Looking to be backup wedding photographer

I'm always on the lookout for other photographers who are willing to hire me as a backup or even as just an assistant. I've put out dozens of emails and phone calls to local photographers, and gotten very few responses. I keep hoping.

I also made offerings to local DJ and catering services, as well as entertainment services; very little response there too.

I want more work! I want to fill up a week with photo shoots upon photo shoots!

August bookings had to be cancelled

I had to cancel or turn down 3 or 4 jobs in August because my girlfriend's schedule only allowed us to be able to get away from the 5th thru the 12th. How funny timing is.

Two Weddings and a Quinceanera in one day

About 8:30pm at night last Friday, D Jay's Entertainment called me with an unexpected inquiry: "So how does that Canon 40D rebate work?"  Turns out their backup body died and they needed a second camera body for events the next day.  I offered mine, and they were ready to take me up on the offer, but then they proposed that I come and be a second photographer instead.  They couldn't pay much, but I was interested in the experience and said "OK!"

Saturday morning comes, and I'm as ready as I'll ever be.  The first wedding was just off the Las Vegas Strip on Cathedral Ave.  Guardian Angel Cathedral, my first catholic wedding.  The ceremony gave me plenty of time to snipe from the second floor with the nice Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS that Jeremy loaned me, but I got bored and came to ground level for more interesting, and closer, photos.  Lighting allowed for about 1/25 sec. at ISO400, and I didn't want to push the ISO, so I got a few blurred photos and a number of really good, sharp ones.

While Jeremy and Tiffany were doing the formals, Jeremy came up to me and showed me his LCD, and there I saw a strong blue cast from the flash on the people, and ambient tungsten balanced orange light.  Lee filters are a wonderful thing, and I loaned him a double-layered pair of my 1/2 CTO.  I wonder if he's convinced how necessary they are yet.

It's odd being looked to for answers; I'm not used to being the person to consult for anything, and since it only happens once in a while I don't know if I'll ever feel like it's a natural place for me. 

First blog post

I'm not one for personal tell-all stuff like blogs, but everything I've read says blogs are good for your web presence, and I can always use more of that.

My latest wedding was an unusual job: Yesterday I got an email from a photographer I'd never heard from before, saying that she needed someone to fill in to shoot a wedding that evening because she had to go to a 4-1/2 hour poli sci class.  It was a 20-minute wedding at a Las Vegas strip drive-thru chapel.  It didn't pay much, but I said yes because I was available and curious.

The trip was easy and I arrived early, but the bride and groom's limo came more than 30 minutes late.  After the job, they tipped me an extra $20 for the wait.  Now I can say that I've done a drive-thru wedding shoot.

I took some good standard photos for them, and one or two of a different nature which stand out to me.

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