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Olympus E-P3 vs E-P5

Started Jun 25, 2017 | Questions thread
Alex Ethridge
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Re: Olympus E-P3 vs E-P5
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It's not bunk.  It is common in contracts.  In the days of film, I included such a clause in my contracts.  There were no cell phone cameras then so preventing people shooting setup shots over my shoulder was much easier.  Besides, I shot medium format (6 x 7).  35mm and smaller could not compete anyway.

My contracts also put the onus on the bride or her designee to keep everyone on hand for group pictures.  I had seen too many situations where brides were upset because "Aunt Minnie" or "Grandpa Jones" was not in the pictures and died soon after.  They always blamed the photographer.  Keeping everyone together for those shots sometimes was like herding cats.  I did have to remind a few brides of that term.

I had an assistant also who faced the crowd to guard against such as I faced the subjects for the set up shots.  My assistant was fabulous at setting it up then posting herself as "guard".

I didn't tell people what they could bring; but, I did tell them to not raise their cameras.

Point being this:  The photographer can put in anything s/he likes and if the bride signs it, it becomes "law" for the duration of that wedding and reception.

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