Poor Ken.
Sometimes all the problems seem to come together in one wedding. I
was at a wedding recently where the photographer (a friend) handed me
his Hasse and a screwdriver and asked if I could figure out how to
get the lens off. Somehow the lens had gotten stuck (interlock pin??
who knows). Fortunately he had another body.
My wife and I were at a wedding of a former colleague (of hers)
where we did almost everything. This guy was, shall we say, colorful.
Rumor had it that he had a personal file an inch thick at the
district office, virtually all of it complaints from parents of his
students. We showed up and then had to go out and buy ice for the
punch. When we got back he stuck a 35 mm slr with a large zoom lens
attached in my hands (the C brand) . The kind with a large lcd
display on top with cryptic symbols obviously copied from the control
panel of an alien spacecraft. He hadn't hired a photographer and
wanted someone to shoot with his camera. He said all I needed to do
was point and shoot, 'it will do everything automatically'. I still
don't know what was happening as I never saw the pictures. I do know
that during the wedding (he wanted me to shoot everything) the mirror
would go up, the shutter would open, the strobe would fire, and, 5
seconds later, the shutter would close. I had no idea what mode I
was shooting in, or what the camera was doing. The outdoor stuff
seemed to sound ok.
We even ended up vacuuming up the church hall after the reception
(!!) since somehow he worked out a deal if the church didn't need to
vacuum themselves. Like I said, a strange guy.
Oh, give me a Oly any day. At least I could have tried to shoot 1/2
second handhelds.
Hats off to all those poor souls who make a living shooting weddings.
You see some wonderful services with some wonderful people and then
balance it with the other kind.
Tom
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