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My Wedding June 3rd 2010 – any interested parties?
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Folks – I’m getting married this summer not far from Loughrea in Co. Galway. The big day is June 3rd…
I am looking for a competent photographer with wedding experience who is looking to expand their portfolio and gain some additional experience to take our wedding photographs on the day.
I cannot afford to pay the huge fees charged by established wedding photographers for an assortment of leather albums etc etc. I need somebody to shoot for between 2-4 hours. I am offering payment of course but not in the same league that “professional” photographers are asking for.
I don’t require images developed or any post production. I will look after all of that myself. I am just looking for high-res images on a cd/memory stick or equivalent.
Can interested parties please contact me at daithi33gmail.com
I would also need to see a portfolio/samples of your previous work.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Thanks
DaithiI think you are being a cheap skate here to be honest
Wedding tog work damb hard for there money in my book
If you are getting married you will have costed in the price of a pro tog
This is the type of thing that you see on all the photography forums(I’m getting married and cant afford a ……)
Sorry to sound harsh but you can get your wedding covered for less than a grand
You want some one to come along for a day and cover everything for a few yoyos for there time
and on top of all that you expect them to hand over high res images so you can do them your self
Sorry for the rantCathal
And BTW I am not a wedding tog but I am standing up for those who have put a lot of time and money into setting up as one
Fair dues to you Cathal…this question of photos at high res. is been asked about on many
different forums at the moment….turning up and taking the photos and then spending days
processing them and having them ready to put on a CD is really the hard part of any wedding
photographers job…lets be honest about it…once the images are processed I find the printing
and putting together of the album a nice part of the whole process….why do couples think that
turning up and taking the photos is the easy part of a photographers job…and then to think that they
will hand them over for a few hundred euro….there is a good discussion going on here with another
thread viewtopic.php?f=44&t=35402 and its really worth reading
all the posts on it.
Daithi…why would’nt you want to pay the proper rate to a photographer who would turn up on this
the most important day of your life…why now are people putting this expense down as a luxury that
they can really dispense with. The number of couples lately that have been disappointed with the
photos presented to them by so called “competent photographers” is hugely on the increase. Its a special
day and you will have those memories for the rest of your life but if they turn out bad…well…what can I say.Noel Browne.
Cathal and Noel,
I wasn’t looking for anybody’s rants or general opinions to be honest. If I were, I would have asked for them.
How one chooses to spend their hard earned cash on their day is up to them. If somebody with good photographic ability is looking to get into this business and expand their portfolio then this a great opportunity.
I have spoken with several people who were more than happy to take me up on my offer so it’s a win win for all concerned.
Cheers for your two pence worth – this thread is now closed.
Hopefully the results will match your expectations and as for a rant…its my opinion only of
course but as a photographer working full-time in the business it seems as I said that more
and more people are asking photographers for high-res files to do what they want with them,
remember Daithi that the photographer still owns the copyright to the shots no matter what
you want to do with them and Just to finish…just because you say “this thread is now closed”
thats up to the moderators of the site and not YOUGood luck with your day but beware !!!!
Noel Browne.
No rant here just expressing my personal opinion
which I think I am entitled to do unless the mods tell me I cant on this
thread, so until Mark or Steve lock this and not you I will share my two pence worth
Perhaps the said amount is the price your looking to payAll da best
Cathal
cathald wrote:
I think you are being a cheap skate here to be honest
redfox wrote:
This is the type of thing that you see on all the photography forums(I’m getting married and cant afford a ……)
Sorry to sound harsh but you can get your wedding covered for less than a grandcathald wrote:
Sorry for the rant
Cathal
Gents,
I don’t have any issue with anybody expressing an opinion but I did find Cathalds remarks in his first post rather offensive and inconsiderate. Less than a grand is great for photographs if you have plenty of cash. What if you have a family and have been made redundant in recent months? A grand can mean a lot of money then…
My choice suits me and the photographer that has decided to avail of this opportunity. He has also agreed to part with copyright of the images as long as he can use them as part of his portfolio to win future business. Not a problem for me.
Thread closed obviously lies with the moderators etc – it was my way of saying, “that’s all I have to say on the matter”.
Daithi
Well I was considering contacting you Daithi!
I would have been more than happy to shoot the day ! [never done a wedding before]
. . . turn up with gear . . . shoot . . . had over supplied Flash cards . . . collect cash and walk away !
no post processing. The way I see it is lets say ‘a few of hundred’ euro or an average
country weeks wage for 4 hours work, happy freakin days if you ask me.not everyone has to employ the services of a pro wedding shooter. I wonder how many wedding
shooters in this current economic climate who are quiet would do this work . . . money in the back pocket
for little effort!on a seperate note . . . do married couples show off all their pictures to everyone they meet? . . . possibly
for the first year and then they are most likely confined to the attic. the pictures that is :)over and out
Couldn’t have said it better Alan –
Btw I didn’t loose my job either – and I don’t have a family but what if….
yep, tough times all round.
best of luck for the future Daithi !
hopefully will meet up in the summer.
Does this point at changing business models in the Wedding industry? Hiring the photographer on a time basis where the client gets all the originals, and the photographer can walk away and let the client get the processing done separately?
I can see a lot of old-school photographers screaming blue murder at this, but I can certainly see a lot of semi-pro photographers jumping at this for the convenience of not having to process afterwards.
Rgds,
Dave.climberhunt wrote:
Does this point at changing business models in the Wedding industry? Hiring the photographer on a time basis where the client gets all the originals, and the photographer can walk away and let the client get the processing done separately?
I can see a lot of old-school photographers screaming blue murder at this, but I can certainly see a lot of semi-pro photographers jumping at this for the convenience of not having to process afterwards.
Rgds,
Dave.Dave I think you are on the money here, the business model has to change, customers need more choice, but good old school photographers will have no issue with this as they will always get the high end work well paying work where processing is never an issue just a minor cost. It will impact at the middle and lower end of the market where competition is getting stronger with so many new entrants into “professional” photography chasing a smaller client base.
However I think Daithi is correct to hire a photographer within in his budget and his terms and in seeking a recent portfolio of images from prospective photographers should guarentee a good quality of work at a price he is willing to pay. Nothing wrong with competition based on quality of work and price especially in a recession. This post reminded me of a good business idea of doing something like this for couples seeking the services of a wedding photographer, something like creating a wedding photographers league table based on regular assements of photographers recent work , service provided and value for money. We rally need something like this to improve the image of professional photography in Ireland.
Hi,
Just noticed that I was quoted in one of the posts, please check right to the top of this topic and you’ll see that all I said was bump, nothing else.
Redfox
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