photographers pay money for what you people complain about. fog is a free softbox the size of a province

Fixed 6-stop, no contest. Variable NDs have gotten better at the high end but at that price you could just own two fixed ones. Also try around 1 to 2 seconds first — full silky is pretty, but a bit of texture in the water often looks more like water.

Booked a northern wedding once in late June. The couple wanted sunset photos. We got them at 11:40 pm and the dance floor was still going when we came back in. Best light of my career.

Preaching it. I teach this to every second-shooter I hire. The back screen is for checking composition and blink detection, that's it.

honestly yes. ten years shooting weddings — the 'yes instantly' couples are the ones still sending me Christmas cards

Exactly. Hard light is a look when the subject is a wall. When the subject is paying you, it's a complaint.

I once had to grab a couple's first-look on my phone because my second body chose violence. Delivered it in the small-print package, nobody ever noticed. Told them years later and they laughed.

I once had a cat walk directly through a first-dance photo with this exact confidence. best frame of the whole wedding

the fact that this behaviour has documentation somewhere is the best thing I've read all week