Royal Wedding Official Photographer

[d7e7r7]

Hugo Burnand has this week been officially named as photographer for the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William. Hugo's passion for photography began as a youngster, developing pictures in a kitchen made into a makeshift darkroom. When he was seven he won the Cheam School Photographic Competition. Hugo now runs a studio in Notting Hill, London. With just over a week to go before the big day, Amateur Photographer tracked him down to find out more…

Full interview here: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.u...d_reveals_all_update_news_307097.html?aff=rss

His Website is here: http://www.hugofoto.com

Hugo Burnand

What do you guy's think he used for the wedding photographs in terms of camera?

Nikon D3? Canon 5D MkII? Canon 1ds MkIII?

Nope... He used a 50 Megapixel Hasselblad H4D-50 - Price tag: R 304,875.00 (just for body, no lenses included in the price )

One can only dream

Official Wedding Photographs on The British Monarchy's flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmonarchy/sets/72157626613171058/

 

[Centaur]

Nikon D3? Canon 5D MkII? Canon 1ds MkIII?

Nope... He used a 50 Megapixel Hasselblad H4D-50 - Price tag: R 304,875.00 (just for body, no lenses included in the price )

wow. I don't want to zoom into the queen's mouth with that type of quality, who knows what pieces of food one will find. :wtf:

 

[Dolby]

It's slow!

And ugly

 

[Madhawk]

It's slow!

And ugly

No, she's not... she's just old! (We talking about the queen, right?)

 

[d7e7r7]

It's slow!

And ugly

If you're referring to the camera:
It's got a fram rate of 1.1 fps:

Capture rate:
1.1 seconds per capture. 33 captures per minute

Which IMHO is more than sufficient for the task at hand.

As for ugly, who cares? You don't look at the camera afterwards, you look at the images it produces...

 

[bwana]

If you're referring to the camera:
It's got a fram rate of 1.1 fps:

Which IMHO is more than sufficient for the task at hand.

As for ugly, who cares? You don't look at the camera afterwards, you look at the images it produces…

Exactly, but then why would anyone have expected him to use Nikon a D3, Canon 5D MkII, or Canon 1ds MkIII?

 

[Dolby]

I'm saying it in jest, d7e7r7

 

[koffiejunkie]

That's odd. The only photographer I saw on TV was a woman.

 

[PostmanPot]

That's odd. The only photographer I saw on TV was a woman.

I think this was the "post wedding, inside the palace, family" photographer?

 

[koffiejunkie]

I think this was the "post wedding, inside the palace, family" photographer?

Yeah, looking at his site, he looks like a friend of the family. I don't see any other reason to hire him...

 

[GreGorGy]

F
Nope... He used a 50 Megapixel Hasselblad H4D-50 - Price tag: R 304,875.00 (just for body, no lenses included in the price )

No way. Shop around.... R197,155.49

Say, am I a Philistine or am I not alone in finding these people less-than-hot? Princess Di woulda scored about a 7 maybe an 8 on my classic 1 to 10. No, just a seven now that I think about it, seriously.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Say, am I a Philistine or am I not alone in finding these people less-than-hot? Princess Di woulda scored about a 7 maybe an 8 on my classic 1 to 10. No, just a seven now that I think about it, seriously.

The royals? Ditto. Kate, on the other hand, is pretty. She just had way too much makeup plastered on