Of course, I do what I do for MORE than just the photographs – it’s about the MARRIAGE. It’s disheartening to put SO MUCH time, energy and heart into an experience, and not receive any of the memories from it. And to be honest, I don’t think I ever will. One of my FAVORITE weddings I’ve ever done, I have never seen images from. I have had a harder time with communication before the wedding day, on wedding day and then it never fails… I never hear from them afterward & am therefore never given any photographs of my work. While I have had the privilege of working with some outstanding photographers, I have also worked with some not so great ones. While I have NO desire to be a photographer, I love what they do, find so much value in what they do and want to know everything I can about it so that I can facilitate needs and demands on wedding day. I joke about how the photographer community has “adopted” me because I have so many close photographer friends and spend my down time pouring over a blogs written by photographers. Let me preface this by saying that I have been very, very blessed to work with some absolutely phenomenal photographers in the last 2 years. How can a planner (or other wedding vendor) request photos from the photographer if we haven’t received them yet? Or rather… CAN we request them? I realized it was something we don’t openly talk about, and I wanted to share this post with you. But in the last few weeks, I’ve had a few photographers approach me and ask me if this has happened, how often and what I do. Usually, a planner or another wedding vendor is approaching me and asking how I handle it. I felt for the couple because I know that they felt helpless,” Lam told KXPI.I keep hearing this question come up in conversations. “Just watching kind of like the struggle and everything. San Francisco-based wedding photographer Monica Lam said she didn’t know what to do as she witnessed the attack. San Franciscans and tourists enjoy warm weather outside the Palace of Fine Arts. The suspect made off with the man’s gear, according to ABC 7.īoth incidents have been reported to the San Francisco Police Department but no additional details have been released. Just hours before the Dallas photographer was attacked, another wedding photographer at the Palace witnessed another photographer robbed at gunpoint and caught it on video. He said he will never shoot at the Palace of Fine Arts again following the incident, and suggested couples find a different location for their wedding photos.Īccording to CBS, the idyllic location, which is a hot spot for wedding photos, is widely known for car break-ins, with warning signs posted all over the area asking people not to leave valuables in their cars. The two gunmen fled and hopped into a white car, video shows. The bride was crying the whole time,” he said, speaking to the outlet anonymously. I tried to protect the client’s memories. The photographer, a new father, said he wasn’t thinking carefully about the possible consequences as he fought back against his attackers. The photographer is from Dallas, Texas, and was shooting the Bay Area couple’s wedding photos at the Palace of Fine Arts right after getting their marriage certified at City Hall on Nov. The two men pistol-whipped the wedding photographer as they attempted to snatch his equipment. The horrifying scene played out last week in front of dozens of witnesses. After forcing the photographer to the ground, the two gunmen take off empty-handed and appear to hop into a white vehicle, according to the clip. The groom can be seen holding up his hands asking the men not to shoot while his new wife appears to be crying. The attempted stick-up rattled the bride, groom and others in the scenic green space. The photographer refuses and as he tries to get away, the suspects pistol-whip him. Two armed men, masked and in all black, can be seen shoving the photographer, pointing a gun in his face and demanding that he turn over his expensive equipment, the footage shows. The horrifying scene played out last week in front of dozens of witnesses and was captured by a witness on cellphone video. Sicko dragged woman into Bronx garage, choked, sexually assaulted her: copsĬrazed man arrested for attack on walker in Central Park: NYPDĪ wedding photographer was pistol-whipped during a photo shoot in front of horrified newlyweds in a brazen, broad-daylight attempted robbery at San Francisco’s iconic Palace of Fine Arts, shocking video shows. San Fran drops case against vagrant who practiced swinging crowbar before attacking ex-fire commish Ex-fire commissioner says San Fran in ‘chaos’ as he describes pain from crowbar attack DA declined to prosecute
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