Wedding Video and photograpy guest issue!

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To all other wedding videographers and photographers, do you find that at weddings EVERY guest has their digital camera or camera phone out taking half assed photos even though the couple has paid $2000 to both the videgrapher and photographer to take the photos??? they always get in the way as well, aren’t they supposed to be there to celebrate the marriage and having fun and not have to worry about anything like taking photos?


I would find it really rude if all my guests were not paying attention and instead fiddling with their gadgets...

or is it just me?

but i guess weddings are boring and it gives them something to do...

and imagine if they did a better job then the pro, that would be embarrassing.!
 
It´s worst...

Then they realize their pictures and videos are crappy compared with the videographer-photographer and they erase them, asking (having wasted their time and yours) themselves if they where in the same position and in front of you... why oh, why is not a better version (because they are always better than you´ll never be).

It must be the camera! Next time they will take a better camera!
 
When taking photographs after a wedding, you have to step up like the starting quarterback and assume control of the situation. You need to walk that tightrope between being cordial and being a jerk.

When Aunt Sally steps in to take a photo you give a loud, clear warning that you need to take your pics first and that if everyone took photos then you'd be there all night long... (of course, smiling and being pleasant all the while).

It's been a long time since I photographed a wedding, but the guy who taught me could take over the whole room with his charming (yet controlling) personality.

As for videographers, you usually let the still photographer wrestle with everyone while you hang out in the perimeter getting what you need.
 
I hate shooting "live".
yes, the other guests try to take good pictures, even from the right angel they won't get the same quality, because they set everything to auto...
anyway a wedding video should not be longer than 20-30 minutes.and I think it should be "clip like", so in the post production you cut out the waste.
once I have edited a billangual!!! wedding. that is hard. I have made 2 soundtracks for the dvd, where it could shorten, but not ruin the wedding.
 
The thing is to act like you belong wherever you belong and people usually float around you. My biggest problem is with the amateur wannabes who have their GL1 at home and come up to you mid project to ask stupid questions about frame rates and other stuff. I know they're excited about what you're doing and you are totally the highlight of the day, but I have a job to do and need to stop jawing and get back to it. I usually give them a minute or so of talking and then make up a fake shot that I need to go get to get away.

My favorite is when I'm shooting back of church with my DSR-500 with the 2x extender on the lens and on a set of sticks and I look up one row in front of me and there's a friend or family member with a little handycam held over their head zoomed all the way to 600x with the digital zoom and all shaky and stuff. I feel like walking up and telling them to just put the camera down before they get hypertension or camcorder elbow.

But... the way I look at it. Most people love gadgets and if you've ever been to a wedding, a camera is a whole lot more interesting than what's going on stage. When my sister got married last year, I volunteered to shoot it just cause sitting there for an hour is pretty darn boring.
 
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