*****OcUk London Photography Meet WITH STARS!!! November 3rd*****
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Ouch!
If I drive I can do an Oxford route, at the moment though I'm more likely to get the train if I travel from home. I might be going straight there from Cambridge on the Friday night though as another option... Although then I'd have to lug my works laptop around as well thinking about it, so that's not likely!
[broken record]I WILL update this thread tonight, with some ideas on where to go and numbers etc[/broken record]
I'm starting to think you've been cutting and pasting this reply for 2 years
That's sucks, sorry to hear that
Also ManCuBuS, didn't even see your post, that's bad news man
Cheers fellas.
Poo happens I guess but the house is paid for and we don't have any debt at all so I'm not too concerned at this point.
I more gutted because I actually like my job and the people I work with are a great bunch, the company have just decided to move operations to Asia.
I guess it will put any photography related investments on hold for a while..........maybe
You know what this means then, start making money from photography
Haha, armed with Sony gear? Surely thats never been done before?
Also I'm extremely lacking in the talent department so would probably get punched a lot for providing cack pics.
Haha, armed with Sony gear? Surely thats never been done before?
Also I'm extremely lacking in the talent department so would probably get punched a lot for providing cack pics.
The pro at my sisters wedding was shooting Sony
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Trying to convince my gf to go with the 7d
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Thanks for the offer guys, and sorry to hear of your bad news ManCuBuS.
Not sure if I'm going yet, a new car is my top priority, but if I have any cash/time I can spare, then I might tag along.
The pro at my sisters wedding was shooting Sony
Must have been a dare or something.
Nah seriously, landscapes, animals, randoms I'm pretty ok with. If you don't nail it on the first attempt you just do it again and they aint paying you.
However snapping people for money scares me to death, I dont know why but it does.
On the hand I suppose you'll never learn to swim if you never get in the water.
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It scares me to, it's a love/hate thing.
I dont think its the actual picture taking that bothers me.
Its the interaction with the subject to get the best out them, I wouldn't have a clue and I'm about as charming as a rabid dog.
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Yes, that's the scary bit. (and what I thought you were referring to anyway)
Meeting a couple of strangers for the first time in a car park to do a shoot isn't fun. You have to put your brave face on, or else it will be an awkward train crash. I always feel a little uncomfortable and out of my depth, but I can't let the client(s) see even a glimpse of self doubt.
It's often the same for the subjects really, a few have told me how much they were dreading the shoot. For them it's possibly worse, they are meeting a stranger with a camera (often they don't like having their picture taken), and they often feel that their pictures will suck badly, and that they are really un-photogenic.
Below is what a bride said regarding a shoot that's scheduled to be published on a blog this coming Monday.
"James is, of course, a natural in front of the camera. I'm the polar opposite - nervous, rigid and trying to avoid being in front of the lens at every opportunity. I'm well known amongst our friends for taking copious amounts of photos but never appearing in any without a trusty prop (friend or other).
It's no exaggeration to say I was dreading the engagement shoot. Whilst I had every confidence in our photographer xxxxxxxxxxx (having fallen in love with his work months ago) I firstly couldn't imagine that with me as 50% of his subject matter the results would be pleasing on the eye and secondly wasn't sure about the notion of an 'engagement shoot' (imagining some kind of soft focus, fixed grin, catalogue posed images that would never grace our albums).
But I'm so glad that xxxx encouraged us to have the shoot. The results are beautiful (I think he may be a magician!), I feel far more relaxed about the photos for our wedding day and love that fact that they reflect us at our best - larking around doing 'Blue Steel' impressions in a field full of bewildered sheep!
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It does however give you a buzz if all goes well (it's never not gone well so far - touch wood), and it doesn't take long before everyone is actually having fun.
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Think mrk is I have a 16-35mm II too