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<blockquote data-quote="kevy73" data-source="post: 811319" data-attributes="member: 23493">I've been a wedding photographer for a looooooooong time... ha... trends come and go and fads come and go - as do so called 'professionals' that buy an entry level camera, get 1 or 2 in focus pics of their kids or dogs and then tout themselves as a professional photographer.I love the act of photography and if you understand a few things, it isn't as hard as it needs to be.&nbsp; Probably not the expected comment from someone who has made a living from photographing weddings.&nbsp; But it is true.What I mean from that last statement is that anyone with a decent camera and lens can press a button and get a well exposed and focused image - the act or pressing the button is the easy part... but for me, that is only 5% of the job.&nbsp; My job is to make people WANT to be in a photo.&nbsp; My job is to look at a scene, work out where the light is best, what background is best, what pose might work for the couple or group and then communicate that to the people involved... and not just a direction of 'Go and stand over there'.... I go through how to stand, I have learned to make people feel comfortable in front of a camera - even actually WANT to be in front of the camera.&nbsp; To me, that is my skill and why Wedding Photography will never be a dying industry - sure there will always be people undercutting but you can't buy the ability to pose and communicate with and enthuse your subject....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kevy73, post: 811319, member: 23493"] I've been a wedding photographer for a looooooooong time... ha... trends come and go and fads come and go - as do so called 'professionals' that buy an entry level camera, get 1 or 2 in focus pics of their kids or dogs and then tout themselves as a professional photographer. I love the act of photography and if you understand a few things, it isn't as hard as it needs to be. Probably not the expected comment from someone who has made a living from photographing weddings. But it is true. What I mean from that last statement is that anyone with a decent camera and lens can press a button and get a well exposed and focused image - the act or pressing the button is the easy part... but for me, that is only 5% of the job. My job is to make people WANT to be in a photo. My job is to look at a scene, work out where the light is best, what background is best, what pose might work for the couple or group and then communicate that to the people involved... and not just a direction of 'Go and stand over there'.... I go through how to stand, I have learned to make people feel comfortable in front of a camera - even actually WANT to be in front of the camera. To me, that is my skill and why Wedding Photography will never be a dying industry - sure there will always be people undercutting but you can't buy the ability to pose and communicate with and enthuse your subject.... [/QUOTE]

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