Getting married, very small ceremony, different kind of wedding photographer

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One person's manure is another person's wealth...

No, pretty much everyone else agreed they were crap. The comments on his instagram absolutely tore him to shreds and he ended up deleting them.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

No, pretty much everyone else agreed they were crap. The comments on his instagram absolutely tore him to shreds and he ended up deleting them.

My comment was not particular but general - obviously, I can have no view on this example.

 

[jamesev]

Back to the original post - a friend of mine had a small wedding like that, registry office/parents house/pub etc. Rather than booking a photographer a couple of us were asked to make Sur we brought our cameras, and a group album was set up for photos to be uploaded to.

So were you invited as a guest or because you had a great camera? the "asked to make sure we brought our cameras" sounds like it was to be a functional presence

 

[Dryce]

I always claimed people look at the wedding album five times (mostly)
One, when they get it,
Two, when aunty Maud who wasn't at the wedding visits,
Three, the first aniversary of the wedding (if they remember the date).
Four, after a big fight.
Five, when one is cutting the other out of the pictures after the divorce.

I know I'm an old jaded cynic, but I've been married. As the great Groucho once said. "Marriage is a wonderful institution... But who wants to live in an institution?"

Still it's paid the bills.......

I think there's a sad truth to this.

But I would add that I have extracted photographs from wedding albums after relatives have died to make sure there is a record. Some of the photographs have ended up being quite poignant not just because of the (presumably) happy couple.

Our wedding album was a large collection of shots taken by guests. It has provided a rich source of memories of people after they have passed and a few youngsters who are now a lot older.

But also the other people in groups. I keep selections of shots that I have taken at family weddings. I used to try and take candid shots and more formal groups. But these days if I attend with my camera then I'm after individual portraits - in that sense the wedding becomes an opportunity to get shots of people where the wedding becomes a facilitator.

 

[Bodian]

Back to the original post - a friend of mine had a small wedding like that, registry office/parents house/pub etc. Rather than booking a photographer a couple of us were asked to make Sur we brought our cameras, and a group album was set up for photos to be uploaded to. I used it as an excuse to buy a new lens, and I believe another one of my mates used it to justify a 5Dmk4. The couple were happy with the photos (and are still together).

So hilariously you basically paid for the benefit of taking some photos at their wedding.

Have seen this before on here, always seems a bit bizarre and is always hilarious to me. I remember someone on here a few years ago that went out and spent about 5-6k so he could take photos at a friends wedding. All so his friends could cheap out on having a proper photographer.

A few years ago someone messaged us on Instagram asking could they hire some of our equipment so they could photograph their friends wedding, obviously we said no. He was a wildlife photographer, seen the photos after they were absolute lolz, he should have stuck to wildlife.

I think they were saying that it was an excuse to justify to their other halves buying what they wanted anyway!

 

[Craikeybaby]

So were you invited as a guest or because you had a great camera? the "asked to make sure we brought our cameras" sounds like it was to be a functional presence

One of my oldest friends, who was an usher at my wedding... I was also one of the witnesses.

I think they were saying that it was an excuse to justify to their other halves buying what they wanted anyway!

Exactly.