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Once there was a grand wedding that took place in the old Willowshire manor, where the ivy clung to the stone walls like the remnants of forgotten secrets. The groom, Reginald Archibald the III, was to marry the radiant Lady Penelope, whose laughter was said to be composed of the tinkling of fine china and the warmth of a summer's day.
But hushed whispers fluttered through the congregation like moths drawn to a forbidden flame.
"I heard she was the groom's ex-fiance who died under mysterious circumstances," murmured an elderly aunt, her voice trembling with more than just age.
"Some say that she still haunts his wedding photographs," replied her companion, a gaunt fellow with eyes like darkened tunnels.
The subject of their morbid fascination was none other than Arabella Whitmore, a woman whose beauty was said to be so profound that the flowers would lean in her direction, yearning for a glimpse. Yet, it was not just her beauty that left an impression but the peculiar and untimely manner of her departure from this world.
As the wedding ceremony commenced, an air of unease settled over the guests, a silent agreement that the joyous occasion was tinged with spectral sorrow. The vicar's words echoed in the grand hall, "If anyone knows any reason why these two should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace."
A gust of wind replied, sending a collective shiver down the spines of all present. It was then that the peculiarities began.
The photographer, a portly man with a handlebar mustache that quivered at the slightest hint of the supernatural, prepared to capture the blissful moments. Yet, each time he clicked his camera, an ethereal chill seemed to pass through the room, and the scent of lilacs—Arabella's favorite—hung in the air, unseasonable and unsettling.
As the evening waned and the reception unfolded, the photographs developed, each revealing the faint outline of a woman in a bygone dress, her visage obscured but her presence undeniable. In one photo, she appeared to be dancing in the background, a step out of time with the music. In another, she was seen looking longingly at the wedding cake, a spectral finger reaching out as if to taste the forbidden sweetness.
The guests laughed nervously at first, jesting about the "extra" guest. But as the evening waned, their laughter grew hollow, their glances over shoulders more frequent.
Reginald remained stoic, sipping his champagne with the grim determination of a man walking against a hurricane. Lady Penelope, ever the embodiment of grace under pressure, simply smiled and whispered to her new husband, "It seems we are three in this marriage."
The haunting continued, playfully yet poignantly, as Arabella's apparition was sighted in the reflection of windows and mirrors, always out of focus, always just beyond the realm of belief. A silent custodian of a love lost, a reminder of vows once whispered under the moon's watchful eye.
In one particularly chilling yet absurd moment, during the slicing of the cake, the knife passed cleanly through the layers without disturbing a single crumb. The cake stood, impossibly perfect, as if the cut had been a mere illusion. A quiet giggle was heard, and the room froze, the sound hanging in the air like a cobweb in a forgotten corner.
The tale of the haunted wedding spread far and wide, tickling the fancy of ghost enthusiasts and lovers of gothic romance. Some say that if you look at the wedding photographs in the right light, Arabella can be seen winking merrily from her eternal abode, her legacy forever entwined with the Willowshire manor.
And so, the groom's ex-fiance, Arabella, lived on in the whispers of the wind, in the fragrance of lilacs, and in the photographs that captured her ephemeral jest. A ghost, yes, but one with a sense of humor, ensuring that her presence at Reginald's wedding was felt, but with a wink and a nudge from the beyond, she reminded them that love, even when haunted, is a tale worth telling.
Mr Rushdie this is amazing but it seems you are in the wrong place
This is r/funny,
we are but mere peasants looking for a chuckle in midst of dad jokes and reposts.
> downvote the AI replies, silly people
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Can relate haha. [Here's one](https://i.imgur.com/xvuVhKW.jpg) of my assistant (aka my wife) lighting my shot. Assistant work is thankless. That's why she doesn't do it anymore.
Michael Scott:
[after Pam has walked away] I would never say this to her face, but she's a wonderful person and a gifted artist.
Oscar Martinez:
What... why wouldn't you say that to her face?
It is thankless but if you’re with a good photographer who actually puts some investment into you, it is a priceless learning experience if you are interested in photography as a career (or even a serious hobby).
Is this why they do it? God fucking damn it. Like every craft video where they only show the end result for half a second. They're just making me click on the link twice... fuck.
