Wedding and Portrait Photography

At a business meeting yesterday (not photography) I asked another delegate (a professional man, and nobody's fool) "when was the last time you used a professional photographer?" "Forty years ago, for our wedding. We didn't feel that he had done a good job and there was not much to show for all the money that had been spent. And he was supposed to be a pro." Oh dear, I thought, is it any wonder that sometimes photography struggles with a bit of an image problem! Pity I was only 11 at the time and had just snapped a few b&W pics of York Minster on a creaky Instamatic! Oh well, maybe next time! I gave him my business card, just in case.