Wedding photographers...GTA

[CSAgent]

So who do you guys recommend for postproduction and do you have an estimate of costs?

I prefer an all-in-one shop ...

Post-production is taken care of in-house.

Digital photographers are quite efficient and skilled at post-production manipulation these days.

[crx168]

I recommend this guy, he's great with his service and does all post production work and gives full set of prints. Currently see that he has a discount on 2008 bookings.

www.icontactphoto.com

[thelefteyeguy]

I recommend this guy, he's great with his service and does all post production work and gives full set of prints. Currently see that he has a discount on 2008 bookings.

www.icontactphoto.com

lol...didnt know over-photoshopping was still in

[demi2004]

lol...didnt know over-photoshopping was still in

I don't find it overphotoshopped at all. Last thing you want is out of the camera photos that every Joe on the streets can produce. Brides love post processing.
The only problem that I see is that the website is very slow. I have Bell's 5MB line and I had to wait over 20 seconds for a website to load. He's loosing a lot of clients due to that.
This is why when I was making my wedding photography site,I made sure it loads very quickly even for the 56K'ers

[HeldDown]

As someone who has worked as a wedding pro for a while, I can tell you that though "Brides love processing," most are also adept enough to see that many "photographers" use Photoshop to make up for lackluster photography skills. Unfortunately, the market is saturated with GWCs, and it's getting harder to find the real professionals among the weeds.

[NDman]

Unfortunately, the market is saturated with GWCs, and it's getting harder to find the real professionals among the weeds.

So true!

Now only if my fiancee and I could afford the Jeff Ascough's and Bambi Cantrell's...

[demi2004]

As someone who has worked as a wedding pro for a while, I can tell you that though "Brides love processing," most are also adept enough to see that many "photographers" use Photoshop to make up for lackluster photography skills. Unfortunately, the market is saturated with GWCs, and it's getting harder to find the real professionals among the weeds.

Well,GWCs have to learn somehow. You aren't born to be a Pro photograher. You learn as you go. Many great photographers didn't have any schooling and learned on the job.

At the end,you need to deliver what your clients want. If they want saturated and post processed photographs,then so be it.

[Rocketo]

www.brucezinger.com

[Nemodigital]

I used this guy http://www.photobywillie.com

He charged me $2000 cash and that was for one photographer and one videographer. My wedding was at 2:00pm and these guys were there taking pictures and video from 1:00pm until almost 11:00pm. We ended up with over 1300 pictures on a DVD and also got over 200 unmarked proofs that were printed and put in two nice albums. The video was edited down to a one hour DVD with titles and menu etc... and we also got all the raw video footage on Mini DV tapes.

The service was great, and I would definitely recommend him...check the portfolio on the website for examples of the kinds of pictures he takes. You'll also notice that he posts his prices right on his site (unlike most other wedding photographers). If you want to PM me, I'd be happy to refer you to him directly so that maybe you can get a better deal than what he's posted online. I'd also be happy to direct you to a website where you can view all my wedding pictures so that you can see 100% of his work instead of just "the best of the best" that are posted in his portfolio.

Thanks RFD, I just booked with Willie. Really cool guy and best part is after you pay last installment you own the copyright to the photos!

[klam]

Some of the photographers named in this thread are not really up to par in my opinion.

[NiMSo]

Thanks RFD, I just booked with Willie. Really cool guy and best part is after you pay last installment you own the copyright to the photos!

I know Willie! I've never used his services, but I have bought some gear from him . Nice guy, and he lives close to me .

[Nemodigital]

Some of the photographers named in this thread are not really up to par in my opinion.

The problem is that most photographers hold you hostage by retaining the rights to the images after you have paid them to photograph your event. Or if you want the rights you are paying over $3,000.

ps I checked out some of the photos you posted on RFD... truly astounding.

[CSAgent]

Some of the photographers named in this thread are not really up to par in my opinion.

That's a harsh assessment. We/they all started somewhere, not everyone or anyone just woke up one day and was magically given eerie Godless powers to capture the greatest photos known to mankind.

Photographers can be described by using analogies derived from World of Warcraft...if you must compare.

[Nemodigital]

That's a harsh assessment. We/they all started somewhere, not everyone or anyone just woke up one day and was magically given eerie Godless powers to capture the greatest photos known to mankind.

Photographers can be described by using analogies derived from World of Warcraft...if you must compare.

I wouldn't really call it harsh, the term "par" is subjective.

[demi2004]

The problem is that most photographers hold you hostage by retaining the rights to the images after you have paid them to photograph your event. Or if you want the rights you are paying over $3,000.

ps I checked out some of the photos you posted on RFD... truly astounding.

Can you please tell me why you would want to own the copyrights? Are you planning to sell your wedding photographs? If not,what's the point? I had to sell the copyrights twice before due to the fact that the bride did not want her photographs to be seen by anyone. I had to make sure I am well paid,since it wouldn't add anything to my portfolio. As a client,you can reproduce and share your photographs without owning the rights to the photos.