Going back on topic.......
I've only done one wedding as "official" photographer. A girl my Dad works with was getting married and got a friend of the family who does weddings (you know the type
) was all booked up but let her down 3 months before her big day.
She'd already invited me and I said I'd take my camera and get some extra shot for her but when she got let down my Dad kindly told her that I'd do all the photography
Now I'm reasonably confident in my ability to get good photos but I'd never done a wedding before, haven't got any back up kit and the last thing I wanted to do it let her down again......
We exchanged a few emails, she gave me a list of the shots she wanted and we got together to discuss the day, when/where I needed to be.
It was an "interesting" day with some "interesting" people
Everything was running late, a bridesmaid's dress broke as they were getting ready, it poured down just before we were about to leave the house.
The church was 10-15 miles from the house along a road that's regularly congested and then it was pretty much back to the house again for the reception
I was on the go from about 13:00 until probably gone midnight! Absolutely shattered. The camera only got turned off when I was driving
There's a bit of a sad story behind this wedding which I wont go into detail but it was meant to happen 18 months before it actually did and unfortunately her father wasn't around to give her away, so it was a pretty emotional day too.
When the happy couple got back from honeymoon, I gave them a disc with nigh on 600 photos and pretty shortly after got emails/texts thanking me for the great photos which made it all worth while!
She also reckoned I should give up my day job and do wedding photography
Now I'd love to make a living doing something that I enjoy but I can't help wondering if I'd lose the love for photography if I was relying on it to pay the mortgage........
Can't post any examples of the photos I took 'cos I'm at work but I may do later.