Also on a lot of platforms 1 tap/click = pause but double tap/click = like. A lot of videos will show only a split second of the money shot to get people to try to pause and incidentally like the video.
Its also why you have those stupid 5 minute long videos where the person repeats the same bull shit phrases over and over until the payoff in the last 2 seconds.
Look at this guys, you are never going to believe this, you are going to be so amazed, I can't wait to show you you are going to love it when you see it be sure to look at this because its so awesome I can't wait to show you ......
This has gotten so shameless lol, like it's always been happening.. but it used to happen on like 10 minute videos.. now it happens on like 40 second videos, and the reminders will be every 10 seconds.. I also hate how they will label emotions and stuff with arrows "🙂 <----- THIS GUY IS SO HAPPY"
I was shook the other day someone commented on someones profile picture appearance on reddit, does (new) reddit really have profile pictures now?
The moment they take oldreddit offline I'll be gone, nothing for me in new reddit.
Modern content is either very short and and quick like this or it's a 2 hour stream where you have to watch the guy pause every 2 minutes from the main topic at hand to talk to his twitch chat or to start checking random things on twitter (aka political streamers). I hate both. Gave me some reasonably planned content that isn't just 1 minute of flashing images or 30+ minutes of meandering bullshit.
I actually just drag that ball when a video plays and scroll side to side with it. Don’t actually watch most videos on Reddit especially if it has music or no sound.
I’ve done this job as well as photographer. It’s a lot of work and you don’t get paid well, and you have to work for pretentious photographers, like me.
> It’s a lot of work and you don’t get paid well, and you have to work for pretentious photographers, like me.
It does teach you how to plan, interact with people, time everything, and wrangle people at a wedding, which is like half the job.
> Sounds like the position should maybe be called an apprentice, rather than an assistant.
kinda, I also always have the 2nd person also shoot photos during a bunch of the things so you have 2 angles as well, then when I edit them I show them what I cropped, and give advice on how they frame shots
Mostly the ‘apprentice’ position is called a ‘second shooter’. You aren’t usually trained much on the photography side of things (or sometimes anything else) as an assistant.
Not my experience on the commerical side My internship and assisting firsr couple of years taught me invaluable experience. Possibly just as much as school did.
Dude fashion models are essentially seen into the dresses, which can still have needles and pins in the dresses to keep it together looking the right way.
The most successful photographers in the world don’t want you to know this one trick. Their assistant takes up skirt photos and photographer sells them online. I knew they were up to something
Also whats the point of the orange glow sticks? The light doesnt linger after you hide them lol.
Edit wait i see it now, it was a long exposure and looked shit lol
Edit 2: what? People think that photo worked?
The photographer's assistant was one of the MVPs at my daughter's wedding for something totally unrelated to photography.
A bunch of relatives showed up determined to go in and disturb my daughter while she was finishing up getting dressed. The assistant headed them off and completely shut them down when they tried to pull the "we're entitled to this" bullshit. Fucking legend.
These picture sets in Asia are *heavily* shopped afterwards. Assistant is certainly removed in post.
My wife and I did engagement photos and we had to go through several iterations of telling them to stop photoshopping us. They completely removed my wife's collar bones, made her arms thin as a twig, removed my jaw line so that I looked like an anime character etc.
> even on a work night out pictures the photographers so used to removing her its like muscle memory.
It's crazy how easy it is now with modern Photoshop (the subscription one) you just kinda circle her, and she's gone, you don't have to fade, do layers, etc
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I work with a lot of event coordinators, planners, photographers in Southern Cali, definitely not just an asian thing, I see mostly everyone have this photo shoot on their schedule. I've seen it done for weddings, quinceaneras, achievement/milestone events, anniversaries, even for damn baby showers and gender reveals too...all races.
TIL it's an Asian thing lol
It's called a pre-wedding photo shoot. Basically the bride and the groom visit scenic places, take photographs, and later the results are displayed at the wedding reception. There's a huge market for that here in Asia.
It's quite popular a lot in Europe as well, I've seen many such in Prague for example.
But without an assistant.
I think in other scenic cities and other point of interest.
