Wedding Photography with the M9 and Nokton 1.1

Thank God I'm not shooting weddings, even when looking at it without the music I get irritated :)

Too bad we never got to see the finished results, except for the LCD glances.
 
I didn't even get any LCD glances on Saturday. I just gave them the exposed film. Quick 'n dirty, and no digital camera to buy.
 
To bad that guy had no idea what he was doing with that camera. All of the screwy angles in the video combined with that music gave me some IBS.
 
Why does this guy need a Leica and F1 lens ?
Also why does he have a 2nd DSLR with flash...... Is he not confident ?

This is awful wedding photography
 
Well,
the M9 is his first rangefinder and he described his experiences in a German forum - together with some pictures.
Both his description and the pictures are very impressive.

Cheers,
Uwe
 
Does anyone have a feeling for how loud the M9 is (say compared to a film M)?

I shot a friends wedding this past Saturday with my M3 and 50mm Summilux, and in the church (a small one) the click of the M3 was just barely acceptable in terms of being unobtrusive.
 
For a wedding shoot, he didn't shoot much of the wedding... Seriously though, a five minute video with junky techno over 2 poses? And where are the final photos? Seeing another photographer work is only valuable if one can assess the results.

The nokton 1.1 looks bigger than i thought in someone's hands i must admit.
 
OMG! That was soooo German it was killing me.

Couldn't get through the whole thing but it did provide some entertainment.
 
Thanks for the additional link. I thought he made some nice images, despite the fact that he's a newbie to rangefinder work.
 
ha ha ha
i wonder at what stage this became a porno movie ?
still they models looked 'happy' about being married so it all ended ok.
 
Interesting.

I would be a lot more impressed if they had a video (less the techno - I had to mute the sound after a couple seconds) of him shooting the ceremony. Recessional and processional, and sometimes the speed of the ceremony itself (not everyone goes for the one hour Catholic or Orthodox weddings - some are lucky to last 15 minutes :D ) are a lot more difficult using a manual focus camera without any flash.

I could use just about any camera if I have enough time with the B&G - sadly, because of how busy that big day proceeds, I am lucky if I get 20 minutes sometimes.

<rant>
I'll be putting it into my contracts for the next year that I "demand" ;) (per se of course) that the B&G put 1 hour into their timeline for JUST them. No family, no bridal party or such - Just take an hour for the B&G - I can shoot family and bridal party before/after/reception etc. but losing the time with the B&G before they "go wild" at the reception is hard to get back.
</rant>

Cheers,
Dave
 
dcsang said:
I would be a lot more impressed if they had a video (less the techno - I had to mute the sound after a couple seconds) of him shooting the ceremony. Recessional and processional, and sometimes the speed of the ceremony itself (not everyone goes for the one hour Catholic or Orthodox weddings - some are lucky to last 15 minutes :D ) are a lot more difficult using a manual focus camera without any flash.
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You remind me about Jeff Ascough, who is professional wedding photographer and uses several Leica bodies and a wide range of Leica lenses in his work. I was very inspired and impressed by his style of working and his photos after viewing the "Masters Of Wedding Photography".
 
Zvezdopadd said:
You remind me about Jeff Ascough, who is professional wedding photographer and uses several Leica bodies and a wide range of Leica lenses in his work. I was very inspired and impressed by his style of working and his photos after viewing the "Masters Of Wedding Photography".
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He's mentioned on his blog that the M8 was not good enough for him and that he doesn't foresee using the M9 for weddings. He is now sponsored by Canon as a "Canon Ambassador".

http://jeffascough.typepad.com/
 
Zvezdopadd said:
You remind me about Jeff Ascough, who is professional wedding photographer and uses several Leica bodies and a wide range of Leica lenses in his work. I was very inspired and impressed by his style of working and his photos after viewing the "Masters Of Wedding Photography".
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I've followed Jeff quite a bit - less so lately - via another forum. I think his stuff with M's was great. He switched to Canon a while back and it was still great. It was a lot less about the gear than it was about "him" ya know?

That said, he moved from M's to Canon because, well, at the time, the M didn't have a digital option. He needed, sadly, to keep up with the Jones' - nowadays, we may try to sell the wedding on film as being a "niche" market but if you were to tell clients now that they will get their proofs in a few weeks and that they can then choose which prints they'd like they're going to look at you like this: :eek:

Everyone asks if they get the full res files now.
Everyone expects (or asks) about an online gallery.
Most folks don't want grain (or noise) in their photos.

Digital has changed a lot of things in the business imho.

It may be the advent of awesome clear photos but it has also removed some aesthetic qualities as well.

It has also allowed a ton of people who can afford (and own) DSLRs (even Canon Rebels) to call themselves wedding photographers.

Such is the nature of the digital beast I guess ;)

Cheers,
Dave

ETA: Oh ya, like Nick said - the M8, as much as Jeff wanted it to be "a great" camera for him - he couldn't deal with the spotty performance - too bad huh..
 
How will I ever get that five minutes of my life back? :p

Keep the M9 but I like the look of that Nokton ... and I've just realised that my M8 and 35mm 1.2 Nokton would do exactly the same job as the setup he was using thanks to an advantageous crop factor! :)
 
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