Hi Martin there are some great photography clubs in Donegal it might be a idea to make contact with them as they would know the best place’s to go,clubs like http://www.buncranacameraclub.com they are all very nice guys and ladies and i’m sure they would point you in the right direction some of the club members are also members here too
hi i hope this will work for you i have had the same problem with my camera i found this a while ago and it sorted it out
“Work in a clean environment.
Your Sigma lens may need the contacts cleaned with a lintless cloth barely soaked with alcohol.. Do the same with the contacts on the front of the D40″.
and it would have nothing to do with the fact that GETTY are the official photography agency of the london games http://www.petapixel.com/2012/06/16/getty-to-capture-olympics-with-helicams-timelapse-360-degree-cameras-and-more/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false; do they think we are all gullible they want you to spend your money and do what other big company’s want you to do was China this bad …… no then again it is England we are talking about hell they might think you are going to use the image’s for some other sinister activity lol
hello edwin as someone who is not about to start wedding photography i don’t know a lot about the hole pricing thing but this might help this is only a guide http://www.weddingsonline.ie/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=702223&sid=92d83de2ecf6994b6289031ca45f7cbc” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false; that said the couple have already done some looking around that is for sure so i bet that they have a ball park price .if i where you i would sit down and show the couple explain to them what your style of photography is , what you can offer them , work out a shoot list, a shoot schedule ,then factor in all your cost’s but do be fair to the couple.if your style of wedding photography cost’s eg. €4500 then that is what you charge.if your style of wedding photography cost €650 again that is what you charge . wedding photography is a very saturated area of photography right now so you need to compete with a lot of people like what pcphoto has mentioned there are lots of horror stories out there you will find some on this site ,so sorry if i went on a little but it’s not all about what you charge they already have an idea about that its all about the bride and groom having the best possible memories of the biggest day in there live’s so with that said please take all of what pcphoto has said and explain every thing to the couple and if you are the lucky photographer to get the booking make it the best work you have ever done because you have on average 150 potential client’s there as well on the big day . p.s. there is no set price for a wedding photographer there is a starting price ,photographer’s spend a lot of money on there profession that is what cost’s everyone will have a different price p.s. dont forget to give the wee taxman a little as well . hope this helps …..
my kindest regards
As a amateur photographer i have looked at this thread and thought the same how can some people get away with this kind of service
But then i looked at the response from other members so here is my thoughts
1 the fact that €650 for ur biggest day just on a CD is just unbelievable yes they should have got images that where of a high quality but did the couple ask for references , speak to the the referrals , look at the printed photos ,talk to the photographer an sort out the days shoot look at the vat no on the quote that they should have got from the said photographer
2 couples spend thousands on there wedding ie dress, cars , hotel, honeymoon etc ……. and €650 on their photographer to just put images on a CD , there in lays the problem and that can not be regulated …… how ever i do feel so sorry that that couple had a bad experience with a so called photographer but they could have got lots more photographer’s to do there wedding they chose the cheapest ……… not to say that if they had got a more expensive photographer they would have had fantastic wedding photo’s but with the proper planing they would have had exactly what they wanted .
3 regulation well thats thing it can work but with photography i don’t see how it can this big list that “pro photographer’s” have that in their mind will only drive photography into the black market when people will have even more horror stories to tell wedding photography is changing all the time new fads are coming in all the time and a lot of that is due to amateur photographer’s pushing them the boundaries , i think regulation will put photography back yr’s i’m sure every pro photographer out there would like to see there Business protected from the” sunday pro “my answer to that is move with the times and let your work stand for its self we have courts to deal with people like that couple had to deal with regulation will not stop people trying to get a deal ……….. serve an apprenticeship (minimum 2-3years of studying under a professional photographer this would be a fine idea but and it is a but will that not just serve to turn out the same old style wedding photos AGAIN what will i learn from this pro how to make all of my income from photography or will this pro teach me something totally new that i could not come up with from developing my own style
i would much rather pick up the paper and read that photographer go’s to jail for doing a crapy job of a couples wedding .. when we see the first Instagram wedding will we except it or will we want to regulate it as well
this is not ment to offend any photographer’s out there it is only My Opinion
i’m sure that there are enough pro photographers out there that could reshoot most of that couples wedding for free and give them something to have for there album its just a thought