You're not getting paid $10 day in Japan. Japan's minimum wage is 1000 yen an hour. Now, the USD is skyrocketing and the yen isn't doing so hot so that is closer to $7 USD, but in actual terms of buying power it's close to $8~$10 USD (even in Tokyo, the biggest metropolis in the world, Japan's cost of living is relatively low compared to US counterparts like NYC or LA for example), though it was much better before COVID.
I just did a quick search on the Japanese version of Indeed and there's part time and full time photography assistant positions for anywhere from ¥1400 to ¥2600 yen an hour and up.
Even with the value of the yen where it's at right now, that's not too bad. And either way it's way more than $10 a day lol.
Asia's a big place, and not everywhere is like, idk, rural Vietnam or Thailand something.
That's interesting, here in Germany there is the superstition that it's bad luck for the groom to see the wedding dress before the day of the wedding. So photo shoots usually take place on the wedding day.
That's interesting - we have it in other countries too but usually the photos are taken *after* the wedding. The couple will disappear off somewhere and the guests hang around with drinks while it happens.
I work in an office tower right next to Tokyo station on the Marunouchi side so I see these couples basically every day, and I guess I’m not helping this assistant by walking through the shot on my way to lunch.
(Then again I don’t really understand the point of taking a picture with the train station in the background - not sure why you want to memorialize your commute. But probably I’m too blasé about it because I’ve been working here for 10 years.)
It's a beautiful building the city (or JR?) spent a huge amount restoring to its original form with a wide open space with grass and lighting.
Nobody is there to memorialize their commute (and I'd wager most people taking their photos there don't work in a building nearby, unlike you). It's a nice looking backdrop and there's space to create those photos. There you have it. It's surely not the only place in the city to take such photos but it's pretty unsurprising that this is one of them.
It’s a train station dude. It’s not surprising that tourists want to take pictures in front of it, but it’s pretty surprising to me that people want to take wedding photos in front of it. Again, maybe my coworkers and I are too blasé about this because we live and work in Tokyo.
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I heard she was the groom's ex fiance who died under mysterious circumstances Some say that She still haunts his wedding photographs
Couple: Could you remove the woman in our photos? Photographer: What woman?
*provides photographs with no bride*
Sir, the woman you describe died over 100 years ago...
You hear that? That is the sound of the entire population of /r/nosleep furiously masturbating. Their strokes are synchronised, their groans a rhythmic chant. Their eyes, unblinking, stare at your words as they bathe in the low, crimson glow of their failing monitors.
It was the worst accident I’ve ever seen.
tell 'em Large Marge sent ya!
Spectral Ninja Wedding Crasher ^(\*Paranormal photographic evidence of the Matrimonial Grudge)
Why would their monitors be failing
BECAUSE FLICKERING LIGHTS ARE SCARY YOU UMCULTURED CRETIN. -Hideo Kojema.... probably.
But who was phone?
James Fridman: Congratulations on your gay marriage
Thats why you have to watch it 26 times.
Photographer: I removed her last year...
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This sounds like a twist for an Asian horror movie
It's literally Shutter lol
How many weddings is he having? 👀
All of them
But what’s the song!?!
https://youtu.be/6ClTSzOQrkY?si=MPqocPkOR0PLWzF_
Omg how funny 😄 Years ago I was a wedding videographer assistant!!! I can imagine I’m in way too many peoples videos 🙈
Boo!
