how not to be a wedding photographer.

It's the curse we suffer as photography equipment becomes cheaper and cheaper.

I jumped in with both feet. Read everything I could, seconded at 1 wedding and then blew £7k on gear. I know at least 4 people doing weddings for £2-300 a time using basic gear like a D60 and taking rubbish photos. Ask me for advice etc but i just refuse to help.

I offer couples information on choosing a tog, what to look for and what to expect.

Educate the customer as much as you can, but there's always going to be a market for the low quality budget togs.
 
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An Exception said:
What's this I keep hearing about gear? I keep getting told it doesn't matter what you shoot because it doesn't make you a better photographer.
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There are some requirements though.

Whilst I'd happily trust yourself, or some of the other togs on here to shoot my wedding with a 650D, 50 1.8, 85 1.8 and some kind of wider budget lens, with a flash or two, this is because I've seen the results that you guys can obtain. In this scenario I know the shots wouldn't be as good as a normal set, talent and experience make up a lot of the ability.

That said, someone could come along with a 24/35/50/85/135 L and some mkiii's but without seeing shots I'd be telling you to walk, no matter how cheap you wanted to do it. Or, I'd at least be expecting worse photos.

The OP example seems particularly the fault of the BG. They really failed to understand that you get what you pay for, and don't ask someone to do you a favour so to speak and the sue them if you're not happy with the results.

I'm willing to bet the Sun took the worst examples of photos to make the photos fit their story as well.

What's more, the suns photographer, whilst not bad, was mediocre at best. Again, if those were in someone's portfolio I'd be wary. I would expect photos like those from a second tog, not the primary one.

kd
 
An Exception said:
What's this I keep hearing about gear? I keep getting told it doesn't matter what you shoot because it doesn't make you a better photographer.
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Of course gear matters...but it's not the gear that makes the photo, if just allows the photographer to capture what they want how they want it.

I've used a D60 at a wedding as a guest way back when I first started. During the day with a 35mm 1.8 it did a fine job. As soon as the light started to go and the night do began it was terrible. Anything over iso 800 was so noisy it wasn't worth bothering with. D700 allows me to capture the photos I want without the need for flash :)

It also shows that they've at least invested something in their photos.
 
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