B) the police jump him without giving him any chance to allay their concerns about that bullet cam. In which case the police are at fault.
There isn't sufficient information to confirm either sequence of events, but based on his behavior while detained, I'm guessing the former.
and based on your logic, the police get a free licence to attack and arrest and lay a beat down on anybody who happens to be mentally ill, aspbergers syndrome, autistic, or otherwise challenged, while a smooth talking ass kissing terrorist politely gets to walk away with his transmitter... sorry no dice.. the police are paid to serve and protect the public.... in no way shape or form should this have gone the way it did.. they had no probable cause and being too stupid to tell the difference between a camera and a radio transmitter does nothing to sway my opinion here... fact is CELL PHONES are the terrorists detonator controller of choice.. so by your reasoning every person with a cell is fair game for a beat down and search and false arrest...Don wrote:
So the police see the guy with his bullet cam, which looks very unlike a camera and more like some laser or some other dodgy piece of apparatus, and they are concerned and go over to him.greynolds999 wrote:
It's not the point that he was being an idiot which is the problem. It's that after he was arrested (which is when the film begins) he is holding something in his hand which could be a detonator, laser, etc and refuses to let the police see it.
And you don't have the right to act like an idiot in certain situations. You have a responsibility to act like a reasonable member of society if you want reasonable treatment.
I find it equally baffling that so many people assume the police are in the wrong with no evidence whatsoever.
I consider an innocent person being arrested for refusing to consent to an illegal search, after a false accusation to be evidence the cops were 100% wrong and abused their authority. Probable cause is needed. Had somebody phoned in a bomb threat minutes before they approached this guy, I'd be 100% on the side of the police.It's not the point that he was being an idiot which is the problem. It's that after he was arrested (which is when the film begins) he is holding something in his hand which could be a detonator, laser, etc and refuses to let the police see it.
And you don't have the right to act like an idiot in certain situations. You have a responsibility to act like a reasonable member of society if you want reasonable treatment.
I find it equally baffling that so many people assume the police are in the wrong with no evidence whatsoever.
At this point either A) they request what the guy is doing and what he has in his hands, and the guy kicks off, refuses to let them look at the equipment, and ends up being arrested silly fool or B) the police jump him without giving him any chance to allay their concerns about that bullet cam. In which case the police are at fault.
There isn't sufficient information to confirm either sequence of events, but based on his behavior while detained, I'm guessing the former.
Comment by Don posted on photography is not a crime at 19/07/2012 - 22:49
greynolds999 wrote:
It's not the point that he was being an idiot which is the problem. It's that after he was arrested (which is when the film begins) he is holding something in his hand which could be a detonator, laser, etc and refuses to let the police see it.
And you don't have the right to act like an idiot in certain situations. You have a responsibility to act like a reasonable member of society if you want reasonable treatment.
I find it equally baffling that so many people assume the police are in the wrong with no evidence whatsoever.
I consider an innocent person being arrested for refusing to consent to an illegal search, after a false accusation to be evidence the cops were 100% wrong and abused their authority. Probable cause is needed. Had somebody phoned in a bomb threat minutes before they approached this guy, I'd be 100% on the side of the police.It's not the point that he was being an idiot which is the problem. It's that after he was arrested (which is when the film begins) he is holding something in his hand which could be a detonator, laser, etc and refuses to let the police see it.
And you don't have the right to act like an idiot in certain situations. You have a responsibility to act like a reasonable member of society if you want reasonable treatment.
I find it equally baffling that so many people assume the police are in the wrong with no evidence whatsoever.
Comment by Don posted on photography is not a crime at 19/07/2012 - 20:55
I disagree with the assumption that the guy being a jerk is in the wrong... the most fundamental of Human rights in ANY democracy, is the right to free from unwarranted stops and searches and arrests for law abiding citizens. You're free to exercise your right to be a jerk.... arresting a person for being a jerk about an unlawful stop and search makes the person in authority, who INSTIGATED the encounter in the wrong... and it is wrongheaded of any to think there is cause here to take a way a persons civil liberties... this thread in definitely showing some wrong headed thinking..
Comment by Don posted on photography is not a crime at 19/07/2012 - 20:31
Frankie wrote:
ChrisA,
Thanks for posting the link to the newspaper article. I got my answer from a bystander "I was only metres away from this man when he was arrested and the police acted incredibly professionally and instead of co-operating he kicks off why??? ".
Photographers do need to have the general public on side, if they want to maintain their rights to photograph whatever, whenever.
the general public likely won't care about photographers rights until they are in Rodney King's position..... by then it may too late... anybody near by with a camera will likely be too afraid of the authorities to bother pulling out the camera..ChrisA,
Thanks for posting the link to the newspaper article. I got my answer from a bystander "I was only metres away from this man when he was arrested and the police acted incredibly professionally and instead of co-operating he kicks off why??? ".
Photographers do need to have the general public on side, if they want to maintain their rights to photograph whatever, whenever.
Comment by Don posted on photography is not a crime at 19/07/2012 - 19:06
Blythman wrote:
All photographers are liable to suffer because of a small minority who cannot conduct themselves in a professional manner. In the example above, in a park in front of kids too
yeah tell that to the woman that approached me, yelling and swearing and calling me a pedophile... All photographers are liable to suffer because of a small minority who cannot conduct themselves in a professional manner. In the example above, in a park in front of kids too
another place where it's ok to raise a fuss and cause a scenes is when you find yourself in a store and some clerk demands to search your bag....
in situations where people are counting on you being embarrassed enough to give up your rights without a fight those are the times where it's right to turn the tables on them...
"Are you accusing me of stealing?" followed by "What did you see me take?" followed by "Where did you see me put it?" followed by "Do you treat all your customers like thieves, just in case?" followed by "IF I was a drug dealing seriel killer with a pound of cocaine and a severed head in this bag the police would would need probable cause to get a judge to sign a warrant to legally search this bag... WTF makes you think I'll give up my constitional rights to a @#$$$ grocery store clerk?"
after all.. you can't leave a bag full of camera equipment and your laptop in your car.. most auto insurance policies have limits and or clauses that protect them if you leave expensive stuff in the car...
Comment by Don posted on photography is not a crime at 18/07/2012 - 15:16