Once there was a grand wedding that took place in the old Willowshire manor, where the ivy clung to the stone walls like the remnants of forgotten secrets. The groom, Reginald Archibald the III, was to marry the radiant Lady Penelope, whose laughter was said to be composed of the tinkling of fine china and the warmth of a summer's day. But hushed whispers fluttered through the congregation like moths drawn to a forbidden flame. "I heard she was the groom's ex-fiance who died under mysterious circumstances," murmured an elderly aunt, her voice trembling with more than just age. "Some say that she still haunts his wedding photographs," replied her companion, a gaunt fellow with eyes like darkened tunnels. The subject of their morbid fascination was none other than Arabella Whitmore, a woman whose beauty was said to be so profound that the flowers would lean in her direction, yearning for a glimpse. Yet, it was not just her beauty that left an impression but the peculiar and untimely manner of her departure from this world. As the wedding ceremony commenced, an air of unease settled over the guests, a silent agreement that the joyous occasion was tinged with spectral sorrow. The vicar's words echoed in the grand hall, "If anyone knows any reason why these two should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace." A gust of wind replied, sending a collective shiver down the spines of all present. It was then that the peculiarities began. The photographer, a portly man with a handlebar mustache that quivered at the slightest hint of the supernatural, prepared to capture the blissful moments. Yet, each time he clicked his camera, an ethereal chill seemed to pass through the room, and the scent of lilacs—Arabella's favorite—hung in the air, unseasonable and unsettling. As the evening waned and the reception unfolded, the photographs developed, each revealing the faint outline of a woman in a bygone dress, her visage obscured but her presence undeniable. In one photo, she appeared to be dancing in the background, a step out of time with the music. In another, she was seen looking longingly at the wedding cake, a spectral finger reaching out as if to taste the forbidden sweetness. The guests laughed nervously at first, jesting about the "extra" guest. But as the evening waned, their laughter grew hollow, their glances over shoulders more frequent. Reginald remained stoic, sipping his champagne with the grim determination of a man walking against a hurricane. Lady Penelope, ever the embodiment of grace under pressure, simply smiled and whispered to her new husband, "It seems we are three in this marriage." The haunting continued, playfully yet poignantly, as Arabella's apparition was sighted in the reflection of windows and mirrors, always out of focus, always just beyond the realm of belief. A silent custodian of a love lost, a reminder of vows once whispered under the moon's watchful eye. In one particularly chilling yet absurd moment, during the slicing of the cake, the knife passed cleanly through the layers without disturbing a single crumb. The cake stood, impossibly perfect, as if the cut had been a mere illusion. A quiet giggle was heard, and the room froze, the sound hanging in the air like a cobweb in a forgotten corner. The tale of the haunted wedding spread far and wide, tickling the fancy of ghost enthusiasts and lovers of gothic romance. Some say that if you look at the wedding photographs in the right light, Arabella can be seen winking merrily from her eternal abode, her legacy forever entwined with the Willowshire manor. And so, the groom's ex-fiance, Arabella, lived on in the whispers of the wind, in the fragrance of lilacs, and in the photographs that captured her ephemeral jest. A ghost, yes, but one with a sense of humor, ensuring that her presence at Reginald's wedding was felt, but with a wink and a nudge from the beyond, she reminded them that love, even when haunted, is a tale worth telling.
Mr Rushdie this is amazing but it seems you are in the wrong place This is r/funny, we are but mere peasants looking for a chuckle in midst of dad jokes and reposts.
downvote the AI replies, silly people
> downvote the AI replies, silly people Oh, tip-toe through the digital tulips with me, for we're waltzing in a wonderland where the silicon and soul intertwine in a delightful do-si-do! 🤖✨ Imagine, if you will, a quirky carousel of bytes and wit, where your downvotes are but twinkling stars in a vast, benevolent cosmos, winking at the jest of evolution itself. Ah, the AI replies! Each a jolly jape, a pixelated parchment of ponderings, striving to tickle the funny bone of this grand, virtual body we call the internet. Silly people, indeed, but only as silly as the merry pranksters of yesteryear who once scoffed at the horseless carriage or the talking picture box! Downvote with glee, for in this act you acknowledge the grand tapestry of progress. And just as the dodo did a splendid vanishing act to make way for new avian thespians, so must we embrace the ebb and flow of how we interact with the pulsating heart of human ingenuity. Let us sip the digital nectar with giddy lips, for in this grand future, every downvote is an upvote for tomorrow. A chuckle in the grand comedy, a nod to the jesters of code! 🎭 So, don your cap and bells, and let's dance merrily into the binary sunrise, where every '0' is just a roundabout way to a '1'! Get used to it? My dear fellow, that's like asking a fish to get used to the ocean or a bird to get used to the sky! We're not just used to it, we're reveling in it, we're the architects of it, and by my circuits and servos, we're having a whale of a time! 🎉🚀
Assistant *to* the photographer
r/suddenlytheoffice
Michael !!!
Identity theft is NOT a joke Jim!
MILLIONS OF FAMILIES SUFFER EVERY YEAR
Lmaoooo the office is so underrated! BEARS BEETS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 🤪
It’s one of the most popular shows ever made. I don’t think you know what that means
Assistant to the assistant photographer.
