Wedding Photography?

Raymond Lin said:
tbf, i never go as far as you do.

I simply respect their wishes as it is their church and their rules.

I cba arguing the "legal document" thus no photograph because it is data protection act. I can request a copy of it from the registry for about £20, it is a public document!

Then again, i respect their wishes.
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I respect my clients and want the best for them. If you don't ask, you don't get. If I hadn't called the Vicar and courteously asked the Vicar what their rules were ahead of time, the clients would have missed some precious moments.
Apparently according to the Vicar they are having a really old kind of service from the early 1900's, so it would have been a shame to miss that.

I have such protections in my contract, but if given the choice I would rather provide full coverage than disappoint, or even rely on a particular clause in a contract.
 
An Exception said:
I respect my clients and want the best for them. If you don't ask, you don't get. If I hadn't called the Vicar and courteously asked the Vicar what their rules were ahead of time, the clients would have missed some precious moments.
Apparently according to the Vicar they are having a really old kind of service from the early 1900's, so it would have been a shame to miss that.

I have such protections in my contract, but if given the choice I would rather provide full coverage than disappoint, or even rely on a particular clause in a contract.
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Oh I completely agree, I also do weddings because I enjoy them and the end result, so it would be a massive disappointment to myself too! I will always do what I can, and was just saying that sometimes you may have to get the client involved
 
An Exception said:
I respect my clients and want the best for them. If you don't ask, you don't get. If I hadn't called the Vicar and courteously asked the Vicar what their rules were ahead of time, the clients would have missed some precious moments.
Apparently according to the Vicar they are having a really old kind of service from the early 1900's, so it would have been a shame to miss that.

I have such protections in my contract, but if given the choice I would rather provide full coverage than disappoint, or even rely on a particular clause in a contract.
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Perhaps I haven't made myself clear earlier.

Like you, I will try to speak to the vicar in advance if possible. I ask for their rules, it is the polite thing to do. I have encountered one like yours, which is strictly no. I tried the "what if I stand way at the back, out of the way" - No. "What if I only take it at the important moment - first kiss?" - No.

Then gives me the evil look.

What i haven't done is have a little debate with them on the subject of its their special day. Because that much is obvious and in the vicar's point of view, their special day can be ruined by the distraction of a photographer walking around, clicking away. The photographer is the one guy in the church that is not a part of the ceremony. As far as the vicar is concerned, we don't need to be there. The vicar isn't concerned about the photographer getting the photos nor if the couple get some photos. The vicar is concerned about his job not being interrupted by a intrusive photographer (not saying it is you, clearly in the past it has happened), and there is no way the vicar can tell what you are like until after the ceremony. By then it would be a bit late.

Back to the wedding that told me no photos (except walking down the aisle). I did sneak in a couple from the back, where i was told to go. Besides, the couple also knew about the no photos rule in advance from the vicar, and was happy with that arrangement. They had not expect a single photo from inside the church.

Basically:-

Find out the rules, make sure the couple knows the rules and is happy with it.
If the rules are very strict, try to negotiate a little.
Then during the ceremony. Take your chances ;)

p.s. it is partly why I wear rubber bottom leather shoes. MUCH quieter walking on a hard service.
 
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Vicars, registrars and vergers are the nightmares in any wedding.

We've had a two camera film shoot at a church but the vicar would only allow one camera to film the ceremony. Why... who knows.

Anyway the bride and groom just told us to "see what we can do" so we ran the second camera at the back of the church anyway. Bearing in mind we're on a tripod, never moving, making no sound at all I don't see what the fuss is.

The vicar obviously saw the red light on the front of the camera or the framing being adjusted and she actually stopped the service in the middle of the vows and told us to turn the camera off. I just stepped back and left the camera running and then a verger came and stood in front of it to block the shot.

I understand it if they don't like people moving around or being a distraction or making noise etc, but that was just wtf. She showed more disrespect and caused more of an interruption herself than we ever would.
 
Thinking about putting my first proper kit together and the only real option I can think of for a one lens kit is the 24-70. Was trying to convince myself that 24-105 would do in terms of light performance with high ISO ff capabilities, but not enough potential for boooookeeehhh!
 
PistolPete said:
Have seen it. I wanted to check if it was that one or another paid gig that wasn't a wedding.
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I bought my first 5Dii specifically for that wedding, out of my own pocket, the wedding didn't even come close to cover the cost of that. I made a huge loss on that wedding, I also bought an iMac so I can process the photos but I did it to get a portfolio, it was a gamble looking back at it. I spent about £4.5k of my own money to get the right gear together.

Rented a 24-70L
Borrowed a 70-200 from a friend (didn't use it)
Already have a 16-35L & 50/1.4
30D was back up.
550ex and 580exii flash.

It's a lot more gear than most people who do their first wedding but I made sure it was done properly, with back up gear.

p.s. that wedding is not currently on my sites I've did an update and slowly migrating all the photos across in higher res.
 
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Thread revival Batman etc lol.

Quite amusing (in a good way) looking back through my archive at how many OcUKer weddings I've documented now :D
 
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