September 2, 2006
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Today Im bring my Posse Along to shoot with me
I’m bringing my friends and fellow photographers the Lydells along today to shoot with me at my wedding. Its going to be a real treat for all of us. They’re really good at shooting journalistic style and I’ll have them get some shots of me shooting the wedding too. Its going to take about 48 hours of labor afterwards going through almost 2500 images editing and selecting which ones I’ll deliver to my clients. Ah…digital it makes our lives so much easier, NOT! The old days of film were so easy. You would shoot and compose, send the film to the lab that color corrected everything and sit back and get your finished prints. Now all of us (photographers) sit for hours at a computer going blind, color correcting, retouching and adding special touches to our images, This adds about four time’s more labor than ever before, not counting the thousands of dollars I have spent on all the software it takes to create the finished images for clients. But the great thing about shooting digital is to see your image right away, and catch and correct something if its captured with the wrong exposer or someones eyes are shut!
Oh and a little secret about digital capture too, I can make a bad image look great. Can’t do that with film.
We’ll be at the Montivena Winery in Plymouth, California today heres a photo from their site.
Comments (4)
I look forward to seeing the images from your big day!! Good Luck!
Looks like it will be a beautiful wedding with all of you shooting and the location.
Also thanks for stopping by and your comments on my xanga! Look forward to seeing this wedding.
Randy – what an awesome wedding today, and such a great couple. Thanks again for letting us hook up with you to help shoot the wedding. We just got in, and are exhausted. But I know I’ll at least look at some of the pics before I head off to bed tonight. It’s a photographers sickness…with digital, you cant wait to look at your pictures!
I agreee totally with your assessment of how digital has changed the photographers lifestyle. All those hours at the computer, but it is my favorite part. I also love the way you can take an image that wouldnt have been useable if it was film, and make it a great shot!
Talk to you soon! Cant wait to see what you shot today also! I know we all got some great shots.
Mark