The outstanding ones shoot for themselves 100% of the time. They are unwavering and uncompromising in their vision and personal journey in photography. They ignore trends.

It increases :)

Either would be fine. I don't see the 1/1000 shutter speed as a limitation at all. I typically overexpose Portra 400 so much that anything above 1/1000 is not crucial.

My advice? It is easier to drive a car that is moving. Get a MF camera, any camera, and start. You will learn so much about what works for you.

I have no experience with either of those. I'm sure either would be great. I've never heard of a 'bad' lens on a Leica.

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Two backs.

One is a spare I keep in the car. The other is loaded in the camera.

I just keep reloading the back when I need to. I don''t believe in shooting a ton of frames. I'm a sniper :)

1200-ish. Depends on the wedding! Anything that is tricky, like fast dancing couple under low light without flash will take a lot of shots to nail.

I wouldn't do it without a signed contract. It could be a total waste if your time.

Also - I tell couples that I arrive early to scout out the venue on their wedding day so I can see what it will look like ON THIER DAY.

If you go scout way ahead of the wedding, days or months, then the venue may look totally different. Certain areas might be under construction or off-limits, it might be cloudy so you don't know where to shoot if their day turns out sunny etc.

If you explain to your client that is is better to scout on the DAY OF their wedding, they should understand.

Just go to my Pricing link on my website and you can see what I currently offer (in great detail).

I organize my negatives in rolls that I keep in a cool dry place in my garage. I keep the in rolls as they are super easy to re-scan that way.

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That really depends on the shoot.
For weddings: 400-600+
Engagements: 45-100+

On negatives, on my DROBO, and in the Cloud via Backblaze.

Yes. But there are many ways to do it. You can set your meter for slower film, I set mine to 320. You can also meter for the shadow, as well as keep the bulb on your meter retracted.

All that matters is that you are allowing more light onto the film than it requires. Just know how much it is. In general you can't hurt color negative film by overexposing. It is underexposing that leads to bad results.

I scan 35mm at a fairly high resolution on my Frontier. I hacked the software a bit to allow it so scan negs to be printed large without any issues.

I don't. Sorry!

I never shoot Delta 3200 or any BW at the reception. I'm really into color and for the most part I switch to digital when it gets really dark. Nothing beats it.

I prefer to use natural light when possible, followed by bounce flash off the ceiling.

Yes! But it depends on the look of their wedding. That will determine best fit.

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