QUOTE(achew @ Jan 14 2010, 05:55 PM)
haha..u sounds like if they pay u peanut..and u gonna give them craps(to match the value of what they r paying)
@destfull
u can always start from ur own friends??maybe just tag alone the official photographer..and observe how they do their stuff(they probably wont teach u much since they don know u at the first place).....maybe my age group is in the period where everyone starts to get married..i started from twice offering myself as a 2nd or 3rd photographer during my friends wedding..and then friends started to ask for my help to shoot for them(free again)..and people started to give u "angpao"..to people engage u officially as their main photographer...
as a starting point,each time u helping ur frens..be it free or paid..u not only get to learn from the main photographer(if there is any)..and also u get to know alot of those "sisters/brothers" who might be getting married soon either..so chances for u to learn/practice would just keep flowing in(provided u never screw up anything)..
p/s: oh ya..suddenly remind me of something ...for those who frequently shoot wedding here...did u sign any form of "contract" with ur customers?stating whats included in ur package..and the rights of the photo belongs to which party...i dunno how it works in msia but in singapore..the moment u accept payment from the couples..be it 1dollar or 10grand..the rights automatically belong to the couples..and u shdnt publish their stuff unless there was an agreement made....i know not much people care about the rights thingy..but just wanted to know how things supposed to go..
if u study law.
they pay, they ownership.
you make, u author-ship, u can even claim loyalty claims when they use the photo
copyright, still urs, unless sign a release form to release to them.
other way around.
model, u pay them, they, authorship, they claim loyalty
you, shoot, u pay them, u ownership of the photos
copyright, again, need a release form from them.
*edit: add new one
model, get paid, authorship, can make loyalty claims.
u, photographer, get paid too, to shoot/make, just a tool.
COMPANY, pays everyone, ownership, goyang kaki.
copyright, still need release form from model, - photographer no need.
This post has been edited by ieR: Jan 14 2010, 06:43 PM