listen, leave the wedding photography to professionals

[Deleted]

my very good friend, who is also beautiful, just got married.  her wedding was in the evening, and semi-outdoors (it was raining).

if one more person uploads to FB 75 pictures taken with their cell phone/crap camera of dimly lit/overly flashed shots of, for example, half of my beautiful friend's back and a portion of her nostril while she danced, tags my friend in them so they show up in my feed, and exerts absolutely no self-aware editing in the process, i'm going to declare a FB moratorium.

there is a REASON people hire professional photographers.  it's because most of us suck at it.  especially with our cellphones while we're emotionally involved in that which we are capturing.  but if you can't resist, CULL.  it's not that hard.  ask yourself "would i want a picture of MY nostril in sharp relief due to my overzealous flash on FB?"  if the answer is no, then presume your friend doesn't either.  mmmkay?

[IndiaInk]

Hear, hear! And while you're at it, just watch the bride walk down the aisle instead of whipping out your iPhone and sticking it out in the aisle and filming her! Are you really going to watch all 5 hours of footage of your friend's wedding next week? I didn't think so, so just enjoy the moment!

[Deleted]

LOL. You would hate my entire album of instagram photos of my pal insominac.

She said she liked them, though. They were the only photos she had of her wedding before the pro pics came out!

[rosiedozie]

My parents still insist on taking their camera to weddings and snapping shots the entire time. It's a nice DSLR but there is already a professional photographer (often with a 2nd shooter) there! I don't understand it.

[wannabe]

Sept 25, 2013 12:29:03 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

LOL. You would hate my entire album of instagram photos of my pal insominac.

She said she liked them, though. They were the only photos she had of her wedding before the pro pics came out!

the difference here is that you're a good photographer.  the photos were lovely.

[Deleted]

Sept 25, 2013 12:29:03 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

LOL. You would hate my entire album of instagram photos of my pal insominac.

She said she liked them, though. They were the only photos she had of her wedding before the pro pics came out!

did any of them focus on her nostril?  and when i say "focus" i mean "that was the only thing in focus in the photo"?

were any taken from somewhere between 500-1000 feet away, such that you can only tell that the purpose of the photograph was allegedly to portray the bride because there's like a small white smudgy thing sort of towards the middle?

if the answer to each is no, then i would not hate them.

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Sept 25, 2013 12:30:10 GMT -5 wannabe said:

Sept 25, 2013 12:29:03 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

LOL. You would hate my entire album of instagram photos of my pal insominac.

She said she liked them, though. They were the only photos she had of her wedding before the pro pics came out!

the difference here is that you're a good photographer.  the photos were lovely.

Aww, thanks.  Yay, iPhone!  Hahahahaha.

[tacocat]

I like seeing the wedding pics, but I don't need to see all of them you took. Just a couple that show the bride and groom and maybe the wedding party.

[IndiaInk]

Sept 25, 2013 12:29:17 GMT -5 rosiedozie said:

My parents still insist on taking their camera to weddings and snapping shots the entire time. It's a nice DSLR but there is already a professional photographer (often with a 2nd shooter) there! I don't understand it.

My sister, who is a professional wedding photographer, says she hates this.  She has a tough time getting her pictures (and it takes longer), because random wedding guests are sneaking up next to her and then saying, "Bride and Groom, look over here now" while they snap pictures.  Usually the guests' photos look dumb because the bride and groom aren't even looking at THEIR camera, they're looking toward the professional photographer's camera.  

It's so rude.  If the couple paid for a professional, they don't need guests jumping in and "helping".  

[Deleted]

My in-laws' friend stood in the middle of the aisle after our wedding. He's in the shots of my h and I, but then everyone who came down after us was looking at his camera and not our very pricey photographer. Douche.

[Deleted]

Sept 25, 2013 12:30:26 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

I wanted people to post pictures of my wedding so bad, but nobody did.

I feel better about my whole album now.  LOL.

[MWOS]

I'm a camera phone genius. I have a real talent. I might make a blog.

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Sept 25, 2013 12:45:57 GMT -5 MWOS said:

I'm a camera phone genius. I have a real talent. I might make a blog.

Hush, you.  I love my camera phone pics!

[MWOS]

I'M BEING SERIOUS, I AM GENUINELY IMPRESSED BY MY SKILLS

[VillainV]

I went to a friend's wedding last weekend, which was GORGEOUS, and took ZERO pictures. Personally, I prefer to be present in the moment instead of viewing the whole thing through a camera (or my iPhone). I appeared in no fewer than ten facebook photos of the event.

[Deleted]

I can't help it. I take photos of everything. It's a compulsion.

[Deleted]

My MIL has a DSLR camera, has no idea how to use it and takes the worst photos ever. On top of that, she has no idea how to crop or edit and uploads every single one of them to FB. So, she'll have like 5 shots of DS standing in the same position. Like, WTF.

