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John has gotten pretty good at digital photography, and I must say that I really like the results. Film is great, but I really like the color and subtleness of digital better. I'm usually the one who selects which of John's photos go into the album for our couples (they can substitute out any of the pictures I did not select), and I can tell you that often times it is very hard for me to choose which shots make the final cut. There are just so many good ones.
I'm also John's assistant during the wedding, at Maui weddings where he is performing the ceremony, and I find that I can take many more shots than I can when we're shooting film. I've certainly noticed the quality of my part of the photography package going up. At last night's wedding we shot over 200 photographs, which is easy when you know that you don't have to process all those prints. In the end, when I edit down the number of shots that John and I have taken, I find that our quality goes way up, simply because I have more to choose from.
But there is also the fact that we can take a lot of impulse shots that we would normally not shoot, that are more like Photo-journalistic style shots. For example, at last night's wedding, the bride's brother had a cute little girl who was the "official bouquet handler" during the ceremony. When the bride passed off her bouquet, so that she could have her hands free for the ring exchange, this little girl took it and joined the wedding party. That makes such a cute shot.
Of course, that kind of shot certainly isn't on my "shot list" when we're shooting film! But when you are not worrying about burning film, both John and I can click away. If you choose digital for your Maui wedding, I'm certain that you will be very happy with the look of your photos.
I also like the fact that I have more control over how the finished images are going to look. I can edit them before they go to the lab, so that I do not have to depend upon them so much. All-in-all, I am really enjoying shooting digital more than I do film. And our couples certainly seem happy with the results.
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