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Originally Posted by David_Buzzard  Personally, I think you'd have to be an idiot to take this guy up on this offer, but who knows. |
Yeah, and the thing is, amazingly smart people can behave like amazing idiots at times. Especially when it involves saving a buck.
As a case in point, about 15 years ago a friend in the San Francisco area was getting married. We talked on the phone a few days before the wedding and when I inquired about his wedding photographer, he told me all their relatives had nice point-and-shoot cameras and so they would rely on them to record the wedding. He said, "Heck, it will be fun to have all the different points-of-view recorded, and to sift through them after the wedding. Why don't you bring a camera too?"
Well, long story short, I did, because I saw big trouble coming. I brought my newly acquired Mamiya 645, my venerable Vivitar 283 and flash bracket, and a couple of bricks of Kodak VPS 160. I had never shot a wedding, though I had shot a few events and was confident of the technical aspect. I was none too sure of all the standard shots and poses that should be taken, however, so I was quite nervous about that.
Well, the upshot was, only a couple relatives actually bothered to bring their cameras let alone use them, and of the few shots they took there wasn't a decently framed or properly exposed shot to be found. If I had not been there my friends would essentially have no photographic record of the event. As it turns out, I did an acceptable job of the thing, far from remarkable, but it saved the day (quite literally).
(As an aside, I also learned I did NOT want to become a wedding photographer! LOL - apologies to you folks that do it, you've got my respect - it is not an easy thing to do!)
Anyhow, I have no trouble believing someone would take this guy up on his offer. Whether they will be happy is another matter. A wedding is a hard place to learn the meaning of the old aphorism, "Tis the stingy man who pays the most"!
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