chapter 8
BREAKING DOWN DEFENSIVE BARRIERS
Obviously, the photographic techniques laid out in this book—or anywhere else, for that matter—are completely useless if your client’s family and friends cannot relate to you or if they don’t want to work with you. As the wedding photographer, you probably spend more time with the bride and groom on their wedding day than their own families. You are invited to witness one of the most personal and intimate events in this couple’s lives, and you are not even part of the family or, in most cases, even a friend.
One of the things I learned the hard way is that for the couple and their family, this is a rare and highly emotional event. But busy wedding photographers can view a wedding as just one job of ...
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