Kias
Senior Member
The day I've been waiting for, has finally arrived.
Somebody asked me to shoot a wedding tonight. I've been prepared for this though. Had a whole sappy "You really want someone who knows what they're doing on such a special day. blah blah blah" reply all worked out in my head.
What I wasn't ready for, is the fact that it's my son's wedding they want me to shoot.
The date is set in next August, they have the church, they have the reception venue. They have asked us for no money yet. Though I'm ready to sell my left lung.
My wife thinks I'll be fine, though she seems to think I'll be harder on myself. I'll be hard on myself, but I'm not sure I'd be fine. My father in law has shot many a weddings and could probably help to shoot the token pictures I am suppose to be in.
I definitely don't have the equipment to shoot it, though that would be a good excuse to get the equipment. Whatever that may be.
I haven't even shot a whole lot of people to begin with. The ones I have, it seems to be hit or miss. Though I suppose I could post "I need guinea pigs!" on facebook, and I'd probably have more than enough people to practice with. People have requested to be friends there, just because they want to see the photos I take... Strange, but ok, whatever...
I will admit that everything I've ever done, I think really sucks, but the rest of the world thinks it's the greatest thing ever! (Whatever it was I did, and however big that world was.) So, I definitely hold myself to a standard I can't ever achieve. For example, back in the day I used to make a monthly newsletter that was delivered using Hewlett Packard's now defunct Instant Delivery software. One had to subscribe to get the newsletter, though it was free to do so. These newsletters are archived in the Library of Congress, ready for History Detectives to tell the owner of an old newsletter in 200 years that it's worthless. I did get an ISSN number assigned to it. That's when I learned ISBN's are for books, and ISSN's are for periodicals. (Who knew!) I was in second place as far as numbers of subscribers were concerned. Only The New York Times had more subscribers. Sports Illustrated, CBS, Dilbert, and the list goes on like that, they all had less subscribers than little 'ole me working out of a converted bedroom. About two weeks after they shut down the whole system, Hewlett Packard sent me a really nice thank you letter along with a complimentary printer. I was shocked! Yet I always thought that newsletter sucked. Still do. Though no one else has even hinted at that. Though I can see how big this was, and I can see how much advertising I sold, but it still sucked. (I think my brain is broken)
So, when is one ready to shoot a wedding? When did you shoot your first wedding? Did you feel you were ready to shoot a wedding?
The whole thing just seems so monumental to me.
Somebody asked me to shoot a wedding tonight. I've been prepared for this though. Had a whole sappy "You really want someone who knows what they're doing on such a special day. blah blah blah" reply all worked out in my head.
What I wasn't ready for, is the fact that it's my son's wedding they want me to shoot.
The date is set in next August, they have the church, they have the reception venue. They have asked us for no money yet. Though I'm ready to sell my left lung.
My wife thinks I'll be fine, though she seems to think I'll be harder on myself. I'll be hard on myself, but I'm not sure I'd be fine. My father in law has shot many a weddings and could probably help to shoot the token pictures I am suppose to be in.
I definitely don't have the equipment to shoot it, though that would be a good excuse to get the equipment. Whatever that may be.
I haven't even shot a whole lot of people to begin with. The ones I have, it seems to be hit or miss. Though I suppose I could post "I need guinea pigs!" on facebook, and I'd probably have more than enough people to practice with. People have requested to be friends there, just because they want to see the photos I take... Strange, but ok, whatever...
I will admit that everything I've ever done, I think really sucks, but the rest of the world thinks it's the greatest thing ever! (Whatever it was I did, and however big that world was.) So, I definitely hold myself to a standard I can't ever achieve. For example, back in the day I used to make a monthly newsletter that was delivered using Hewlett Packard's now defunct Instant Delivery software. One had to subscribe to get the newsletter, though it was free to do so. These newsletters are archived in the Library of Congress, ready for History Detectives to tell the owner of an old newsletter in 200 years that it's worthless. I did get an ISSN number assigned to it. That's when I learned ISBN's are for books, and ISSN's are for periodicals. (Who knew!) I was in second place as far as numbers of subscribers were concerned. Only The New York Times had more subscribers. Sports Illustrated, CBS, Dilbert, and the list goes on like that, they all had less subscribers than little 'ole me working out of a converted bedroom. About two weeks after they shut down the whole system, Hewlett Packard sent me a really nice thank you letter along with a complimentary printer. I was shocked! Yet I always thought that newsletter sucked. Still do. Though no one else has even hinted at that. Though I can see how big this was, and I can see how much advertising I sold, but it still sucked. (I think my brain is broken)
So, when is one ready to shoot a wedding? When did you shoot your first wedding? Did you feel you were ready to shoot a wedding?
The whole thing just seems so monumental to me.