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My weddings are in June and August - not to be missed.

Oh for the life of a bigamist

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The weddings involve my nephew and the son of a dear friend. Its just a bit worrying. Now if it were the nuptials of a Fly & Beetle!!

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Its even harder to price these things when people are so close. I've already agreed to do the nephews as a wedding present - the friends son - have'nt a clue? I'd prefer to do it gratis rather than risk our friendship over money issues. It'll be a challenge for sure. I'm quite fortunate that in one case the bride is a stunner - which helps.

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I'll muddle through.

All of our best work will ultimately disappear - like tears in rain.

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Congrats on the wedding. Im sure you will do great. Here is a link to my favourite wedding book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Wedding-Photography-Capturing-Beautiful/dp/0471790176/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206632515&sr=8-1

Well worth the money. I have found it to be a huge help in the past. Glen Johnson is very talented. A few bits of advice if you are interested would be: Have a back-up of everything. You don't want to only have one camera and then it breaks. Use a flash gun for more power and a bracket with pocket bouncer/ lightsphere to avoid ugly shadows. Another option is to not shoot subjects that are close to a wall where shadows can occur. Take loads of memory. I shoot RAW so that I can adjust the WB later but that takes up space. On average I go through about 10- 12 gb of memory. If you have a backup camera..... keep it with you at all times with a longer lens on it. This will save you needing to change lenses and missing any precious moments.

Shoot some "mock ups". The last wedding I shot at I had to take pitures of the bride leaving for the church and at the same time take pictures of the groom waiting!... impossible unless you shoot her leaving the church as a mock up and then she doesn't actually leave untill a bit later. That or ask another person at the wedding to take photographs of one of these moments. Take energy drinks. At the last one I was shooting for 15 hours and my only brake was when driving from location to location!

Most importantly, don't listen to anyone who says "don't do it!". If you think you can do it..... do it! And act confident (even if you aren't), it puts the bride and groom at ease.

Best of luck to you

Chris