Photographing the Photographer... post yours

My dad and my son at Lake Washington.
When he visits from New York or we go there, it's a shootfest of Ramone (my son). Dad with his Nikon D something something SLR and me with my rangefinders and TLR camera.
Ramone tolerates this treatment rather well. He'll even smile for the camera.

Second post to RFF.

Fuji GA 645 60mm F4.0
Expired Portra 400 NC
 

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"I know you guys hired me to record all the important parts of your wedding, such as the exchanging vows part and the puttin' the ring on each other's finger part, but I had to check my histogram. Sorry."
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robklurfield said:
"I know you guys hired me to record all the important parts of your wedding, such as the exchanging vows part and the puttin' the ring on each other's finger part, but I had to check my histogram. Sorry."
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Rob, I take it, she priorly, before checking the histogram has been shouting: "RELOAD!!!", I mean "HISTOGRAM!!!" to the second shooter, who than continued, to stun fire the bride and groom, so she had her second of verifying the date.

Then upon having finished histogram time, she probably shouted: "GOT IT!!! - MOVE, MOVE, MOVE !!!" to the second shooter, who then continued, to jump to the next spot of sandbags, where she machine guns the last moments of the ring, slipping on the brides finger - she has a wonderful expression in your shot - hope, one of the shooters got this too!

Don't want to sour mouth wedding shooters, I admire them all for their courage, skill, sweat and hard work - this would not be my job, tipping my head.
 
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taken with an Olympus Pen Original half-frame camera. I need to find his whereabouts next so i can give him a copy.

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Film is back, as was evident in the NYC subway car.
 
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robklurfield said:
"I know you guys hired me to record all the important parts of your wedding, such as the exchanging vows part and the puttin' the ring on each other's finger part, but I had to check my histogram. Sorry."
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This is so true.

I was at my cousins wedding on July 2, just taking pictures because i wanted to (using my two Rolleis'). I had my d5000, which i was using as well. I look at the screen the first few times to see if the exposure looks good in a certain setting, like in the church, then outside, then at the reception etc.

After that i turn the screen around so i cant see it. But the hired photographer that was there, i swear there was not a photo where she did not look at the screen. In the case of the wedding i was at, i would have wagered that if you took away screen on her camera, she would not have a clue what she was doing. I am not saying i am great picture taker but i think i am decent.

They should know what they just took a photo of, and not have to look at the screen. I found it rather annoying, and made me think where today's photographers would be without fancy gear that they take for granted. I can see looking at the screen a few times, but after every picture, it raises a few questions about the skill of him/her.

And speaking of moments of not getting the important shots at a wedding. I was at another wedding as a volunteer picture taker again on July 30. There was another hired photographer there again. The moment was coming where they would kiss and i was ready with the Tele-Rollei, and when it happened i got it. Just a split second moment and i got it. After the ceremony the lady photographer came up to me and asked me if i got a pic of them kissing. She said she did not because she was changing lenses. I was dumbfounded. I didn't want to be mean, and ask her why she was changing lenses right before the most important part, but i did say i got it.

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AndysRollei -- good anecdotes! Very funny. I love how any bipedal humanoid with a digital SLR and opposable thumbs considers themselves a 'photographer'.

A friend of mine recently reviewed another friend's wedding photos, done by a paid 'professional'. He said they were incredibly mediocre. Badly composed, flat, uninteresting. He was incensed that his friend paid a significant amount of money for these shots, and offered to re-shoot everything (that was possible to do) for free.

Enough ranting. Here's my contribution to the thread. Great thread, BTW!

Amazing how many people nowadays are used to holding their cameras at arm's length! It's like some strange religious offering to the photographic gods! (the trilogy of course being Kodak, Fuji, and Ilford!) 😉

. Bessa R3A, CV 35/1.4, Portra 160NC .

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