In 1975 I started photographing weddings.
I was 29 at the time.
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| My Dad, Glen Thompson, who was my first trainer and Inspiration in photography. The safari suit was my standard wedding photography uniform in the 1970's. This was in the Dandenongs in Victoria. |
Now this last weekend I assisted a young friend in a wedding shoot and at the end of the day and into the night I suffered some terrible cramps.
I decided that now almost 70 it is time to declare my innings closed on officially shooting weddings.
I have been averaging about one a year over the last five years.
I have been thoroughly enjoying over the last 10 years the transition from film photography to digital and marvel at the cameras now being produced at a rapid rate.
I will probably in future still take some shots at weddings where I am a guest but apart from that maybe only when I am Uncle Geoff.
It has been a fantastic journey and I have made many wonderful friends in the photography industry and also been able to mentor and train some young photographers along the way.
On this blog and my other blogs I have posted some of my training in wedding photography tips from my course I developed some years ago.
If you are an aspiring Wedding Photographer you may find a lot of help there.
See my other blogs on photography.
A lot of this training is also posted on this blog.
http://geoffthompsonphotographics.blogspot.com.au/
http://geoffthompsonsphotographytraining.blogspot.com.au/
Thanks to all who have helped me along the way.
Especially my lovely wife.
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| From last weekend. A beautiful wedding. |
