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<blockquote data-quote="mikew_RIP" data-source="post: 159834" data-attributes="member: 14174">Good cameras abound now in the hands of average photographers, they have no idea what they should be aspiring too,they turn out the odd good picture friends see it and ask them to cover there wedding.&nbsp;Well that’s the beginning of the journey, all of a sudden they are semi pro and start touting for business, at a price that puts £50 apparent profit in there pocket for a couple of hours work on a Saturday. My late wife was a professionally trained wedding and portrait photographer, I spent a couple of years assisting her before being allowed to do a wedding on my own,i didn’t do many weddings as I soon found out they gave me no pleasure,so kept my day job and spent another 20 years assisting her.&nbsp;With wedding costing a fortune, normally spent on clothes,reception and honeymoon often very little is left for the pictures&nbsp; &nbsp;Self criticism is the one thing these people lack,i know my ability the pictures I take and the ones I post on here will never be world class, they are only taken for my pleasure&nbsp; and although I want to improve ime happy if I don’t.&nbsp;When I remarried money was tight,registry office and home made reception,we had a friend take some pictures and have a lot of wedding snaps, one 10x8 I manèged to make after a few hours in photo shop, fortunately I knew enough to understand the reason for the results.&nbsp;There is no answer and it will get worse,over the years professional bodies have tried to elevate the wedding photographers status with no success,just pleased its not my living.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mike</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mikew_RIP, post: 159834, member: 14174"] Good cameras abound now in the hands of average photographers, they have no idea what they should be aspiring too,they turn out the odd good picture friends see it and ask them to cover there wedding. Well that’s the beginning of the journey, all of a sudden they are semi pro and start touting for business, at a price that puts £50 apparent profit in there pocket for a couple of hours work on a Saturday. My late wife was a professionally trained wedding and portrait photographer, I spent a couple of years assisting her before being allowed to do a wedding on my own,i didn’t do many weddings as I soon found out they gave me no pleasure,so kept my day job and spent another 20 years assisting her. With wedding costing a fortune, normally spent on clothes,reception and honeymoon often very little is left for the pictures Self criticism is the one thing these people lack,i know my ability the pictures I take and the ones I post on here will never be world class, they are only taken for my pleasure and although I want to improve ime happy if I don’t. When I remarried money was tight,registry office and home made reception,we had a friend take some pictures and have a lot of wedding snaps, one 10x8 I manèged to make after a few hours in photo shop, fortunately I knew enough to understand the reason for the results. There is no answer and it will get worse,over the years professional bodies have tried to elevate the wedding photographers status with no success,just pleased its not my living. mike [/QUOTE]

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