How not to shoot a wedding

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I'm shooting a wedding on Monday. I would like to think I won't be as clumsy and distracting as this dude:

http://www.petapixel.com/2011/03/14/how-not-to-do-wedding-photography/

:lol:

I'm pretty confident, but any last minute advice/tips would be appreciated.

I've done one before, and a few church christenings. I've better equipment now so I don't fear a dark church, and it's also supposed to pelt down with rain on the day - no outside shots then.

Thinking on setting up a couple of light stands with brollies in the hotel lobby, for posed/group shots, by the stairs, anyone else do this? or just go with on-cam flash units and diffusers?
 
A lot of head shot's there :thumbs: they might be back of head shots but still, I do wonder why there was such massive use of flash but then I saw it was for fill :thumbs: that said it wouldn't have been needed if he had stood at the other end, the thing is though you don't know if the person doing the ceremony had said that he had to stand from that end :thinking:
 
Bad enough he was shooting mostly back of heads but it was a bit like he wasn't sure what to shoot. The comments in under the video on the site remark on his dress, saying it was a little disrespectful to wear jeans/Tee - also he didn't half get in the way! He was actually holding up the parade. Had to laugh when he disappears out the door and all we see is flash after flash pop, yeah, blind the bride before she goes in :D

He may have been the second shooter, if he was, I hope the main guy gave him a scolding, but then, I don't see any other shooter up along the aisle. Videographer must have been well pee'ved!
 
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Bad enough he was shooting mostly back of heads but it was a bit like he wasn't sure what to shoot. The comments in under the video on the site remark on his dress, saying it was a little disrespectful to wear jeans/Tee - also he didn't half get in the way! He was actually holding up the parade. Had to laugh when he disappears out the door and all we see is flash after flash pop, yeah, blind the bride before she goes in :D

He may have been the second shooter, if he was, I hope the main guy gave him a scolding, but then, I don't see any other shooter up along the aisle. Videographer must have been well pee'ved!
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The trouble is with a video like this there's far too much that we just don't know :shrug:
 
True that, but c'mon, we can clearly see him block some of the bride's maids/groom's men. I'd love to see the results!
 
That's absolutely terrible. My sister got married in September and the photographer she used was a rugby based tog. he was fantastic! amazing ideas, confident and the pictures came out a1
 
After doing the wedding I mentioned on NYE, I can safely say I was nowhere near as intrusive, annoying or excited as this guy :D

In fact, at one point someone turned to me and said "I like how you shoot, you're not firing off 100's of flashes for a start, seems like you're picking your shots carefully" - They are planning to book me for a portrait session ;)
 
That is shocking, even just for the dress code he has. Reminds me of a wedding I was at and it turned out the photographer they had booked was a bricky during the week. His images where shocking too.
 
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