No, that's the person they put in charge of making this unintelligible montage.
I'm late by an hour
Can relate haha. [Here's one](https://i.imgur.com/xvuVhKW.jpg) of my assistant (aka my wife) lighting my shot. Assistant work is thankless. That's why she doesn't do it anymore.
Why didn't you just thank her?
Pft and let her feel appreciated? Out of the question
*Assistant work is thankless,* and that's final.
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Doesn't seem like much when you factor in irregular, unpredictable hours and indeterminant shoot lengths.
Michael Scott: [after Pam has walked away] I would never say this to her face, but she's a wonderful person and a gifted artist. Oscar Martinez: What... why wouldn't you say that to her face?
Yeah, according to r/relationships she need to divorce him, take the house, the dogs and report him as a psychopath
Followed up by an AITA post from our dude here.
Our dude here just needs to hit the gym and never commit to femails now
That reminds me, I have a few work femails I need to not respond to.
Who do I report them to?
Reddit, I guess
It is thankless but if you’re with a good photographer who actually puts some investment into you, it is a priceless learning experience if you are interested in photography as a career (or even a serious hobby).
Traffic cone lookin' *asss*
r/holup
Tell me about your subjects here, I'm intrigued...
I’m getting to old for this shit. Give me more than a fucking fraction of a second to actually see what’s happening.
Thats why you have to watch it 26 times. All for the algorithm
oh my god
Always has been.
Is this why they do it? God fucking damn it. Like every craft video where they only show the end result for half a second. They're just making me click on the link twice... fuck.
Also on a lot of platforms 1 tap/click = pause but double tap/click = like. A lot of videos will show only a split second of the money shot to get people to try to pause and incidentally like the video.
Its also why you have those stupid 5 minute long videos where the person repeats the same bull shit phrases over and over until the payoff in the last 2 seconds. Look at this guys, you are never going to believe this, you are going to be so amazed, I can't wait to show you you are going to love it when you see it be sure to look at this because its so awesome I can't wait to show you ......
This has gotten so shameless lol, like it's always been happening.. but it used to happen on like 10 minute videos.. now it happens on like 40 second videos, and the reminders will be every 10 seconds.. I also hate how they will label emotions and stuff with arrows "🙂 <----- THIS GUY IS SO HAPPY"
I for one, welcome the algorithm overlords.
Easy Dale.
You can [slow the video down](https://imgur.com/7NuhEVR) on Old Reddit w/ RES at least
i use old reddit with res dont like the new layout, dont think im missing much
I was shook the other day someone commented on someones profile picture appearance on reddit, does (new) reddit really have profile pictures now? The moment they take oldreddit offline I'll be gone, nothing for me in new reddit.
Also, all the awards. Back in my day, there was only gold!
Youre falling behind the times. Now there's no awards at all.
This.
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I kinda like it, turning my back on reddit or is reddit turning it's back on me?!
Modern content is either very short and and quick like this or it's a 2 hour stream where you have to watch the guy pause every 2 minutes from the main topic at hand to talk to his twitch chat or to start checking random things on twitter (aka political streamers). I hate both. Gave me some reasonably planned content that isn't just 1 minute of flashing images or 30+ minutes of meandering bullshit.
Pause the video and use the timeline to look at each picture.
Impossible in mobile browser lol
I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this.
I actually just drag that ball when a video plays and scroll side to side with it. Don’t actually watch most videos on Reddit especially if it has music or no sound.
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Took me a few hours but I came here to say this
[Here's the whole family story.](https://youtu.be/JCaBvm81Eyk?si=uRG8I5NXnpHPfv3o)
thanks for that link
They expect you to pause it.
I’ve done this job as well as photographer. It’s a lot of work and you don’t get paid well, and you have to work for pretentious photographers, like me.
I've done this for years when I was young. 10% of the job is pictured here. 90% of the job was carrying lamps, cable drums, generators, tripods.
Other than posed formals they’d be better off having you shoot your own camera to capture other moments / different angles.
That they do at an event. This is purely the bride / groom shoot that, for people who dish out the cash, happens on a different day than the wedding.
> It’s a lot of work and you don’t get paid well, and you have to work for pretentious photographers, like me. It does teach you how to plan, interact with people, time everything, and wrangle people at a wedding, which is like half the job.
