Honeymooning in Hawaii - what films and cameras to pack

[lxdude]

Got one of those on the living
room wall - a 16X20 of my wife snatch developed in glycin and triple toned. The thing glows, and not in the sense of a computer screen!

I'm sure you love showing it to visitors!

 

[DREW WILEY]

It's suitable for visitors, otherwise it would be in a portfolio box and not on the wall, though some
folks think its an etching rather than a photograph, at least until they notice how fine the detail is.

 

[grahamp]

As I remember, I took a Mamiya M6 and a YashicaMat to Maui on our honeymoon. She had her camera too. But photography wasn't the main reason for the trip, obviously. Try to get something of each other and together. It will be appreciated!

 

[DREW WILEY]

Well, Congratulations in any event. Last month I was on a two week backpack with another photographer and we were discussing marketing options, then I started a line of jokes about how a
good way to make a lot of money would be to set up a business offering prenup agreements to photographers and their potential brides; namely, the number of contracted shots allowed per vacation together! We're both frowned upon if taking something requiring tripod time. Unfortunately, his wife is the one who owns the law firm.

 

[cliveh]

I'm ten days from my wedding and beginning to think about packing for the honeymoon. We'll be flying to Honolulu for a couple of days, then spending a week on Maui. So I am looking for advice on what kind of film to pack and whether to pack an SLR or RF. I have 15mm to 135mm lenses in LTM, and a pretty broad range of prime Nikkors plus a few decent zooms. I will probably pack a Nikonos v kit and a Horizon 202 for specialized photos. The big questions are what kind of light I can expect in places I would want to shoot, and whether I am likely to need long lenses.

Only a real photographer would ask a question like this.

 

[BradS]

.....a good friend of mine hired their wedding photographer based on how much they liked the results. There were two photographers, each with two DSLRs. They shot 3,600 pictures of the wedding, and then they took three months to edit it all to get it ready for web upload. Let's not forget about the book and the prints. Those took even longer.
I was there with a Mamiya 645 and a 150mm lens, shot three rolls of Delta 3200, and had a print of the main part of the ceremony ready for them the next day, a nice 11x14 in a 16x20 mat. Which of all the prints they got from their wedding do you think they display in their home? That's right, the amateur film shooter got display rights....

What an excellent anecdote! Thanks for sharing this. It is honestly the most inspiring thing I've read in at least a month. Sincerely, Thanks.

 

[Alan Klein]

Shoot fast film so you have more time with the Mrs.

 

[Diapositivo]

Take a polaroid

Use her tactics: whatever you do, do make it appear you are doing it for her, or it's really she who wants you to do it

And by the way, do exactly everything you would do after 10 years of marriage. Divorcing after having had children is not good behaviour.

Be yourself. Don't be a French poodle

She married a photographer. It's also your trip not just hers!

(Excess number of due to the inevitable serious rebuking comments, although behind irony there can be a serious thought).

 

[lxdude]

Be yourself. Don't be a French poodle

Now that's a memorable quote.

 

[DBP]

Thanks everyone. I ended up taking an F100 with a 24-120, Nikonos V with 35mm, Horizon 202, and an old Voigtlander folder (for our layover in SF). We also took along an Oly XA by accident, as it was in her handbag. Didn't have to worry about my photo taking leaving her with little to do - she shot over 1700 on our D70s.