photography as a business in our part of the woods is pretty weird, 90% of people that can live from it are doing weddings (and other celebrations) by selling photos to guests. i am not fan of that 😁
i do photograph some parties, maybe once a month, that is how i make excuses for myself to spend money on gear 😂
bookkeeping/accounting/taxes for small businesses. So doing something "creative" on the side is a must 🤣
Me neither! Especially since it seems people expect very artificial photos to come out of these events, have you noticed that? Having seen your kind of photography, I don't see you just lining up the bridesmaids and getting them to put on a biiiig smile.
Looks to me like you've got that covered :)
by weird coincidences i stumbled into photographing 18 birthday parties some years ago and when you get into it in a small town people know you so you get called often. And it is not that serious as weddings, it is a party.
And i am happy to see that i managed to influence people to realize that those line up smile portraits will be nice in 10 years (oh look how i looked here) but those candid ones will make you smile when you see them in 10 years time.
That's really cool. Especially at that age, what kind of an authentic memory of your 18th b-day is it to just sit nicely for a portrait like they used to 100 years ago?