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About John Wilson
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Expertise
Over 25 years specializing exclusively in professional wedding photography. I can answer most questions relating directly to wedding photography concerning the business, film, digital, traditional & digital labs, marketing, effects, pricing & packaging, shooting outdoors and in-studio with multiple flash, color management and creating magazine style wedding albums. I can't answer questions regarding other fields of photography. I am a full-time self-employed pro wedding photographer.

Experience
About 25 years experience photographing weddings professionally. Past 3 years shooting digital exclusively.

Education/Credentials
Going to photography seminars and reading all the wedding photography books I can find then applying the techniques and new styles I've learned with each wedding. You always need to grow and learn to keep up in this field. With each new wedding you photograph, you must challenge yourself to do better work than your previous wedding. You must always have the goal of making the wedding photographs for a bride & groom be the best photographs they have seen of any wedding.

   

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Photos of other company products7/14/2008Tricia Scott-Sahler
  Q: Do you need permission to photograph, say and airline, and then copyright that photo? I have been ...
  A: As always, I disclaim that I am not a lawyer :) Depending on where you are (public property, private ...
Raw Photo Processing7/14/2008John Wilson
  Q: I'm a part-time photographer shooting mostly weddings. A few months ago I began shooting raw and ...
  A: As a self-employed portrait/wedding photographer, here is what I found works best for me. In the ...
photography7/11/2008John Wilson
  Q: my name is melissa and I'm 14. I know that I want to be professional photographer when I get ...
  A: As you may have noticed in my profile, I specialize as a portrait/wedding photographer. I do not do ...
Chattanooga Wedding Photographers7/1/2008John Wilson
  Q: I'm a serious photographer considering going pro as a wedding photographer in the Chattanooga ...
  A: Hey Steve, Thanks for your photography questions. Since you describe yourself as a serious ...
Promoting Home Based Wedding Photography Business6/22/2008John Wilson
  Q: Greetings John, I'm wanting to start a home based photography business. I've been checking out your ...
  A: I do not have a blog. While blogs are all the rage in the marketing community, the fact is a blog ...
photography6/19/2008Don Wood
  Q: Recently I decided I would give it a go and bought a new professional camera and then I realized now ...
  A: I would suggest that you go to the New York Institute of Photography website and see if you could ...
Photography Business in Economic Ression6/16/2008John Wilson
  Q: I appreciate the idea of your customers having recession proof jobs, but when their income is fixed ...
  A: While their incomes may remain basically the same, most of those recession proof jobs are also "high ...
Professional Photography and Recession6/15/2008John Wilson
  Q: I've read you are a professional full-time self employed wedding photographer. How well is business ...
  A: I know there are a lot of photographers and videographers asking themselves those questions lately ...
Night & Indoor Photography / Shadows & Red Eye6/11/2008Don Wood
  Q: I am NOT a professional photographer, nor do I plan on ever being one. But, I do really enjoy ...
  A: Enjoy yourself. Get the Canon Digital before that night and do some practice on it. Familiarize ...
Nikon Camera?5/27/2008Don Wood
  Q: I am considering purchasing a new Digital camera to be used anywhere from sports to portrait/wedding ...
  A: I would Google the Internet for Photo Schools in these areas. What you need to do is to get a feel ...
Best Universities for MFA in Photgraphy4/29/2008Don Wood
  Q: Hey, I would like to do my M.F.A in Photography. I plan to specialize in Portrait photography ...
  A: Listing of many graduate schools ...
DSLF4/14/2008Don Wood
  Q: I got my first DSLR canon 5D as a present from my wife and i have been playing with it and i have ...
  A: I would go to http://www.usa.canon.com/ and examine the website thoroughly, I would pore over the ...
DSLR4/14/2008John Wilson
  Q: I got my first DSLR canon 5D as a present from my wife and i have been playing with it and i have ...
  A: To understand how the 5D camera focuses you should read the owner's manual. I shoot weddings with ...
DSLR4/14/2008Erin Reid Coker
  Q: I got my first DSLR canon 5D as a present from my wife and i have been playing with it and i have ...
  A: Although I don't own a 5D I do plan on buying one soon. I have read some stories online about the ...
what courses will help me to prepare for the career field i've chosen?4/14/2008Don Wood
  Q: my Name is Tara and I'm 18 i am hopefully about to begin college this semester and I'm in the ...
  A: Photo-journalism is a growing field of photography, however if you are in a small town, a reporter ...
Feel Jipped by friend4/14/2008John Wilson
  Q: I got married a few years ago and asked my friend to be the photographer for my wedding as she had ...
  A: Since she is refusing to speak with you this requires you to take her to small claims court. There ...
Feel Jipped by friend4/13/2008John Wilson
  Q: I got married a few years ago and asked my friend to be the photographer for my wedding as she had ...
  A: It is so sad that these situations and so many like them happen every year. Cherry and I are ...
Growing out of the city4/10/2008Massimo Mazzucco
  Q: I work for a fashion photographer and we are starting to think we've outgrown our Canadian City and ...
  A: The Career of a Fashion Photographer There are two kinds of fashion photographers, the one who is ...
I am moving to New York to work in the fashion photography field4/10/2008Massimo Mazzucco
  Q: I am about to graduate from the Art Institute of Colorado, and will be moving to New York to begin ...
  A: The Career of a Fashion Photographer There are two kinds of fashion photographers, the one who is ...
Career Questions3/30/2008Erin Reid Coker
  Q: I'm a photgraphy student and am doing a career research paper on Photojournalism. I was wondering if ...
  A: Sorry for the delay...hope this helps you out. 1. I fell into photography in college. I was a ...
Photography Questions3/30/2008John Wilson
  Q: I'm a photgraphy student and am doing a career research paper on Wedding photography. I was ...
  A: Here are the answers. 1. I got into photography when some high school friends of mine became ...
Wedding photography3/30/2008Don Wood
  Q: I'm a photgraphy student and am doing a career research paper on Wedding photography. I was ...
  A: I became a photographer because I love being able to record history of an event. To explain, every ...
writing a photography proposal3/29/2008Tricia Scott-Sahler
  Q: I have been hired as a photographer for a brochure and the company requested a fee proposal. This is ...
  A: Congrats on the job. There are many things to consider when pricing a job. I don't know where you ...
Too many links?3/26/2008John Wilson
  Q: John, Been reading some of your posts here. You've advised that working with other wedding vendors ...
  A: I can see the apparent discrepancy in what I've said in previous posts here at All Experts and what ...
Charging for my work.3/21/2008Tricia Scott-Sahler
  Q: I am a photographer, I have my first real paying project with a very large company, and I need to ...
  A: Congrats on your first job! Whew, this requires more questions to answer. Are you working for them ...
Career Choice3/10/2008Tricia Scott-Sahler
  Q: I'm 17 in South Ontario and I am determined to become a nature/wildlife photographer. But I would ...
  A: Adam, For 17 you seem to know what you want. Wedding photography can be very lucrative if you are ...
career questions2/26/2008Don Wood
  Q: I was wondering if you could help me... I'm studying on a photography course in Dublin, Ireland, and ...
  A: l. I was in High School, taking a course in journalism, and got interested in taking pictures. From ...
Salary as a wedding photographer2/25/2008John Wilson
  Q: John, I've read some of your posts and have checked out your website. You seem to be very busy ...
  A: I've been shooting weddings with medium format film using Pentax 645 cameras for over 23 years. ...
Photography careers2/9/2008Massimo Mazzucco
  Q: I'm a high school junior and i really adore photography. My parents say that it's useless and won't ...
  A: The Career of a Fashion Photographer There are two kinds of fashion photographers, the one who is ...
College Degree1/31/2008Erin Reid Coker
  Q: I have seen your pictures on your website and I think that they are amazing, and I have a couple of ...
  A: Wow, thanks for the kind words... I don't hear them enough. I started out as a business major and ...
Lighting purchace1/23/2008Don Wood
  Q: I am about to purchace my first light kit and m in need of an opinion. I am on a tight budget and I ...
  A: Mally I would choose the one with the two light setup. In portrait shooting, 1 light is a flat ...
Wedding Photography1/7/2008John Wilson
  Q: I am intrested in becoming a wedding photographer but I don't know what to do to get started or ...
  A: Some photographers and especially studios might want to do a background check. You fill out the ...
Wedding Photography1/7/2008John Wilson
  Q: I am intrested in becoming a wedding photographer but I don't know what to do to get started or ...
  A: Formal training or acquiring credentials is not a licensing requirement anywhere in the United ...
Matte or glossy1/4/2008Erin Reid Coker
  Q: When trying to make a portfolio what finish is most appealing? Also what size? One more. Is it wise ...
  A: You are going to get all kinds of different answers on this one because matte or glossy is a ...
Wedding Photography1/3/2008John Wilson
  Q: I am intrested in becoming a wedding photographer but I don't know what to do to get started or ...
  A: You mentioned you love weddings and you love to take pictures. That's a great start for becoming a ...
Photography lighting12/27/2007Don Wood
  Q: Please HELP! I am just starting out in photography and looking to purchase my first light kit. I ...
  A: I think that you would find that having a continuous light source would create heat which during ...
A career change12/15/2007Erin Reid Coker
  Q: I just recently lost my job. I having been thinking about returning to my old hobby but with a new ...
  A: First off, it's never too late to go for what you want. Depending on where you live may depend on ...
Internet Marketing12/8/2007John Wilson
  Q: I'm a photographer in Kentucky with a studio in my home. I've been in business about 2 years. Just ...
  A: I don't know what your specific marketing efforts currently consist of, but this is what works for ...
Use of photographs12/5/2007Tricia Scott-Sahler
  Q: We are a printing and manufacturing company. We normally take photo's of all the work which we ...
  A: Well, the images are copyrighted by the photographer, so you should get his or her permission to use ...
what to do??11/29/2007Massimo Mazzucco
  Q: I work in a photo lab and I love pictures and everything about it... I would love to do fashion ...
  A: The Career of a Fashion Photographer There are two kinds of fashion photographers, the one who is ...

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