Has the wedding info disappeared?

[unners]

well, after always having a quiet chuckle about those being roped in to photograph friends' weddings, my turn has come! yes, now you can all laugh at my expense :)
anyway, i'm really hoping to give it my best shot and i remember skimming over some great info and links here before the big crash.
does anyone know what has happened to the thread?
also, any other tips would be greatly appreciated.
gear as follows and i'm not too keen to buy extras just for this wedding:

cameras: 10d, eos 3
lenses: 15mm fish, 17-40, 24f2.8, 50f1.8, 85 f1.8, 70-200 f4, 400 f2.8
accessories: 2x 550ex, backdrop, tripods, monopod etc (and a surf housing but i doubt that will be of much use!)

thanks for any help in advance!
ho ho ho
dave :)

[Roy NN7DX]

Tip?
I learned this from a pro wedding shooter "Never refer to anyone as bridezilla".
( I just love it when I can use this line...)

[CyberDyneSystems]

The thread you speak is in the "pro" forum.

[richsmith_uk]

Hope you have more luck than I did. I got roped into doing a friends wedding last weekend, It was my first time. All was going well, until the early evening when my 300d reported an err 02. I wasn't sure what the error meant, I do now it means somethings up with the card!!!. But put a new CF card in and continued to take a few photos of the evening party. The next morning I put the first CF card into my laptop and I couldn't see the CF card. The CF card had decided to die. So all the pics I'd taken during the afternoon had gone. If I ever do another wedding I'm only putting 40 pics max on a card, then I'm swapping cards. I've now got a 4 week wait whilst the manufacturer of the card attempts to get the pics off the card!!!

GOOD LUCK

[cmM]

take with you the 15mm fisheye and the 400 2.8, that's it! nothing more! :D
j/k
But seriously, I like either "wide" or "long" for wedding shots, because wide can give you the perspective and long lenses catches those expressions closely. I've shot a couple weddings (profesionally speaking) and these are the shots that are most appealing. And, of course, take your flash with you ;), I haven't seen a properly lit wedding yet (from the photographer's perspective)

Anyway, good luck.
Oh, and if you by any chance mess up ... run to Mexico or something, before the bride catches you. :p

[unners]

thanks guys, i'm looking forward to the challenge & i'll let you know how it goes :)
cheers
dave

[Alan Neilson]

Only advice I can give is only do it if you really feel that you can do it, the couple won't thank you if it goes wrong. Even if they say over and over that they just what an infromal set of photographs. I have assisted a photorgrapher on a few saturdays quite a few years back just being the gofa, carrying the case, tripod, loading the film backs of is medium format. taking light meter readings and so forth. and not sure if I could really do it, although I have taken a lot of photographs at friends wedings and given them a slightly less informal wedding album of the day. That they have always liked. Which nearly led me to doing it for real. I wasn't asked, I walked in the room at the engaement party where the bride anf groom to be were standing along with the the two that had been asked to be the best man and Maid of honder, and I was greeted with "and here comes the photographer!" I looked around and there was no one behind me! Sadly or luckly depending on which point of view they split up.

On the equimpent front what you have should do just fine, maybe take a look at a few weding sites to get an idea of the types of shots, and talk to the couple to see what they want. And also try and enjoy the day. That way your photos should turn out great!