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Mark_S · 12-07-2006, 08:01 AM

I am not a wedding photographer - by far the vast majority of my work is Landscape. I have photographed one wedding - for a friend, who is an artist, and has the budget that one would expect of an artist

, the groom is a DJ. I tried to talk her out of it, but she insisted that she did not want a traditional wedding shoot. She hired a photographer to do some portraits prior to the ceremony, and she asked me to just shoot what I wanted - that she wanted something more artistic and original for the day itself.

In my opinion, one of the most important things when doing a job for someone is to understand what it is that your client wants. A list of poses and lighting for traditional wedding portraits might not be it!

12-07-2006, 08:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Mark_S Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cumberland, ME Posts: 217	I am not a wedding photographer - by far the vast majority of my work is Landscape. I have photographed one wedding - for a friend, who is an artist, and has the budget that one would expect of an artist , the groom is a DJ. I tried to talk her out of it, but she insisted that she did not want a traditional wedding shoot. She hired a photographer to do some portraits prior to the ceremony, and she asked me to just shoot what I wanted - that she wanted something more artistic and original for the day itself. In my opinion, one of the most important things when doing a job for someone is to understand what it is that your client wants. A list of poses and lighting for traditional wedding portraits might not be it!