My first wedding as a hired photographer.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

The wedding I did pictures for went AMAZING. I'm so happy with how the pictures turned out. Here's a few of my favorites. Meet Sami and Greg.

Sami and her dad...
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding068.jpg

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding070.jpg

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With hubby...
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding075.jpg

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding078.jpg

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding081.jpg

More coming...

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

Sorry so big. =/

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More...

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

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More or two more posts...

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

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One more post with some pics of Gavin's kindergarten graduation, and some of Sydney.

[blue]

I realy dont want to be a downer here because those are great pitures.

But since they paid you to take the pics, dont they own them?

ETA: Are those digital or film?

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

He spikes his hair now... :eek:
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding002.jpg

Schmutty... she had a problem with her eye for a while and lost a lot of the hair around it, but she's fine now. (notice her nails are painted :p)
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding019.jpg

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding022.jpg

See my little man with his hands "scoped" around his eyes? He was trying to find us in the audience, lol.
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding028.jpg

Here he is in the play, "The Grouchy Ladybug"... he was the Grouchy Ladybug...
http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/threegoodreasons/samiswedding040.jpg

Scopey eyes again... lol.
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That's all!

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

I realy dont want to be a downer here because those are great pitures.

But since they paid you to take the pics, dont they own them?

ETA: Are those digital or film?


Should have specified, lol. I wasn't paid -- pro bono, basically. It was a very low-cost wedding and they couldn't afford to pay me, and I'm not concerned at all. It was my first "big gig" and it was really fun.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

And they're digital. I have a Nikon D40 DSLR with a 55-200mm VR lens.

[blue]

Very cool of you. Again great pics.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

No idea if you have any suggestions, but if I wanted to start charging, how much do you think I should charge? For Sami, I'm just putting her pictures on a CD and she can do whatever with them.

[blue]

Since is all digital, charge per pic they want to buy. If you took film it would be per pic taken.

How many pics did you take for the wedding?

Im an AH, so if I where a photographer, Ild make the client browse through all of the pics and choose the ones they wanted and charge them acordingly.

Film would be for every pic taken, digi would be for every pic they bought.

I dont know what the overhead is so I cant give advice on what to charge.

Find out what other pro photographers are charging in your area and go from there.

[molucass]

Great pics Megan! :)
You did a really great job.

I can't believe how big Gavin is! He's still just as cute as ever..

[Kirsten]

Great pictures!! I especially like the close-ups of the hands with the rings, under the flowers.

Congrats on the good job! :)

Kirsten

[pomtzu]

I'm not trying to start anything, but did you get their permission to post their pics here? Some folks don't want pics of themselves posted on the internet. I would be more than upset if someone put up pics of me without my permission. - that's an invasion of my privacy.

[moosmom]

Great pictures with MY dream camera!! I love the fuscia look. It gives it an antiqueish look.

Best way to start a business is by networking and word of mouth. Good luck!!

[Laura's Babies]

Great pictures! You did a great job!

[phesina]

Wonderful pictures! I bet they will just love them.

[Logan]

I think they are wonderful!!!!! What a wonderful gift to provide for your friend, Megan. Just perfect!

[ramanth]

Great photos!

Our wedding photographer did digitals and we purchased the CD from her so we could print our own.

Here's a link to her site:
http://www.jocelynlloyd.com/

[Catlady711]

Unless a signed contract between photographer and subject says otherwise, then all pictures by a photographer are automatically copyrighted to the photographer (in the US anyways). Use of those pictures would depend on the particular contract (ie; commercial, personal, portfolio, advertisement etc). Posting on the internet is considered 'publishing' to my knowledge.

Here's a good site of semi pro, wanna be pro, and actual pro photographers on a message board forum. There's weeks worth of reading there for suggestions, advice, etc. from the business end of photography. There's alot more to it than many people think.
http://community.mpix.com/forums/16.aspx