“Professionals.” I am talking about the girls who get a prosumer camera for Christmas and by mid-January they have their Facebook business pages up, advertising mini-sessions and wedding packages. Yes, I know, their client is not my client but it annoys me how people with zero experience and a crying lack of skills can pollute the local industry with their nonsense.
The best one I ever saw was someone had bought a new 5D that morning (upgrading from a Rebel or something) and was shooting their first wedding THAT AFTERNOON.
But on the other hand there are few things more fun to see than watching them crash and burn when they really do try and pull of a wedding with a kit lens and wonder why their client sues them.
“Professionals.” I am talking about the girls who get a prosumer camera for Christmas and by mid-January they have their Facebook business pages up, advertising mini-sessions and wedding packages. Yes, I know, their client is not my client but it annoys me how people with zero experience and a crying lack of skills can pollute the local industry with their nonsense.
Dunning-Kruger effect in full force.
When people post on Facebook/forums “I’m shooting my first wedding for a client tomorrow, what does “Av” mean?”
“It means artistic violation, kid, which is what you’re about to do with that camera”
Never seen that. Awesome.
The best one I ever saw was someone had bought a new 5D that morning (upgrading from a Rebel or something) and was shooting their first wedding THAT AFTERNOON.
Well, good thing they had a 5D.
An excellent argument for regulation.
But on the other hand there are few things more fun to see than watching them crash and burn when they really do try and pull of a wedding with a kit lens and wonder why their client sues them.