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The subject was supposed to read "Ever have a model ask you to "TFP" her wedding?" ROFLMAO!!! Well I have! Just once. This is the season that many couple are trying to book their photographers .. especially if they didn't do it last year for the month of June! LOL This earlier topic got me thinking back to the time I had a model who had the nerve to ask me if I could shoot pictures of her that made her look like the cover of bridal magazines AND do it "TFP!"  There is a behind the scenes spin to it though .. I had shot her "TFP" before and taken her out on dates but nothing serious! I never even kissed her! SHe treated my other lady "friends" mean, and I didn't like that so I told her that we could never be anything more than friends. She moved to LA to pursue her career .. mainly trying to get acting work. She met a male model/actor and came back to my town. Calls me up to come over to discuss shooting her wedding. Her dad is wealthy and I drove over meet her at his large home in an exclusive community. Anyway, she showed me some bridal magazines and asked if I could shoot pictures like those. I said that it would take additional equipment, and planning but I could do it! Then she said .. "Umm you know how we've shot before ... so you're going to do this for free, right?" I could barely contain myself ... I said "Sorry, but you have the wrong photographer here." then I walked out to my car and laughed so hard that if she was watching ... I might have looked like I was crying! She might have dreamed it was my reaction to her finding a handsome guy to marry when I turned her down? I dunno and I don't care, but I damn near pee'd my pants from laughing so hard! I never saw her again! I have shot weddings for photographers and models before, but they always understand that it's not going to be for "free" ... If you want the "copyrights" to the images, then you pay for it! I do shoot "TFP" but not for a whole wedding! Jan 16 06 04:27 pm Link I have always said the one type of shoot I will never do for free, in fact the type of shoot I will charge outrageous prices to discourage people from hiring me for it, is weddings. Jan 16 06 04:33 pm Link I did shoot a wedding once for an ex-girlfriend that I'd stayed close with. Had a great time and got some wonderful images. Liked her new husband. Was happy to do that for her. But other than that, I NEVER did or do weddings!  Jan 16 06 04:37 pm Link Take it one step further. A couple weeks ago I had a model ask me how much I would pay her to shoot her wedding. Jan 16 06 04:39 pm Link nope. Jan 16 06 04:39 pm Link HAHAHA!!! Hell naw. Jan 16 06 04:44 pm Link John Jebbia wrote: Now that takes the wedding cake! Jan 16 06 04:56 pm Link pw-gii photographics wrote: OK, I am a never married single male who is somewhat commitment phobic. If you understood what I've been through, then you'd understand why I am so cautious towards marriage. I take marriage very seriously, and I know that at this time it's not for me. The woman (model) who asked me to shoot her wedding for free (tfp) showed me what she was really about from those last indications ... and I made the right choice to not get more involved with her when we were dating. Jan 16 06 05:05 pm Link Patrick Walberg wrote: So the plot thickens!!! lol Jan 16 06 05:07 pm Link wow. I'm much more likely to do something for free if they offer to pay. If someone asks me to do something for free, I'll probably say no. If someone I know and like is respectful of the value of my services and offers to pay, I'd probably do it for free (or for expenses only.) My parents paid me to take my brother's senior pictures, even though I didn't ask. I thought that was cool. And they are sending me 3 more senior picture clients this spring. That's really ballsy for someone with disposable income to try to con you into shooting a wedding for free. Something as difficult as a wedding I would only do for free for a family member, never for some bimbo who thinks she can con me. I wonder what the hell she was thinking. Jan 16 06 05:17 pm Link I have no interest in shooting weddings, but if a model I knew well [and liked] ever asked, I'd offer to show up with my toycameras and run about grabbing candids for them...provided they covered film and processing and actually hired a proper photographer to do the real stuff. Jan 16 06 06:43 pm Link John Jebbia wrote: Are you serious?!? Wow! Did you laugh at her? I have one good model friend that I would consider shooting her wedding pictures, I'll most likely be invited anyways. But I'd like to do the candids... follow people around and capture the un-posed memories. I think that would be cool. Let the hired photog put up with the mother of the bride! LOL! Jan 16 06 06:48 pm Link This thread made me laugh. I have done many weddings but only two for free - my best friends and my sisters. All others I have been paid for, including many family members.Jan 16 06 06:50 pm Link Geo Silva wrote: My sister did something at her wedding that is likely commonplace now (I wouldn't know, I try to avoid funer--weddings, that is): they put several of these disposable film cameras at each table at the reception, encouraging guests to take their own candids and drop them in a box before they left. Then everybody gets the best of the lot to keep for memories. Cheap, ubiquitous, and you might even get a couple good shots out of the hundreds available. Jan 17 06 03:17 pm Link And I don't do weddings. Jan 17 06 03:19 pm Link DawnElizabeth Moderator wrote: As a photographer or as a participant? Jan 17 06 03:26 pm Link Oh my.... Jan 17 06 03:29 pm Link I have, on occasion, shot weddings for my close friends as a wedding gift. On one occasion, when one of my favourite models got hitched, I did the same for her. Apart from that, I hold wedding photography responsible for me being single all these years...;o) I have seen things that would turn St. Valentine off of true love. Jan 17 06 03:36 pm Link I have, on occasion, shot weddings for my close friends as a wedding gift. On one occasion, when one of my favourite models got hitched, I did the same for her. Apart from that, I hold wedding photography responsible for me being single all these years...;o) I have seen things that would turn St. Valentine off of true love. Jan 17 06 03:39 pm Link I have been asked to shoot weddings by models, friends, and family, but I simply tell them if they want to trust my Photography Skills when I am intoxicated, sure, because I plan on Partying My Ass Off!!! They always end up hiring someone other than me... If a Client I already had wanted me to shoot a wedding for someone they knew or someone in thier family, I would recommend someone to them. In NYC the Wedding Guys (and I mean Wedding Professionals) make about 2K per wedding!!! It's a lot of work and you have to love weddings... Just because you are a Great Commercial Photographer doesn't mean you can shoot great wedding pictures. I think this is one of the biggest misconseptions in Photography. You need to get a Specialist. You don't hire a Wedding Professional to shoot a The Superbowl... Jan 18 06 12:10 am Link I rather juggle cats in heat than shoot a wedding for any reason. Paul Jan 18 06 06:08 am Link Oh, dear. I thought you said TP your wedding. You should just burn those trees before it rains, sweetheart. Jan 18 06 09:04 am Link Brides really should consider why they are willing to take the lowest bid on their wedding photographs. I once did a wedding for free(and it involved travel), very dear friends of mine and I wanted the experience so I could start to book paid weddings. It worked and I had a blast, and I was able to help out two wonderful people in the process. The difference is that I called them up and offered. No one presumed anything. I've had total strangers ask me to do it for free and I simply send them to the wedding gallery on my web page. Jan 18 06 09:09 am Link |
