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I just wanted some decent memory pictures, and this is how I inadvertently discovered that I am a good photographer. We put out cameras and asked for photos. I
by burfog 8y ago
I just wanted some decent memory pictures, and this is how I inadvertently discovered that I am a good photographer. We put out cameras and asked for photos. I assumed that everybody would take photos just like I do. I had never thought that I was a superior photographer, but the results disabused me of that notion.
Nobody paid attention to the background or bothered to frame things well, even when they had us pose for photos. My mother-in-law sent us an enlarged photo featuring an ugly old statue... oh, and us too. It looked like a photo taken to commemorate our trip to visit a statue.
- ghaff 8y agoI'm a reasonable photographer and my friends knew that. (I was photo editor of my undergrad newspaper, a photographer for various other publications, and earned beer money from my undergrad's alumni association for reunions, etc.) Having said that, I have no real knowledge of all the conventions and tasks required for a "traditional" wedding shoot whether purely conventional or some particular style. And many people have serious expectations about those things. There's no way I would accept money to work as a typical professional wedding photographer. Mind you, I do shoot corporate events and other things (concerts, sports) from time to time unpaid. If someone wanted to pay me to do something like that I'd be happy to. Especially with digital these days, I'm very confident I'll produce something very publishable.