{"id":1440,"date":"2013-09-25T12:48:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T12:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2023-07-19T19:53:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:53:51","slug":"priest-lectures-photographer-during-wedding-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/priest-lectures-photographer-during-wedding-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIL!  Priest Lectures Photographer During Wedding Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZbfQo2ilHtE\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Every now and then I google &#8221; weddings&#8221; and hit the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">news category button<\/span> to see if there&#8217;s anything interesting happening in my industry. \u00a0I usually get an uninteresting story about a celeb running off to get secretly married, or about yet another bride who divorced her husband a few weeks after she got married. \u00a0Surprisingly, these things happen quite often. \u00a0But today, I hit the jackpot! \u00a0Apparently, a videographer got a little too close for a minister&#8217;s comfort, and the minister gave him a piece of his mind, during the ceremony! \u00a0All of it was caught on tape.<\/p>\n<p>While many people are labeling the incident as a photographer who got chewed out, I&#8217;m pretty sure it was a videographer that got lectured to, as the camera that moved, was the video camera.<\/p>\n<p>So here are the obvious questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was the video camera too close for comfort?<\/strong><br \/>\nVery likely. Because the minister didn&#8217;t need to raise his voice to lecture the videographer, we can conclude the videographer was rather close. \u00a0I&#8217;m actually on the minster&#8217;s side when it comes to cameras getting too close for comfort. \u00a0Cameras should be at least ten feet from the ceremony, out of frame.<\/p>\n<p>Cameras that that are too close are not just a concern for ministers, but also photographers and videographers. \u00a0I hate it when photographers pop into the frame of one of my video cameras, or when a videographers pops into frame when I&#8217;m shooting photography. \u00a0They can get the same shot with an average zoom.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the time, videographers and photographers communicate with each other so they don&#8217;t get into each others ways. \u00a0The amateurs though, don&#8217;t do this. \u00a0I don&#8217;t usually run into this problem as I photograph and videotape my weddings at the same time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/kristin-sunrise-wedding-6.jpg\"><img  title=\"FAIL!  Priest Lectures Photographer During Wedding Ceremony Dream Weddings Hawaii\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/kristin-sunrise-wedding-6.jpg\"  alt=\"kristin-sunrise-wedding-6 FAIL!  Priest Lectures Photographer During Wedding Ceremony\"  width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/kristin-sunrise-wedding-6.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/kristin-sunrise-wedding-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/kristin-sunrise-wedding-6-73x55.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/kristin-sunrise-wedding-6-310x232.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/kristin-sunrise-wedding-6-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><strong>Video cameras should be off to the side, 10 feet from the ceremony, on tripods, and not blocking anyone&#8217;s view of the ceremony<br \/>\n<\/strong><a title=\"Leland and Kathy\u2019s Oahu Wedding Video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/leland-and-kathys-oahu-wedding-video\/\">To watch this wedding video click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/unobtrusive-wedding-cameras.jpg\"><img  title=\"FAIL!  Priest Lectures Photographer During Wedding Ceremony Dream Weddings Hawaii\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/unobtrusive-wedding-cameras.jpg\"  alt=\"unobtrusive-wedding-cameras FAIL!  Priest Lectures Photographer During Wedding Ceremony\"  width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/unobtrusive-wedding-cameras.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/unobtrusive-wedding-cameras-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/unobtrusive-wedding-cameras-73x55.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/unobtrusive-wedding-cameras-310x232.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/unobtrusive-wedding-cameras-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><strong>Video cameras should also be left unattended so guest can view the ceremony.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"John and Jenna\u2019s Oahu Wedding Video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/john-and-jennas-oahu-wedding-video\/\">To watch this wedding video click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Should the minster have stopped the ceremony to lecture the videographer?<\/strong><br \/>\nPardon my language, but HELL NO! \u00a0There&#8217;s a time and a place for lecturing, and a ceremony is obviously not a platform to do so. \u00a0The minister should have relayed his restrictions to the videographer before the ceremony, not during.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have I ever had a similar experience?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Yes! \u00a0When I photographed my cousins wedding in Arizona, I was told by their Catholic Priest <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">before the wedding<\/span> that: One, I could not move around during the ceremony; and two, I could not use any flash. \u00a0I agreed to his restrictions, sat in the aisle during the ceremony, and shot photos from a sitting position. \u00a0 But during the ceremony, the \u00a0Catholic Priest, actually stopped everything, and told me to stop photographing the wedding as the noise from my shutter was distracting him! \u00a0I couldn&#8217;t believe it! \u00a0I didn&#8217;t listen and kept shooting anyways.<\/p>\n<p>After the ceremony, I chased down the Priest to give him my piece of mind. \u00a0But before I could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pleasantly<\/span> corner him, the old man ran into his office, locked his door, and wouldn&#8217;t answer when I knocked. \u00a0I wanted to let him know what he did was extremely rude and inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is this a rare occurrence?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Unfortunately no! \u00a0While any minister can be picky on their photography restrictions, it&#8217;s not uncommon for a photographer to get yelled at during the ceremony. \u00a0Ask any photographer, and they&#8217;ll give you their own personal horror story. \u00a0And most of the time, that horror story consist of the antagonist being played by, drum roll please, no other than a Catholic Priest.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a Christian, I&#8217;m a religious person. \u00a0I love God! \u00a0And I have no problems with Catholic Priest and the Catholic religion. \u00a0 But&#8230;BUT&#8230;Sometimes, a Catholic Priest can install unrealistic restrictions that can ultimately hamper a photographer or videographers ability to document a wedding accurately, and beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of this youtube wedding video. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think this was a Catholic Priest. \u00a0Catholic ceremonies don&#8217;t take place outdoors. \u00a0They only take place in churches. \u00a0I&#8217;m thinking that this was an Episcopal Priest. \u00a0Which sometimes, can be just as strict when it comes to photography\/video restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then I google &#8221; weddings&#8221; and hit the news category button to see if there&#8217;s anything interesting happening in my industry. \u00a0I usually get an uninteresting story about a celeb running off to get secretly married, or about yet another bride who divorced her husband a few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5393,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions\/5393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}