> Does this mean you are out of the wedding business? Bill Barber
No, not at all. But between OMs and digital I've got that world kinda
covered right now. If I was to shoot with that camera I'd have to put
a hefty price premium to cover film and processing.
The style of shooting now is to saturate the coverage. I still like to
shoot in the 600 range, but I've gotten really burned the last couple
of years. Reprint income has totally disappeared. We have to get 100%
of our income up front with the package. Package generally means an
album with a selection of stand-alone prints. My clientelle gets all
freaked out at the price of an all-inclusive package. If I could get
them all to buy $3000+ packages, I'd shoot all 600 with the Texas
Leica.
I don't cater to the carriage crowd. More like the shotgun-third
marriage-my ten children crowd. Honestly, I shot one of those with a
pocket camera one time. I could do it with my cellphone, probably.
The cool thing about the Texas Leica, is that the style of images is
totally different than the current DSLR look. Everybody and their
brother is shooting with the same lens-camera-flash combinations and
it shows. We're all about as original as an envelope of McDonalds
french fries.
AG
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