Re: How many pictures to (pick from) to document an average wedding?

W.Boyce wrote:
Alan Browne wrote:
W.Boyce wrote:
A friend is going to shoot a wedding for his buddy and asked me (an experienced photographer, but not weddings) about how many images did I think he should shoot "to be sure he got everything". He says he doesn't know when to quit shooting and "start to enjoy myself".

I think he'll do the usual editing of his output to find the "keepers" and have an album made up, but mostly he wants to put them into a documentary a'la Ken Burns, put to music. Video to be about 7-10 minutes long. Probably about 250 images?? (Pre-ceremony, ceremony, "standard" shots and candids at the reception)

What sort of ratio do you think he should aim for? Shooting digital.

1:34.234123541362354 Precisely.

The assignment was completed and he "winged it" in the absence of any meaningful input from me or this group. He shot considerably fewer pictures than shown above. Maybe he was lucky or a better photographer than Browne.

His video was a huge success as a gift to the bride and groom and he sold 4 copies each to the parents of the couple to send to relatives who were unable to attend from Argentina and Brazil. Bride's parents told me privately they wanted to encourage him in his hobby and insisted on writing him a check for $2500 over his objections and the other couple followed suit for $2000 for their 3 copies. He is encouraged by this initial success. I told him not everyone would be that generous.

Planning to upgrade his Nikon D50 and get a better flash. Any recommendations welcome.
JPBill

With those bucks coming in why not go for a Phase One camera?

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