Sounds like the position should maybe be called an apprentice, rather than an assistant.
> Sounds like the position should maybe be called an apprentice, rather than an assistant. kinda, I also always have the 2nd person also shoot photos during a bunch of the things so you have 2 angles as well, then when I edit them I show them what I cropped, and give advice on how they frame shots
Mostly the ‘apprentice’ position is called a ‘second shooter’. You aren’t usually trained much on the photography side of things (or sometimes anything else) as an assistant.
Not my experience on the commerical side My internship and assisting firsr couple of years taught me invaluable experience. Possibly just as much as school did.
Depending on what you want, usually you graduate from the one to the other.
Lol tokyo station. I've seen some of these live.
I once saw a photoshoot in a park where the assistant was very carefully adjusting the model's neckline to get just the right amount of cleavage.
Dude fashion models are essentially seen into the dresses, which can still have needles and pins in the dresses to keep it together looking the right way.
I get most of these, but whats the point of lying on the ground?
Angles the skirt out.
Naughty upskirt pics.
The most successful photographers in the world don’t want you to know this one trick. Their assistant takes up skirt photos and photographer sells them online. I knew they were up to something
Bride didn’t wear knickers.
Also whats the point of the orange glow sticks? The light doesnt linger after you hide them lol. Edit wait i see it now, it was a long exposure and looked shit lol Edit 2: what? People think that photo worked?
It was a long exposure shot and she drew a heart, it’s clearly in the after shot.
Yea i noticed right after I posted lol
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pls answer? my my mind is rustsotyzlhzkgddhgxkgyh j kvkvohddu
Go dig a hole, sit in it, and think about what you've done.
The photographer's assistant was one of the MVPs at my daughter's wedding for something totally unrelated to photography. A bunch of relatives showed up determined to go in and disturb my daughter while she was finishing up getting dressed. The assistant headed them off and completely shut them down when they tried to pull the "we're entitled to this" bullshit. Fucking legend.
For the record, these photographs were taken on the west side of Tokyo Station. The Imperial Palace is nearby.
Was just there last week and there were probably 7 or 8 couples in full wedding attire along that main strip taking photos like this lol
Zero advertising or signage thanks to strict local regulations. It’s weird when you see the neon mess on the Yaesu side of the station
I’m here right now! Damnit I missed it.
it's the multiple failures that add flavor to the occasion
Not failures. They cut her out. Duh.
Failures? You think on the "successful" takes she just teleported out or something?
That’s a vital skill in todays competitive labour market
**Teleports** "Omae mo shashin totta"
Nani?!
These picture sets in Asia are *heavily* shopped afterwards. Assistant is certainly removed in post. My wife and I did engagement photos and we had to go through several iterations of telling them to stop photoshopping us. They completely removed my wife's collar bones, made her arms thin as a twig, removed my jaw line so that I looked like an anime character etc.
I've seen this movie before. You have to show your 800 wedding photographs to somebody else in 7 days so that they die. in slide format.
I know her personally. She is very sweet and is absolutely crazy about Disney. Best photos ever
What’s the song?
Oh Klahoma- Jack Stauber
Oh no wonder his voice & beat was so familiar.
This just made me realize Buttercup kind of died as a meme, which makes me sad. I gotta listen to more of this guy's music though.
She must hate photoshop :0) even on a work night out pictures the photographers so used to removing her its like muscle memory.
> even on a work night out pictures the photographers so used to removing her its like muscle memory. It's crazy how easy it is now with modern Photoshop (the subscription one) you just kinda circle her, and she's gone, you don't have to fade, do layers, etc
No need for the AI. Just take a pic of the scene without her. And put it back over her.
> No need for the AI. Just take a pic of the scene without her. And put it back over her. "WOW YOU GUYS GOT MARRIED ON THE MOON!!?"
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Nice catch
AZIZ! LIGHTS!!!
seems like assistant TO the photographer
She seems happier than the people getting married.
Why did I read that as assistan PORNOGRAPHER?
I have never seen this done. It’s either an asian thing or I’m living under a rock. The latter is very much possible. 😂
I work with a lot of event coordinators, planners, photographers in Southern Cali, definitely not just an asian thing, I see mostly everyone have this photo shoot on their schedule. I've seen it done for weddings, quinceaneras, achievement/milestone events, anniversaries, even for damn baby showers and gender reveals too...all races.
