As far as my study goes with the art of proposal photography, the New York proposal photography is just like getting started with wedding photography and most of the New York wedding or couple photographers use 35mm equipment. New York proposal photography is all about risks during the take. For example one of the proposal photographers had shared an experience that one Wednesday night she went to a church facility to take some test photos, but after the film was back, she was shocked to see how dark the stage was. She went back and took another set of test photos and was blown away to realize that her camera meter, light meter, and eye were ALL somehow off from what the actual images recorded. Thus the moral of the lesson is the venue must be mutually (the client and the photographer) finalized, and the venue bust be well lit and less crowded, no matter even if it is a public place.
According to the rule book of New York proposal photography even with practice there are still little details that can make or break the photographer's exposures. Sunshine streaming through a window or a cloudy day can all make differences, if the shots are taken within a building like office areas or any working place to keep the matter off from the public eyes. Photography is fun, but a photographer must know his / her equipments well. And also have backup equipment ready to use. One camera is not enough. One lens is not enough. One flash is not enough. Fifteen rolls of film are not enough. 3GB of memory cards are enough for a proposal shot since it is only 20 – 30 minutes photo session, but obviously and apparently not at all enough for any wedding photography project.
Another lesson of New York proposal photography is that if the client proffers for shooting film f the whole proposal rather then just photographs make sure that it is developed in an authentic place, for there are chances of not only the film to be misplaced but also misuse of the frames too. Film can be damaged, destroyed, and lost. The client and the photographer both should be responsible to take the film somewhere (preferably a professional lab) that has a good track record and will lessen the chance of loss. In fact, pictures must be shot with both cameras throughout the day, and process both sets of film at different photo labs to minimize chances of loss. These are all basically very reasonable precautions to take - and underscore the importance of what the client is planning to do.
However if this sounds like too much work or hassle, please keep things simple and straight and go for only plain photographs which can go with the album and can be preserved safely for the years to come. A proposal photograph sometimes do come across some clients who come up with out of box ideas and are totally excited about a specific shoot idea they have such as not only does the client want the photographer to photograph the whole event picturesque , but sometimes they also wasn't the photographer to be entirely out of site.
According to the rule book of New York proposal photography even with practice there are still little details that can make or break the photographer's exposures. Sunshine streaming through a window or a cloudy day can all make differences, if the shots are taken within a building like office areas or any working place to keep the matter off from the public eyes. Photography is fun, but a photographer must know his / her equipments well. And also have backup equipment ready to use. One camera is not enough. One lens is not enough. One flash is not enough. Fifteen rolls of film are not enough. 3GB of memory cards are enough for a proposal shot since it is only 20 – 30 minutes photo session, but obviously and apparently not at all enough for any wedding photography project.
Another lesson of New York proposal photography is that if the client proffers for shooting film f the whole proposal rather then just photographs make sure that it is developed in an authentic place, for there are chances of not only the film to be misplaced but also misuse of the frames too. Film can be damaged, destroyed, and lost. The client and the photographer both should be responsible to take the film somewhere (preferably a professional lab) that has a good track record and will lessen the chance of loss. In fact, pictures must be shot with both cameras throughout the day, and process both sets of film at different photo labs to minimize chances of loss. These are all basically very reasonable precautions to take - and underscore the importance of what the client is planning to do.
However if this sounds like too much work or hassle, please keep things simple and straight and go for only plain photographs which can go with the album and can be preserved safely for the years to come. A proposal photograph sometimes do come across some clients who come up with out of box ideas and are totally excited about a specific shoot idea they have such as not only does the client want the photographer to photograph the whole event picturesque , but sometimes they also wasn't the photographer to be entirely out of site.
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