[nahoku]

I like seeing other people's pictures of weddings. In fact, I looked at my friend's page on Sunday just to see if she was tagged in other people's pictures from her wedding the previous night. They even encouraged it by creating a hashtag for instagram/twitter.

I usually will take and post a few but I try to make sure they're not unflattering or blurry or anything like that.

[suzyp]

Sept 25, 2013 12:33:54 GMT -5 IndiaInk said:

Sept 25, 2013 12:29:17 GMT -5 rosiedozie said:

My parents still insist on taking their camera to weddings and snapping shots the entire time. It's a nice DSLR but there is already a professional photographer (often with a 2nd shooter) there! I don't understand it.

My sister, who is a professional wedding photographer, says she hates this.  She has a tough time getting her pictures (and it takes longer), because random wedding guests are sneaking up next to her and then saying, "Bride and Groom, look over here now" while they snap pictures.  Usually the guests' photos look dumb because the bride and groom aren't even looking at THEIR camera, they're looking toward the professional photographer's camera.  

It's so rude.  If the couple paid for a professional, they don't need guests jumping in and "helping".  

We had thirteen, THIRTEEN guests at our wedding, five of whom were under 8, and we had that guest.  My husband's "uncle" brought his fancy camera to take pictures. Luckily I had cool photographers, because at one point when we were cutting the cake I asked them if I needed say something to him.  I understand he wanted to take pictures, but I paid a lot of money to have these two people take pictures for me. NOT YOU!

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Sept 25, 2013 12:59:56 GMT -5 nahoku said:

I like seeing other people's pictures of weddings. In fact, I looked at my friend's page on Sunday just to see if she was tagged in other people's pictures from her wedding the previous night. They even encouraged it by creating a hashtag for instagram/twitter.

I usually will take and post a few but I try to make sure they're not unflattering or blurry or anything like that.

Yes!

Our fancy New Jersey friends encouraged everybody to upload pics via an app!  It was really awesome because the app automatically sorted in chron order, so you could get a really good feel for the day, even if you weren't at the event.

And then our friends downloaded their fave photos from the app and made a Facebook album.

It was really cool!

[nahoku]

Sept 25, 2013 14:14:48 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

Sept 25, 2013 13:11:14 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Yes!

Our fancy New Jersey friends encouraged everybody to upload pics via an app!  It was really awesome because the app automatically sorted in chron order, so you could get a really good feel for the day, even if you weren't at the event.

And then our friends downloaded their fave photos from the app and made a Facebook album.

It was really cool!

Ok this is kinda cool. Do you know the name of the app?

Another of my friends did this, too.  I don't know if it's the same app that miso's friend used but it was called Wedding Party by micromobs inc.

[So_Fetch]

We were at a wedding this weekend and the grooms' friend stood right in front of the video camera holding his cell phone to video tape the first dance. People are so dumb.

[starlily]

Sept 25, 2013 12:30:10 GMT -5 wannabe said:

Sept 25, 2013 12:29:03 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

LOL. You would hate my entire album of instagram photos of my pal insominac.

She said she liked them, though. They were the only photos she had of her wedding before the pro pics came out!

the difference here is that you're a good photographer.  the photos were lovely.

And, you took them discreetly on your phone as opposed to blocking everyone's view by taking photos on an iPad. 

[stephm0188]

coreyann.com/blog/corey-talks/corey-talks-why-you-should-have-an-unplugged-wedding

Let the photographer do his/her job.

[insominac]

Sept 25, 2013 12:29:03 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

LOL. You would hate my entire album of instagram photos of my pal insominac.

She said she liked them, though. They were the only photos she had of her wedding before the pro pics came out!

I loved your pictures! You crafted a full narrative of the day and got things (like the food) that the pros missed.  

[TemperanceBrennan]

Sept 25, 2013 12:55:05 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

I can't help it. I take photos of everything. It's a compulsion.

I do this too. I took a bunch of pics at a friends wedding and they used them in a video that they showed at their reception. My friend is a wedding videographer and he knows I am a shutterbug. So, they were okay with it. (I did not get in the way of their photographer.) They liked a lot of the pics that I took. I also got some of the pictures printed between the ceremony and reception to use in the gift that we gave them.

[TrickyBob]

I always wonder about the bride and groom who want to show off their photos once the photographer posts them but in the mean time they have all these crappy cell phone photos popping up while they are on their honey moon.

I feel bad for those people.

[bigoleworm]

My cousin had us download the wedding party app so she could see all the pictures people were taking.

Since my son was the ring bearer, I took an obscene amount of pictures of him. I did not post them all by any means.

My cousin was one of those people that was looking for people to post pictures on Facebook of her wedding.

[pantsparty]

Hear hear!

It is becoming a bit of a problem - I have friends, for instance, who missed a first kiss shit because a guest jumped in the aisle. I've started leaving my camera at home for my own family weddings because 1) I don't want to be expected to take pictures and 2) I want to enjoy the day and moments. I don't need a camera to do that.

[TrickyBob]

I'm dying at first kiss shit.