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Monday, February 26, 2007

Yesterday after church Josh and I spent some time talking to our photographer friend. He is loaning us one of his cameras for the two weddings I'm shooting in March. Usually after talking to him I feel excited but this time I only felt discouraged. We started talking about the equipment needed to shoot a wedding. Josh and I just don't have what we need. Borrowing a camera is okay except that they take different memory cards and you have to get used to a completely different camera. You have to think about external flashes and flash brackets. We don't even have a laptop to upload pictures to during the day. This means that we can only shoot as many pictures as we have memory cards for.

I'm frustrated with the whole thing and think maybe we jumped into this too quickly. It's funny because normally I'm doubting myself. For once I'm not...instead I'm doubting my photography equipment (or lack thereof).

Edited (10:58am): My husband responded on his blog.

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posted by kimberly, 7:59 AM


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I have these days on a regular basis. You should see the wish-list on my white board (in fact, I may just go take a picture!). The thing that helps me out is knowing that even the big guys that show up to an event with three assistants and 5 or 6 cameras all started out like you and me! I truly believe that we'll both get there, someday! It's that catch-22 of needing the work to afford the equipment, but not having the equipment hinders you from getting the work.

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