Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Dear Gary

I recently got an anonymous comment on my wedding photography blog, which I thought was a very introspective and insightful commentary on contemporary wedding photography.

I hope you enjoy it as I did:

"Is there like a template to this stuff? I've seen every shot before and no matter who is getting married they look the same as anybody else. Seriously, can I buy this off the shelf? Like rice-a-roni or hamburger helper. Also, can you teach me how to overexpose faces and skintones? That seems to be the top art in becoming a famous wedding photographer like you." ~ gary@youwanttobelikeme.com

Since I have no way of responding (the email address was invalid), I thought this would be a perfect place to do it:

Hi Gary,

Wow buddy, you sound a bit tense! I'm guessing that you're either a burned-out wedding photographer from the early 90's, or a disgruntled employee from Costco's One-Hour Photolab.

Either way, do you want a job as a Photographer's Math blog author? You'll need to work on your delivery a little bit, but I think you have what it takes.

Think about it. In the meantime, good luck finding a new job and.... some counseling.

Yours truly,

Another Rice-a-Roni eating, over-exposing wedding photographer,

Austin Curtis

PS: My apologies for not approving your blog comment. It's just that, if I approved this one, I'd have to approve every other one like it - and then everyone would know that I'm just a talentless hack.

10 comments:

  1. Got to love the annonymous slamming. I wonder if it is penned by the same author of the 'Flickr is only for "Real Photographer"' email?

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  2. http://www.derekpyephotography.com <--joke site from england. NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. similar vein.

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  3. So is this guy saying overexposing is not a style and is wrong? Do I have to stop shooting at +2 EV or he'll e-mail me too?

    I'm so confused...

    Austin, I imagine you must be out of a job because brides hate your style and don't book you, right?

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  4. Honestly, how juvenile can that person be?! He is a grumpy and needs to read Fast Track Photographer by Dane Sanders. Bitter people never survive....

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  5. What an interesting world we live in.
    People are crazy!
    Curtis.....

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  6. This blog is hilarious. So glad I found it today! Obviously you take this criticism with the appropriate good humor, still - I checked out your blog and website, and turns out that commenter is as crazy as he sounds. Your wedding work seems perfectly exposed, and fresh, original and fun. I love it!

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  7. uh... what the heck was this Gary dude talking about? I'm not really seeing cookie-cutter shots in your portfolio...

    Yes some wedding photographers have a tendency of being repetitive or copying one another's work, but IT'S A WEDDING! there's a certain amount consistency and repetitive material that's going to prop up

    With that said, I try like everyone else to be as fresh and new as possible given the environment we work in

    I think this Gary is just another "wedding photography hater" because he never really could make it into that field

    www.onewaystreetproduction.com

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