I gave away Polaroid's to wedding guests while the hosts were setting up for the Cutting of the Cake. It was very popular. Didn't add to the cost, either. My job was simple. I was hired to take the typical pictures for the married couple, and guests who had cameras were simply there to remember the event. Personally, I find it's tacky to take 'on the spot' pictures for guests at a wedding and charge for them. So, at a soccer game there's no comparison. At the European ski events, photographers give little mailing envelopes with a number that you can send in some money and get pictures, if you wish. They make good money. There's the men and women on the street in London who do the same, near prominent landmarks. If you love the darkroom work, that pays. S. Shapiro ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mason" <profmason@xxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:32 AM Subject: Re: New twist at my wedding last week > Bill wrote: > > >You're not going to believe this.... At my wedding > >last week, one of the aunts... proceeded to, with her > > >4x6 printer, make pictures all evening and give them > >to the guests. > > Of course I believe this. Most of us remember that > Rob Miracle does something similar at the soccer > tournaments that he shoots--that is, provides same day > prints. Seems to me that wedding snappers ought to be > thinking along the same lines. Actually, I'm sure > that some already are. > > On a related note, I went to a wedding a couple weeks > ago. Seemed as though everyone had a digicam. In > reality, probably only a third. By the day after the > wedding one of the guests had set up a website on > which she and others posted their photos. Some were > very high quality, some merely snaps. One of the > guests got a money shot that the wedding snapper > missed (the bride and groom walking up the > aisle--photographer was still near the alter). The > happy couple loved the entire site. > > --John > > > > ===== > J. Mason > Charlotteville, Virginia > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >
