Topic for the day is BACKUP
I started to notice that not only is this blog being read by brides & grooms but its also being read by photographers. So this goes out to all the aspiring photographers who are looking here for some ideas, inspiration and some general tips.
As we here are all working, full time wedding photographers we all need backup of pretty much everything we have, use and or own. No I don’t have two fisheye lenses but I do have backups all my cameras, main lenses, strobes, batteries, memory cards and ME (that is actually one of the purposes of Group of 10 so we all have peers to depend on in the event of an emergency)
Images photographed at events are backed up immediately in the event of a hard drive failure as ALL hard drives fail eventually.
Within my camera bag is a reserve of memory cards.. My backup in the event something happens to my main source of memory.
This photo was taken at a recent wedding when the power went out for 2 hours, the location shall remain nameless. But I was amazed that this was all they had for a generator. Better than nothing I guess as It was enough to give electric for the DJ. However without Air Conditioning the room became pretty hot after an hour with 200 guests and a ton of candles! My personal opinion is that they failed the backup test. They did pass the “make it work” test as the couple was very happy with the night.
The point.. All equipment WILL fail.. everyone will have technical issues at some point. Its how you manage it when it happens that makes a difference.
Who needs backup? Well, if you’re a working wedding photographer you better have some!