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I've been lazy with the blog lately, but I promise to put more posts up in this next month (I've got 4 weddings in 3 weeks in March). 

So, on to the task at hand. I'm a member of several photography forums and groups, and lately pro's have been complaning about guests with cameras at weddings. I'm talking about guests with cameras that are just as good as the ones we're using to shoot weddings professionally.

Here's my opinion on it: I don't care if anyone has a camera at the wedding. I'm not really concerned about someone stealing my poses or shooting pictures that might be better than mine. The girl in the picture below was shooting dancing pictures at Jordan and Eric's wedding in January. It's perfectly fine with me, and plus, I think it's adorable and awesome that so many people are entering the world of photography. So shoot away!

I've always said that photography is one-half equipment, one half talent, and one half lighting. On a side note, photographer's are terrible with fractions. But in all seriousness, it took me a long time to get comfortable with the camera and comfortable shooting weddings. Guests with cameras have only one-half of the equation.

Comments

[debi]

Having printed a jillion weddings for photographers - before we stopped all that & began to specialize in school photos - the big problem I saw with more than one camera at a wedding was the flash problem. More than one flash going off at once & messing up the pro's exposure. Which, of course, said pro then expected us to fix at machine/cheap print prices. NEVER wanted to actually pay for the custom print needed.

In addition, I've dealt with lots of "professionals" who had plenty of reasons to be worried about other photos being taken at their job. The quality was better than theirs. You shoot wonderful images, so have no need to worry about competing with amateurs. You should pat yourself on the back - that's not necessarily the norm around here.

:)