[ Discuss ] Anyone using OM-D for paid assignment?

[microcosm]

Just discovered that for events, the best set up turned out to be a 9-18mm with the E-M5. Really fast and will not be wrong. The zoom range give me a little play in tighter spaces.

 

[As7eroidS]

Just discovered that for events, the best set up turned out to be a 9-18mm with the E-M5. Really fast and will not be wrong. The zoom range give me a little play in tighter spaces.

May not be that great if indoor w/low light imo

 

[spidey89]

What problems do you foresee in low light?

 

[mackie8]

i think the best for indoor events is the pana 12-35 F2.8... but quite expensive...
do u think 25mm 1.4 will be good for indoor parties?

 

[ageha]

iPhone Wedding Photography | Chicago Destination Lifestyle Wedding Photographer - Kenny Kim Photography

its not impossible to use OMD for a paid assigment, end of the day, the camera is just another gear... important thing is the photographer skill, knowledge and wits to improvise

The photos are bad. I expect a much better job if it's a wedding.

 

[flamenco]

The photos are bad. I expect a much better job if it's a wedding.

Not that I am any expert. Have to agree that I would be disappointed if these were my wedding photos.

I did a product (mooncakes) shoot for a friend, using the 45mm (btn my limited skills and his budget), it was passable, wish I had the 75mm a couple of mths ago.

 

[ageha]

Talking of perception vs reality, why does every wedding photographer I see go around in t-shirt and jeans ? If I were to pay for a "professional"-looking photographer, I would at least expect them to wear a proper shirt and pants, if not a tie. Especially considering that they are running around cutting in front of the couple even when the couple is walking down the aisle. Yeah, photographers are working but so are waiters, and waiters dress up for the job.

Actually I think proper photographers regard the dress code. I never saw a wedding photographer in T-shirt and jeans.

 

[rhema83]

i think the best for indoor events is the pana 12-35 F2.8... but quite expensive...
do u think 25mm 1.4 will be good for indoor parties?

25mm is probably too tight, especially if you need to take group shots.

 

[spidey89]

The photos are bad. I expect a much better job if it's a wedding.

I quite liked it actually, though the quality could tell it was from a phone

 

[As7eroidS]

I like to say its not always about the gears used. Its the composition and skills/techniques that matters as well.

Imo, the iPhone pics were taken pretty good i.e the photographer. IQ aside.

I can pass my 1Dx to anyone here who might not do better in terms of composition, IQ aside. My 2 cents

 

[Oly5050]

Not that I am any expert. Have to agree that I would be disappointed if these were my wedding photos.

I did a product (mooncakes) shoot for a friend, using the 45mm (btn my limited skills and his budget), it was passable, wish I had the 75mm a couple of mths ago.

The 45 1.8 is a sharp lens. You cant blame it.

 

[spidey89]

I like to say its not always about the gears used. Its the composition and skills/techniques that matters as well.

Imo, the iPhone pics were taken pretty good i.e the photographer. IQ aside.

I can pass my 1Dx to anyone here who might not do better in terms of composition, IQ aside. My 2 cents

For a moment there, I was reading D1x and this k "ain't that an old camera?" I must be more tired than I originally thought lol

 

[microcosm]

May not be that great if indoor w/low light imo

I cannot imagine anyone shooting events professionally that does not have at least a flashgun ready, at least not in my years as an event photographer.

 

[microcosm]

I quite liked it actually, though the quality could tell it was from a phone

I have seen a lot of better gear, better IQ and crap composition. So I have to agree with you, spidey89... I would have accepted these images as my wedding photos. It is about the moment captured, and not pixel peeping. Granted, the couple should have had some proper studio sessions with larger format cameras with higher imaging quality to blow up the images for wall mounting...

 

[Oly5050]

I have seen a lot of better gear, better IQ and crap composition. So I have to agree with you, spidey89... I would have accepted these images as my wedding photos. It is about the moment captured, and not pixel peeping. Granted, the couple should have had some proper studio sessions with larger format cameras with higher imaging quality to blow up the images for wall mounting...

He says he was there as a guest but he was challenging himself to shoot using iPhone.

"I spend most of my time photographing weddings professionally (www.kennykim.com). It’s rare that I get to attend one as a guest. But this year, I had the privilege of attending two weddings as a guest – which meant that I could put my theory to test. First one, was little bit more difficult because I was actually one of the groomsmen. So I practiced snapping some photos here and there throughout the day using my iPhone. The results that I got from that day gave me enough encouragement to challenge myself to see if photographing an entire wedding (from getting ready until the reception) using only your iPhone can be done. Last weekend, I got to attend another wedding as a guest. Few weeks prior to this wedding, I shared my idea by with the couple and they were more than happy to allow me to test out my theory. With their blessing, I photographed my first wedding using just my iPhone 4 (not 4s), a mini tripod, 20″ light reflector disc and the Mophie Juice Pack Air for battery backup. (I also brought a video light and my canon lens mug because I had so much room left in my gear bag I felt like I had to fill it with something else .

In total, I captured approximately 1000 photos, of which, I narrowed down to about 250 being usable. Out of those, I selected about 75 to share with you because that is about the same amount of photos I will use to make an album book to tell the story of their wedding day. iPhone 4 definitely has its limitations right now. I wish I had the iPhone4s to test out but I am still holding out for the iPhone5 before I make my next upgrade – by then, I think I can offer iPhone wedding packages to clients that are interested in hiring me for this service."

 

[Oly5050]

The photos are bad. I expect a much better job if it's a wedding.

I agree. You can see in the photos that for indoors and low light, the iPhone cannot make it. Outdoors, it looks good and at the sizes displayed on the web, hard to tell that it is camera photos. No doubt they are good photos as in composition and capture etc, but you can see the equipment being the limiting factor in terms of the overall picture quality.

 

[ageha]

I have seen a lot of better gear, better IQ and crap composition. So I have to agree with you, spidey89... I would have accepted these images as my wedding photos.

Are you serious? The compositions are horrible. My wedding photos run circles around those shots.

 

[microcosm]

Are you serious? The compositions are horrible. My wedding photos run circles around those shots.

I am quite sure you are a very good wedding photographer. And you have your own style that is probably different from the iPhone photographer.

But art is subjective bro. What works for me might be total garbage to another. Which is so true in this case.

 

[spidey89]

I agree, earlier comments are that the photos aren't good, yet I liked it, you like pop, I like rock, you like rice, i like noodles, as the saying goes "one man's poison is another's meat" though I have no idea if both are humans, and poison is poison, how can poison become meat but I digress hahaha

 

[nstclicks]

No doubt they are good photos as in composition and capture etc, but you can see the equipment being the limiting factor in terms of the overall picture quality.

Haha ! But isn't that like saying the groom is caring and thoughtful and all that, but the numbers in his bank balance are the limiting factor in his quality as a husband ?