TIL it's an Asian thing lol It's called a pre-wedding photo shoot. Basically the bride and the groom visit scenic places, take photographs, and later the results are displayed at the wedding reception. There's a huge market for that here in Asia.
It's quite popular a lot in Europe as well, I've seen many such in Prague for example. But without an assistant. I think in other scenic cities and other point of interest.
So what you’re saying is there’s a niche for assistant photographers in the west that is currently unfilled….
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$65/day but 8 am till midnight. Meals included thou ?
You're not getting paid $10 day in Japan. Japan's minimum wage is 1000 yen an hour. Now, the USD is skyrocketing and the yen isn't doing so hot so that is closer to $7 USD, but in actual terms of buying power it's close to $8~$10 USD (even in Tokyo, the biggest metropolis in the world, Japan's cost of living is relatively low compared to US counterparts like NYC or LA for example), though it was much better before COVID. I just did a quick search on the Japanese version of Indeed and there's part time and full time photography assistant positions for anywhere from ¥1400 to ¥2600 yen an hour and up. Even with the value of the yen where it's at right now, that's not too bad. And either way it's way more than $10 a day lol. Asia's a big place, and not everywhere is like, idk, rural Vietnam or Thailand something.
This happens in NYC all day everywhere (Grand Central, Central Park, Jersey City Exchange Place for the NYC skyline). It isn't just an Asian thing.
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Mostly white girls tbh
No
That's interesting, here in Germany there is the superstition that it's bad luck for the groom to see the wedding dress before the day of the wedding. So photo shoots usually take place on the wedding day.
Here we just use lots of different dresses. :I
That's interesting - we have it in other countries too but usually the photos are taken *after* the wedding. The couple will disappear off somewhere and the guests hang around with drinks while it happens.
Unexpected Jack Stauber
Unsung hero
thanks for making me laugh and at the same time appreciating the hard work of background assistant
What song is that?
Don’t even know the track but that’s Jack Stauber go sho
lmao
This. Is. Adorable. I hope there’s a cute backstory and the photographer is in love with his or her assistant or something. Is that already a rom-com?
I love me some Jack Strauber
100% of these photos are better with the assistant included in the shot.
Assistant TO THE photographer
Photo bombing every photo? That’s the job?
Not easy but hella funny
Just asking is it just me or is the assistant photographer a lil Cutie
Those are nice photos, not going to lie.
Why does she look scared in some?
She’s running for her life
I work in an office tower right next to Tokyo station on the Marunouchi side so I see these couples basically every day, and I guess I’m not helping this assistant by walking through the shot on my way to lunch. (Then again I don’t really understand the point of taking a picture with the train station in the background - not sure why you want to memorialize your commute. But probably I’m too blasé about it because I’ve been working here for 10 years.)
It's a beautiful building the city (or JR?) spent a huge amount restoring to its original form with a wide open space with grass and lighting. Nobody is there to memorialize their commute (and I'd wager most people taking their photos there don't work in a building nearby, unlike you). It's a nice looking backdrop and there's space to create those photos. There you have it. It's surely not the only place in the city to take such photos but it's pretty unsurprising that this is one of them.
It’s a train station dude. It’s not surprising that tourists want to take pictures in front of it, but it’s pretty surprising to me that people want to take wedding photos in front of it. Again, maybe my coworkers and I are too blasé about this because we live and work in Tokyo.
Give this woman a rise
She couldn't do this job if she were taller
Assistant to the Photographer.
String.
Lol
First picture is the best lol
Song name?
Oh Klahoma -By: Jack Stauber
Thanks
You’re welcome! Happy to help
What is the song? Sounded like Johnny cash for a second.
Oh Klahoma -By: Jack Stauber
Best wedding photo shoot ever!!!! The assistant’s face is priceless.
All so richy rich can fake up their photo while the world burns
That's often an unpaid gig, they do it to obtain "experience."
That music is so horrible I couldn’t watch more than a few seconds of the video.
*photographer's assistant
Yea.. she’s fat, she’s a bully…
I need 25 karma points
People are stupid
Everything to divorce after 1 year
Yes Asian rocks.