What WAS this photographer thinking ????

Question: What WAS this photographer thinking !?!?!?!?

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What's the worst wedding photo you've ever seen !?!?
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My theory is that the bride was a little "gassy" that day, and that the bouquets were actually weighted with lead or something and placed there to keep the back of the dress from flying skyward when !.!.!. the inevitable happened!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

obviously the flowers are the brides maids bouquets!.If that pic is the only one shot during the entire wedding, then I don't know what he was thinking, but if it was just one of the several hundred you can easily shoot with a digital camera, then it was just one of the ones to be culled out and not printed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hahahaa! About 20 or 25 years ago, that shot was a trendy must have, rather like selective color in more recent times!. I still see the bouquet train shot from time to time come through the photolab!. I did have a client ask for that particular shot not too long ago, she was trying to match a shot from her mother's album!. So I did my first one ever last year :-) Maybe it's coming back!.

The worst shots I see are usually due to bad posing, lighting or exposure or all of the above!. Sometimes you see awful stuff on the new websites of wannabe newbie photographers!. The scary thing is, they have posted their best images and think their work is great!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Reminds me of the lyrics of an old camp song from WW1!.
Tenting tonight on the old camp ground!.
Give us a song to cheer!.
Tenting tonight on the old camp ground!.
Many are the hearts that are weary tonight to hear the sounds of peace!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.

Or something like that!.
What the heck were they thinking!. Perhaps they were hiding the dwarf!.
Can't help it I reverting to jerk!. I need to contact my support group!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think that the flowers on her dress were the bridesmaids bouquets!. I have see this done before and honestly, the concept is not bad!.
Here is a link to lots of bad wedding photos
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Perhaps, since young, the bride had aspired to be a flowery person!. Or she just has a very unhealthy obsession with bouquets!.
On a lighter note, the fantastically hideous dress does take attention off her equally wonderful, pudgy arms!. What a sly woman!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Anybody can be a shutterbug!.

A true photographer has an artist's eye for the entire picture!.

I don't need to edit my photos!.

And no amount of editing would save that photo!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Somehow this one reminds me of the water hazard in the movie "Tin Cup!." Just a fe more steps to the rear, please!.!.!.

This isn't "bad," but I want to play, too!

http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

precisely why i do not shoot weddings!. someone is going to have a bad idea and want me to shoot it!.!.!.(perhaps weddings in general are a bad idea considering the divorce rate)Www@QuestionHome@Com

He most certanly was not thinking about the photo he was takeing!! Perhapes he was thinking of when he could sneak back to the bar for another round!! He must of been there many time allready!!! What a joke!!! lol!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

He was thinking "If I can just get her to take 2 or 3 more steps maybe she'll slip down the bank into the lake and put some life into the proceedings, and I'll get some really interesting photos!"Www@QuestionHome@Com

AAargh - they're already on you, run for the lake!!

A quick Google search turned up these jems: http://www!.divinecaroline!.com/article/22!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

its not bad!. I guess he did not want her long wedding dress,get blow into the water & get wet, so the flowers were used as a weight!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Witness Protection Program!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Perhaps it was a very windy day and they wanted one picture of the dress not blowing all over the place!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I feel for the bride!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Thats pretty bad!!! the flowers on her dress look ridiculous!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Possibly the bride wanted it that way!. It is unkind to be judgementalWww@QuestionHome@Com

Who ever took this,WAS NOT thinkingWww@QuestionHome@Com