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So i have a christening booked for Sunday for a lovely family I know and have worked with before, two days before the event the Rev lets her know there is no photography backed up by the warden who confirmed it also. In this day and age i cannot believe how backward thinking some of these people are, the church should be actively encouraging photography as a method of marketing itself not banning it from precious moments.

I also love the way these so called people of god keep important facts to themselves till its to late to do anything about it !

Rant Over . Off to stick some pins in a Doll.
 
I agreed to take some shots of my wife's friends baby being Christened and she too had squared it with the priest. The service went well and over to the font we go. Those two, the baby and priest are there and i walk over to them. He doesn't even blink so i think everything is fine then when the baby's head is being wet i start taking some shots and he stops in his tracks and tells me to stop taking photos as it's very off putting. I was livid. Nothing like being told off in front of 100 people you barely know to get your heckles up. I deliberately did't use flash too in case he didn't like it and he still wasn't happy.

Priests and Vicars and the like in my opinion are not right in the head and so far out of touch with the rest of their communities it's not true. They will stop loving parents have the kids Christened (in the Catholic church at least) because they're not married or one of them is not Catholic. It's outrageous. I myself am a Catholic and my wife and i were married in the Dominican Republic and when we went to see our local priest back home years later about my son being Christened he said something along the lines of "when are you getting your marriage blessed." I told him we had no intention of getting anything blessed and he wasn't happy. What makes a marriage more official/Catholic or whatever if the ceremony is performed in Scotland rather than the Dominican? It makes my blood boil that people still lend any weight to what these idiots say. I don't like religion in the main due to the many fanatics that use it as an excuse to do bad things but i would expect Priests/Vicars to be trying their best to encourage people to attend their ceremonies and not put them off with their behavior.

Rant over. Cheers Andrew thats both of us going to the bad fire !!!!!!!!!!
 
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scottduffy said:
Priests and Vicars and the like in my opinion are not right in the head
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True for most of the ones I've tangled with, although it must be said that I've known a fair few mentalist photographers too.

For me, though, the most enduring mystery of all where church weddings in particular are concerned is this. I understand that in general, church attendances are declining year on year, despite what some would have you believe. So why then, when a priest has the church full of people who probably only ever go into one for a Christening, a wedding or a funeral, does he or she never seem to take the opportunity to sell the idea to them, instead of so often coming across as a miserable b****r primarily concerned with not taking photos, not throwing confetti, and there's a collection box by the door on your way out ...?

No end of times I've relished the thought of stripping off my kit and running naked up the aisle shouting "Satan lives!" just for the fun of it :cool:
 
I was lucky, I had no problems a tall at my two's Christening back in 2003, Nice little church on Canvey Island & nice Rev
 
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Lol Sid , its sad but true, the Vicar who announces the desperate collection at the end of every service and the failing church roof is the same person who is incapable of selling / marketing the church and wonders why they have a dwindling congregation and financial problems.

Just out of interest what shutter speed would i need to freeze you and your appendages running down the aisle lol
 
:oops: :$Dan that might not be too wise unless you wanted to take a human backpack home with you. Priests don't see that form often you know
 
scottduffy said:
:oops: :$Dan that might not be too wise unless you wanted to take a human backpack home with you. Priests don't see that form often you know
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Oh gosh, I'd forgotten about this one. True story coming up ...

The service was taken by the groom's nephew, a very young and brand new CofE priest who had never done a wedding on his own before. All went well until it came to the signing, which they did in the middle of the ceremony rather than at the end.

The groom was a barrister and his new wife a solicitor. As they approached the vestry door, by which I was standing snapping away as you do, the priest turned to his uncle and clearly said the immortal words "When we get in there, I'm going to do something highly illegal ..."

I of course instantly started planning how to spend the money I'd make from the story and hopefully the pictures of the foul deed too, but alas, he simply meant that he'd forgotten to fill in the paperwork beforehand so he was going to invite the couple and their witnesses to sign blanks and he'd complete them after the service :rolleyes:

Come to think of it, that was also the only wedding at which either of us encountered a viscountess in her 80's cleaning the reception venue bogs out with a mop and bucket whilst wearing one yellow and one pink rubber glove, straight after she'd played the organ in the church next door ...
 
Sounds like someone had been passing out acid !!! You could never mind selling the story to papers and try selling it to film makers instead. Sounds like an Irvine Welsh job.
 
I have been to a couple of weddings and and christenings, I have taken photo's and video at two.
On both occassions before the service I checked with the reverend on the policy of taking pictures, one requested no pictures during the service and one was quite happy for pictures.
What people obviously forget is that a wedding, christening etc are not simply social events or photo oportunities, they are religous services where in theory people are making legal and sacred bonds and promises; It is unusual that this is done in a social enviroment where it is witnessed by the general public.
It is simply a case of manners and seperating the sacred from the secular, when you have that sorted there is no problem.
I am told that during the registry signing it is illegal to take photographs which is why it is staged afterwards for pictures.
I am sure if at my place of work someone came sticking a lens in my face while working I would take umbridge if there had been no pre warning or request.
 
I've never had a problem with the priest at my local church, he welcomes photographers.
 
Mike54 said:
I am told that during the registry signing it is illegal to take photographs which is why it is staged afterwards for pictures.
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What you were told is wrong. That is a common misconception, and is also one of the standard excuses often used by both registrars and priests who don't like the practice. Apologies for the conversion done on an uncalibrated laptop, but just as an example, this kind of shot is actually fairly routine for a professional wedding photographer ...

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Andrew Davies Photography said:
Lol Sid , its sad but true, the Vicar who announces the desperate collection at the end of every service and the failing church roof is the same person who is incapable of selling / marketing the church and wonders why they have a dwindling congregation and financial problems.

Just out of interest what shutter speed would i need to freeze you and your appendages running down the aisle lol
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Why worry about that? The most important thing is if you have a 100mm macro lens
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Serendipitous Sid said:
What you were told is wrong. That is a common misconception, and is also one of the standard excuses often used by both registrars and priests who don't like the practice. Apologies for the conversion done on an uncalibrated laptop, but just as an example, this kind of shot is actually fairly routine for a professional wedding photographer ...

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I'll accept the fact that it may be a misconception, but if the clergy or Registrar request that it is not done then that is the end of conversation as far I was concerned.
Their turf, their game, their rules.
 
Hi Mike, I would have completely understood if the priest said no but I think it's shocking that he said yes then when the ceremony has started he changes his mind. Religious ceremony or not he should know better than to act like that. Some priests especially believe it's the dark ages when they could and often did do whatever they liked to whoever they chose. They don't have power like they used to and I for one think we're all the better for it.
 
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