Look - I've got no axe to grind here at all, I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than do another wedding, but I've done hundreds - all on film- the only digital ones I'ver done have been since I packed it in and for friends and relatives when I can't feign a stroke to get out of it. The simple fact is that digital has made photography a whole lot easier and it's made the prospect of doing a wedding a lot less daunting - something the pros have to come to terms with. But, and it's a big but - it's still possible to make a complete and utter [PLEASE DON'T TRY TO BYPASS THE SWEAR FILTER] up of it - don't kid yourself about that for one minute.
Anyone who earns a living solely from wedding photography is working bloody hard at it and I think that's something that people need to respect. I've no problems with anyone having a go but far too often it's quite obvious that people are leaping into the fray before they're anywhere near ready to be doing it.
It' s invariably going to be a techy subject , but I think most of the pros here do pretty well in responding with advice to people 'having a go' , but what would those people have done before the internet? Try walking into the studio of the pro on your local high street, and telling him you're doing a wedding round the corner on Saturday, and you wouldn't mind a bit of advice about how to do use your flashgun and how to pose the groups. Go on - I dare you! Ask him what the going rate is while youre on - I double dare you!
