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i would absolutely love to see who and what photos they end up withA friend of mine was a wedding photographer, this back in the days of FP4 being new. His previous assistant had left to start his own business, and I was cover for the weekends. He had 2 x Mamiyaflex 6x6 TLRs with about four pairs of lenses (my job to carry them. Thank heavens for mirrorless.) He would have a couple of weddings on a Saturday, once three. After the first, I would be dropped off at his home, where he had a dedicated developing/printing room. I would develop the seemingly endless rolls of 220 and hang them up to drip dry. If there was only a short gap between the weddings, he'd go off, or if not, he'd help. Damp developing spools - I grew to hate them. He would print off proofs, and finally we'd take them to the weddings for orders. I was left at the first, or the one with fewer expected orders, and he'd do the other.
We did posh ones in the main; Blackheath area, two in the church I got married in.
It was hard graft. I took a few with his Pentax, I think Spotmatic, but my main role was to run the prints through the trays, hanging them after the stop bath. He had a dryer, but it couldn't keep up. The weddings were fun. Lots of teenagers, dressed in their finest. One became my girlfriend. I fell asleep at one.
He marketed us, or him rather, as the best, and charged accordingly. No complaints. The families and couple were always over the moon.
I stuck it for a few weekends, four, maybe five, but it was exhausting, but I was grateful when he won an Amateur Photographer prize, and was sent around the world taking photographs of Shell or BP refineries. He was an artist and his images reflected it. He said it was much easier than weddings. Just as well.
We did posh ones in the main; Blackheath area, two in the church I got married in.
It was hard graft. I took a few with his Pentax, I think Spotmatic, but my main role was to run the prints through the trays, hanging them after the stop bath. He had a dryer, but it couldn't keep up. The weddings were fun. Lots of teenagers, dressed in their finest. One became my girlfriend. I fell asleep at one.
He marketed us, or him rather, as the best, and charged accordingly. No complaints. The families and couple were always over the moon.
I stuck it for a few weekends, four, maybe five, but it was exhausting, but I was grateful when he won an Amateur Photographer prize, and was sent around the world taking photographs of Shell or BP refineries. He was an artist and his images reflected it. He said it was much easier than weddings. Just as well.
Wow! Just wow.
Timely post as I was discussing the perception of costs of time p/hr & value with my wife this morning.
Our 25th wedding anniversary is coming up this year and way back then, it was all film. The photographer we chose, delighted us with his pitch as he said he’d create a ‘storybook’ of the day, from getting ready to first dance with a mix of formal and BTS or candid photos. Very unusual back then. It was £1100. Whilst it was quite a lot of money, we saw the value in capturing the day, and didn’t once think about the cost per hour. We knew he’d be excellent and he still exceeded expectations, and we treasure the album to this day.
I hope this advertiser gets what he pays for. He certainly doesn’t value memories. Wonder what his niece will say after the event?
Timely post as I was discussing the perception of costs of time p/hr & value with my wife this morning.
Our 25th wedding anniversary is coming up this year and way back then, it was all film. The photographer we chose, delighted us with his pitch as he said he’d create a ‘storybook’ of the day, from getting ready to first dance with a mix of formal and BTS or candid photos. Very unusual back then. It was £1100. Whilst it was quite a lot of money, we saw the value in capturing the day, and didn’t once think about the cost per hour. We knew he’d be excellent and he still exceeded expectations, and we treasure the album to this day.
I hope this advertiser gets what he pays for. He certainly doesn’t value memories. Wonder what his niece will say after the event?
When I worked as a graphic designer I used to look on those sites where people post freelance work to see if I could make a bit of extra money on the side. I recall one posting asking for someone to design a 200 page booklet for a payment of €120 - equivalent of about £105 at the time! One of my jobs at work was to produce a bi-annual 200 page catalogue. This would typically take six weeks from the job being briefed to going to print!
MitchT said:
When I worked as a graphic designer I used to look on those sites where people post freelance work to see if I could make a bit of extra money on the side. I recall one posting asking for someone to design a 200 page booklet for a payment of €120 - equivalent of about £105 at the time! One of my jobs at work was to produce a bi-annual 200 page catalogue. This would typically take six weeks from the job being briefed to going to print!
Time to wheel out this beaut again 
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