jane_and.the_dragon

I was just sorting through some photos of my nephew's wedding and I noticed something. They had hired a "professional" photographer to document their big day. On the surface that looks like a great idea. You would get all the photos of every minute, and not have to stop to pose during the procedure. I noticed something in these photos that make no sense to me at all. I have never been married, and even if I ever do get married it will not be a wedding as big as this one, so I am the first to admit I do not understand all the small details in a big wedding. The thing that reallllllllllly confused me was the 20 shots of the rings on the pillow. I looked at this nearly everyone identical to the one before, and I asked myself : " Why so many shots in the same lighting of objects that can not move?" It is not like the rings may have blinked when the shot was taken, or moved and blurred the image. I can totally see the thinking behind taking more then one shot of the people involved in the wedding, because people may move, but rings tied to a pillow do not.
It is a still life, and they took sooooooooooo many shots of the rings and the bridal's flowers. Not the people holding them just the rings and the flowers laying on a table. Makes me wonder if this Professional Photographer is not as good as they pretend to be, or if they just did this to pad their bill? Think about it. You would probably be able to get more for a bigger packet of photos then a smaller one. So if you do not get enough people shots to fill the packet purchased, just finish filling it out with a bunch of shots of the ring and flowers. You would still have the amount of photos you contracted for even if the redundancy is the reason why you got the full amount of shots for which you contracted.
If anyone has ever had a big wedding, and their photographer did thin I would love to know their thoughts on it. I mean seriously, I take photos for fun and I could have got some really great shots in less then 5 attempts so why did it take the professional photographer about 20 to do it?