For this last wedding I had the great pleasure of working with Jeff Wros from Photo Uncommon.
I was the “second shooter” for the wedding. Basically, I get to hang out, shoot what I see and don’t have to carry the stress of having to get “the shot”. It allows me to experiment a little and try some new angles and techniques and see if they work and then incorporate them into my own wedding shoots (if they work). It’s not often that I get to second shoot a wedding anymore. Now a days I’m ordering my assistant around and freaking out that all the pressure isn’t on my shoulders for the day (and what a relief because of what happened with this wedding)!
I had just purchased some new equipment and been sitting on bench for a month due to the birth of my little girl. Jeff said he had a fun wedding and that I was more than welcome to tag along with for the day and get some time on the new camera body. Before any of my equipment rolls into a wedding with me, it’s put through the paces and I shoot the heck out of it so I know it inside and out.
The freaking thing died! Plain out stopped working and turned into a really expensive paper weight before my eyes!
I don’t know if I was more mad (really expensive bum camera), freaking out (bride is walking in the room in 10 minutes) or relieved (I had a backup camera and once again, this was Jeff’s wedding not mine..:) ). Any working professional should walk on site with at least 1 backup camera, sometimes you never know whats gonna happen, even with new equipment.
Anyway, even with all the frustrations of the day, I was still able to pull out some good shots for Jeff to deliver to the bride along with his usual. Thanks for letting me tag along Jeff!
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