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<blockquote data-quote="RobBnTX" data-source="post: 39269" data-attributes="member: 8368"><p>Sorry chowchow, I failed to read that part beforeI posted above. Let me encourage you to keep taking tons of pictures, maybe look at getting a used D90 or even a new one, you can probably now pick one up for about the price you paid for the D5100 if you shop around and then put a battery grip on it, get faster lenses and a good flash unit and go from there. </p><p></p><p>About me, I shot weddings both part time and later on full time back in the early to mid 90s with medium format before the digital age. I eventually sold off all my equipment and went back to school to enter the IT field that I currently work in. I think it takes lots people skill to do wedding photography and be successful in it, and to that point I just got burned out on people trying to take advantage of me but still I am thinking of gradually getting back into it, maybe look to do it part time as a retirement job, maybe farm myself out as a second shooter, will take it one step at a time. I have lots of catching up to do and acquiring all the right equipment adds up to $$$$.</p><p></p><p>Most wedding pros that I keep up with are now shooting full frame meaning a D700 (not D7000) and up in the Nikon line and the 5DII and up in the Canon line. Someday hopefully you will have both the experience and equipment to find work as a second shooter for somebody in your area and then after building up a nice portfolio you can go out on your own. That would be my advice anyway for what it is worth.</p><p></p><p>Keep shooting and good luck,</p><p></p><p>Rob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RobBnTX, post: 39269, member: 8368"] Sorry chowchow, I failed to read that part beforeI posted above. Let me encourage you to keep taking tons of pictures, maybe look at getting a used D90 or even a new one, you can probably now pick one up for about the price you paid for the D5100 if you shop around and then put a battery grip on it, get faster lenses and a good flash unit and go from there. About me, I shot weddings both part time and later on full time back in the early to mid 90s with medium format before the digital age. I eventually sold off all my equipment and went back to school to enter the IT field that I currently work in. I think it takes lots people skill to do wedding photography and be successful in it, and to that point I just got burned out on people trying to take advantage of me but still I am thinking of gradually getting back into it, maybe look to do it part time as a retirement job, maybe farm myself out as a second shooter, will take it one step at a time. I have lots of catching up to do and acquiring all the right equipment adds up to $$$$. Most wedding pros that I keep up with are now shooting full frame meaning a D700 (not D7000) and up in the Nikon line and the 5DII and up in the Canon line. Someday hopefully you will have both the experience and equipment to find work as a second shooter for somebody in your area and then after building up a nice portfolio you can go out on your own. That would be my advice anyway for what it is worth. Keep shooting and good luck, Rob [/QUOTE]
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