FrankS
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A co-worker of mine invited me to her wedding. I'm quite excited about it because she and her groom are Indian and it will be a Zoroastrian wedding. Cultural diversity is an exciting thing for me and I am eager to take some photos during the event. I am one of those part-time weekend wedding photographers with over 50 weddings done over the years. As such, I will be sympathetic and careful not to get in the way of the hired gun. The official wedding photographer has to deliver the goods. It is his/her livlihood. I'm an amatuer photographer in the true sense of the word, I do it because I love it.
Anyway, I'm thinking about what photo gear to take. It will definitely not be my regular wedding gear because I'm not the primary photographer and I want to enjoy myself more. I won't use any flash as I want my shots to look different from the hired photog's. I'm thinking I'll take my Leica M3 with 50mm lens. Then I thought I could go even "lighter" and take just my Hexar AF with its 35mm lens. Then I'm thinking I could take both, along with my CV 25mm lens. That would give me 25/35/50mm focal lengths.
With both cameras I could use B+W film in the Leica and colour neg film in the Hexar. Because I don't know what circumstances to expect, I could just fall back to the Hexar only for easy-breesy photography if serious photography is not possible (due either to my mood or the atmosphere of the event) If it is possible to get into it, the Leica would allow some serious photography.
Sorry for the ramble, I was jsut thinking out loud trying to figure out what to do. Has anyone had a similar experience?
Anyway, I'm thinking about what photo gear to take. It will definitely not be my regular wedding gear because I'm not the primary photographer and I want to enjoy myself more. I won't use any flash as I want my shots to look different from the hired photog's. I'm thinking I'll take my Leica M3 with 50mm lens. Then I thought I could go even "lighter" and take just my Hexar AF with its 35mm lens. Then I'm thinking I could take both, along with my CV 25mm lens. That would give me 25/35/50mm focal lengths.
With both cameras I could use B+W film in the Leica and colour neg film in the Hexar. Because I don't know what circumstances to expect, I could just fall back to the Hexar only for easy-breesy photography if serious photography is not possible (due either to my mood or the atmosphere of the event) If it is possible to get into it, the Leica would allow some serious photography.
Sorry for the ramble, I was jsut thinking out loud trying to figure out what to do. Has anyone had a similar experience?