Wedding Photography and Olympics Photography
As a wedding photographer I take what I would consider to be an average number of photos at a wedding. I consider it average simply because I know other professional wedding photographers who take a lot more, and I know others who do not take nearly as many photos as I do.
Depending on the bridal party, location, times and so many other factors, I normally shoot between 700 and 1200 images. I’ve topped 2000 on a couple of rare occasions. From this somewhere between 60 and 100 images make it to the album. Let’s keep it easy and say 10% are used in the album.
How does this compare with the Olympics opening ceremony. The photography team from Reuters have released their figures. They had 12 photographers in the stadium, 9 outside plus 6 in Tiananmen Square and on the Great Wall. In the four hours of the opening ceremony they took around 18000 photographs. Of these only 850 went live i.e. went to their clients - that’s about 5%. Of those 850, any given publication would be expected to use a maximum of 3 pictures.
That blows me away. Only 1 in 6000 images get used.
The Princess Bride
It’s funny where I bump into brides down the track. I’ve seen a few brides and bridesmaids on television but they are normally doing something stylish and elegant. One of my brides popped up on the brilliantly funny show “Wipeout”. At around the 3 minute and twenty second mark of the clip below you will see Jessica get an unfortunate working over.
2008 Lismore Truck Parade Photos
Took photos of something other than beautiful brides on the weekend. Lismore was all about steel and diesel on Saturday with the 2008 Lismore Truck Parade. If you are one of the many truck drivers looking for a picture of your truck, I have placed a selection of the photos online here. Click on the truck picture to see the gallery of truck photos. Lismore truck parade photos.
94th Birthday Party
Went to a party today for my wife’s grandfather’s birthday. Her pop turned 94 on Friday.
A couple of years ago I took him for a drive around the local district to anywhere he wanted to go. A lot of theplaces we went to he had not been to in at least 25 years. The stories he told about the local area were great. Stuff like being offered the chance to buy the entire hillside and beachfront of Wategoes Beach at Byron Bay for next to nothing. No-one wanted it.
The road was a track that used to cave way over the cliff and into the ocean. The hill was too steep to farm anything on but bananas but no truck could get around the track to take the bananas to market. The bloke who bought it did turn it into a banana plantation (some pockets of plants are still there if you know where to look). To get the bananas to market he’d hire a team of guys from the whaling ships. They’d row around, fill the whaling boat with bananas and row back to The Pass and meet the waiting truck.
And other things like rowing out from the beach at Byron Bay to Julian Rocks to go fishing. They’d stop when there were so many fish in the boat it threatened to sink.
I found out some new things today too. Like the fact that he saw Sir Charles Kingsford fly his epic ocean crossing. Since then (with the aid of television) he’s also seen man on the moon, space shuttles, incredible advances in medicine and electronics, the development of motor vehicles and, unfortunately, two world wars.
With more than 50 years to go until I hit 94, I’d just love to see a glimpse of what the world will be like then.
Another Happy Byron Bay Bride
Just recieved an email from a couple regarding their wedding album. The wedding was at Byron Bay and was a joy to photograph. The extremely stylish wedding was on the beach at Wategoes and the reception at Raes.
The email said in part:
“Thankyou for the album it is great! How much would it be to order another one? How much would it be to order another 3?”
Sounds like the parents and family would like their own album.
Here is what the entire album looks like: