The Wedding Photographer
Today I have been “Nathan Monk: Wedding Photographer”.
It was for a friend, and it’s made up my mind; I’m not a fan.
It’s lovely being appreciated for your creative ability, but in a way it’s why I’m not too keen. It’s all very structured. In actual fact, it’s not creative. The stress is unbelievable and dealing with people is a nightmare. This said, the family were really nice and my judgement written in this piece excludes the wedding I did today.
What really made my mind up was the portrait photographer that came in the night. He had some bloody snazzy kit. I’ll admit, I was jealous. BUT. He wound me up. Not because he was bad at what he did but because of what he did. He took tongue-in-cheek photos which were edited within about 30 seconds. CHA-CHING. The guys making about £2k a night. 3 hours work. Piece of piss.
Like I say there’s nothing wrong with it, but it was so cheesy. Cheap nasty studio photography. No flare, no wow, no anything. Bland generic middle class crap.
This sort of thing, what with the accessibility of high end cameras for lower prices means that it is bringing the industry standard down. When a really good photographer comes along why would they want to do wedding stuff? People don’t notice the attention to detail or the subtle nuances, they want the same as everyone else.
I’m much more a fan of studio work for commercial application. Weddings are weddings. There is nothing that you can do to separate you from the bunch.
I'm a twenty-something creative type. This is my online journal in which I collect and share links, images, thoughts and sometimes reflect on current work.
