i'm beginning to develop a strong distaste for all the staged "photography" (running in plural, actually) that invariably and without any mistake at that, goes by the banner name of "candid pre-wedding/wedding/post-wedding shots"..in fact, the distaste gets stronger by many folds and leaps and bounds with each new 'notification' bearing the same said name (sic)..
c'mon people.. you know you have paid a very handsome amount of money to that person to take those shots of yours.. you are asked to "look there", "smile", "make your eyes droop", "ogle" and all the what-nots and the likes of those..
so, how can that be a "candid" shot when there is NOTHING candid about the shot, per se? when the very said shot is being 'sculpted'? structured with the precision of a bone surgeon about the looks/clothes/colors/hairs/ornaments and even smile? and i'm not even going to the hands and legs position/nail paint etc..
i agree.. the shots are good.. the people within the shots are made to look fabulous.. the lens work is awesome.. and the attention to detail is to the point..
but where does "candid" gets to feature here?
or is it a brand gimmick?
c'mon people.. you know you have paid a very handsome amount of money to that person to take those shots of yours.. you are asked to "look there", "smile", "make your eyes droop", "ogle" and all the what-nots and the likes of those..
so, how can that be a "candid" shot when there is NOTHING candid about the shot, per se? when the very said shot is being 'sculpted'? structured with the precision of a bone surgeon about the looks/clothes/colors/hairs/ornaments and even smile? and i'm not even going to the hands and legs position/nail paint etc..
i agree.. the shots are good.. the people within the shots are made to look fabulous.. the lens work is awesome.. and the attention to detail is to the point..
but where does "candid" gets to feature here?
or is it a brand gimmick?
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