"that bloke" at a wedding !!

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Going to a good friends wedding tomorrow and have decided not to take the camera , very briefly i did consider taking the 50mm and having a go at some candids etc , but I've decided against it

#1 - I'm gonna get drunk so dont want to lose or damage the camera
#2 - I dont want to be "that bloke" with the camera at the wedding

we've all seen him , he's usually a distant relative , elderly uncle type chap who faffs around with his ageing gear generally annoying folk and mumbling about the war and how cameras and photography were better in his day

What do the rest of you do when invited to friends weddings etc ? do we leave the gear at home and relax and enjoy ourselves or do we become "that bloke"?

BTW I thoroughly dislike weddings :lol:
 
mrgas said:
Going to a good friends wedding tomorrow and have decided not to take the camera , very briefly i did consider taking the 50mm and having a go at some candids etc , but I've decided against it

#1 - I'm gonna get drunk so dont want to lose or damage the camera
#2 - I dont want to be "that bloke" with the camera at the wedding

we've all seen him , he's usually a distant relative , elderly uncle type chap who faffs around with his ageing gear generally annoying folk and mumbling about the war and how cameras and photography were better in his day

What do the rest of you do when invited to friends weddings etc ? do we leave the gear at home and relax and enjoy ourselves or do we become "that bloke"?

BTW I thoroughly dislike weddings :lol:
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1. Get drunk...:thumbs:
2. Shag a bridesmaid...:thumbs:
3. Wake up, urine-soaked and/or covered in sick in a hedge/ditch/police cell...:thumbs:
 
The wife takes her point and shoot, which I'll sometimes use.

Pity it's so pink:eek:
 
BandyQuill said:
i allways take the camera with 50mm/flash but put it under the table, i get a coupple of people im with/bride then leave it under the table (just for FB piccies) buttt i tend to get really drunk and forget it under the table till 10 mins after we leave and have to turn round to get it XD
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taking filthy below the table shots....:lol::coat:
 
Just in case take a compact camera. May you have a use for another reason. ;)
 
Arkady said:
1. Get drunk...:thumbs:
2. Shag a bridesmaid...:thumbs:
3. Wake up, urine-soaked and/or covered in sick in a hedge/ditch/police cell...:thumbs:
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by far the best idea , however the chances of the bridesmaids wanting an overweight grey haired middleaged man on them are very remote

and if mrsgas found out :nono::nono::nono:

I'll probably aim for points 1 and 3
 
mrgas said:
by far the best idea , however the chances of the bridesmaids wanting an overweight grey haired middleaged man on them are very remote...
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I didn't say ask them first, did I? :shrug:
 
I say

"im not touching a camera all day"
I actually leave all the gear, securely locked in my boot

I say
"im not touching a camera all day"
When a compact is thrust at me, I explain im not shooting today and hand it to someone else

However once...
The tog turned up 2 hours late, had missed the church, the getting ready, and the beginning of the reception... He was duly told to uncerimoniously xxxx xxx, as I had allready done the job

The bridesmaid was a 3 bag job, so I declined
 
Arkady, you're coming out with some gems today, love it.


And yes, the industry term for these people is 'uncle bob'.

You can even become a fan on facebook.
 
Arkady said:
Beer is your ally - even ugly birds need loving...
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Thats the reall xxxxxx'er I never drink and shoot, and I was driving to and I dont drink and drive either

Even after the bridesmaid downing most of the beer, she didnt become any more atractive
 
itsdavedotnet said:
Arkady, you're coming out with some gems today, love it.


And yes, the industry term for these people is 'uncle bob'.

You can even become a fan on facebook.
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... and his mate with a video camera

keep the language clean and posts funny please
 
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Arkady said:
I didn't say ask them first, did I? :shrug:
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very true , but they still wouldn't want it though !!!

anyway I got a feeling the bridesmaids may be a little too young for this kind of behaviour
 
You could do worse...

bride_with_gun1.jpg
 
is that one of those US weddings.. bride shoots photographer... Rednecks - Where dawinisim blipped
 
Never take my camera to a wedding. Too many obnoxious twits who start saying things about how "he has a big camera to make up for lack of manhood" - yes I've had that one a few years ago.

Plus you also have the poor souls who ask, "ooh, how many megapixels is it?,.... wow only 10? mine has 12" - When referring to their £85 compact without stopping to think why all their images are grainy AND blurry... and also another favourite - "What times zoom does your camera have?". Then when you say none, they look at you as if you're mad and then you have to either turn and walk away or explain the differences between Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom.
 
wow! I have just looked at my Lightroom catalogue and the last wedding I went to was in August 2007. I had only had an SLR for 18 months or so but definitely took it and took some shots of the couple after the tog had left. They had one of them on their mantlepiece when I went to their house recently. :)

I would take a camera to a wedding now, after all I enjoy taking photos and everybody is dressed up looking good so why not? :shrug:

My wife likes me taking the camera to events, she says that I dont get as hammered when I have something else to do apart from drink...
 
I don't go to weddings unless I'm going to take pics lol

mrgas said:
Going to a good friends wedding tomorrow and have decided not to take the camera , very briefly i did consider taking the 50mm and having a go at some candids etc , but I've decided against it

#1 - I'm gonna get drunk so dont want to lose or damage the camera
#2 - I dont want to be "that bloke" with the camera at the wedding

we've all seen him , he's usually a distant relative , elderly uncle type chap who faffs around with his ageing gear generally annoying folk and mumbling about the war and how cameras and photography were better in his day

What do the rest of you do when invited to friends weddings etc ? do we leave the gear at home and relax and enjoy ourselves or do we become "that bloke"?

BTW I thoroughly dislike weddings :lol:
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Because I am a married man of 25 years any weddings I go to I am with the wife who will not let me get drunk or shag any bridemaids so I usually take the DSLR with a tele zoom and look to get a load of candid shots
 
mrgas said:
What do the rest of you do when invited to friends weddings etc ? do we leave the gear at home and relax and enjoy ourselves or do we become "that bloke"
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I only get asked to weddings now if I take my camera. And do the photos..:'(


MD:lol:
 
Originally Posted by CaptainPenguin
Because I am a married man of 25 years any weddings I go to I am with the wife who will not let me get drunk or shag any bridemaids so I usually take the DSLR with a tele zoom and look to get a load of candid shots of attractive girls

BandyQuill said:
:P
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Tried that but SWMBO keeps peering over my shoulder when I am doing the PP so any shots of nubile maidens with a heaving cleavage can lead to a sharp elbow in the ribs
 
my mrs (wedding tog) has a solution for "uncle bob"
16 and a half stone of beardy husband (me) standing in his way, if he gets to pushy.
and yes, i do take a camera if invited as a guest to a wedding .
but if they have a pro tog, i keep well out of the way.
i usualy end up "official carnage recorder" at the night time do.
 
I went to a wedding yesterday and took my camera. TBH I wouldn't want to try to get the pro shots if there's a pro there. I took my camera pretty much for snapshots - I can't use a compact so I had to take the DSLR or a bridge and TBH DSLR wins hands down. If I wanted to get into wedding photography as a pro or was a second shooter, then maybe I'd think about it differently, but yesterday I was a guest.
 
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