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My first wedding and a special thanks to Neil vN.
Good evening all,
My name is Gordon and I am an aspiring wedding photographer. I live in the South of England and I have been following the tangents forum for some time since seeing the "Direction of Light" seminar at B&H Photo by Mr Van Niekirk himself. I adore Neil's somewhat simplistic approach to exposure freeing up the mind to concentrate on composition and building a good rapport with the clients. This new found knowledge combined with shooting a few friends weddings gave me the confidence to set myself up as a wedding photographer. Now I have 5 weddings to shoot this year and 7 bookings already for next year. My images certainly aren't perfect and I have a long way to go but people enjoy working with me and as a result the recommendations come in. I have now purchased the Off Camera Flash book and hope to include this in to work flow to create some more drama in my images.
Regards,
Gordon
Comments
You are the photographer, they pay you, never heard of a photographer getting gifts for the couple before, but it may be something other countries do, not us. (Australia)
Advice re time for pictures, do you mean delivery time after the shoot? If so, I state 4-6 weeks for full edits on all images.
Gordon, congrats on your first wedding mate.