Help! Not Quite sure what to do.....

[TheCrow]

Ok to cut a long story short i've been asked to take photos as my brother in laws wedding. It's only a small do in a registry office, so no big white dresses, or posh wedding cars, etc.

Now i don't really want to do it as i've only ever shot motorsport, people dont interest me lol. But they are skint and the rest of the family have begged me as im the only person who knows how to use a camera.

Now to cut an even longer story short I sold my camera (Nikon D50) quite a while ago after loosing my job, buying another is not an option due to money. But I have a friend I can borrow a D50 from with stock 18-55mm lens and another friend who has a D40 with the stock 18-55mm lens.

Now i've been doing some reading on the pros and cons and im really not sure what to do. It looks like the stock lens will struggle indoors due to lack of light, so I dont mind hiring a lens. Or I could hire a flash, but i've never shot with a flash before.

I know whatever option i choose not every shot is going to come out good. I'll be more than happy with a few good shots that can capture the day for them, its such a shame they cant afford a proper tog.

Really i'm looking for advice on what you would do as im not 100% sure which is the best way to go.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer, I really appreciate it.

 

[Yardbent]

first
does the Reg Office allow flash..?...if not, end of that approach

I've had the D40 with 18-55 - nice combination but not indoors

however someone took a candid at my wedding of us signing the Register
35mm B&W film and FULL of grain - but it was rather special

so if the D40 - maybe some poses outside..? in a park..?

 

[Iphotouk]

You could go to somewhere like Lensesforhire and just hire a lens or two. Think there minimum period is 3 days hire but they are very reasonable. You could say to your brother in law that you will do the wedding if he is prepared to hire the lenses to do a decent job. One lens would cost around £45 for something like a 17-55mm f2.8 and just under £100 for 2 lenses.

 

[TheCrow]

Bit old this now but the wedding was yesterday so thought i'd update and thank people for the advice.

I went with the D40 in the end, actually very impressed with it, nice little camera to use. I ended up using it with the stock 18-55 vr lens which weren't so bad. Flash was allowed to i purchased a flash difuser for the onboard flash.

Just been going through the pics now and im pleasently suprised. They ain't bad at all. Not a patch on a pro job by any means, but better than snapshots, etc.

If anyone is sat there thinking "how hard can wedding photography be?" Well trust me it is. I'm not used to shooting people so composition and arranging people was way above my head, but i think i did reasonably well considering i was completely out of my comfort zone. And no i wont be doing it again lol!