My friend, you are far from an amateur, unless you define it strictly as "unpaid." You are every bit a pro, from your atitude to your vision to your story-telling ability with the camera.
Now on to the photos. Hope you don't mind some criticism.
Number 1. It would be a great candid except for the fact it's quite obvious they are posing for another photographer. That detracts a bit, IMO.
Number 2 is an excellent shot, but on my monitor there is some overdone reddish cast across one side of her face. I'll chalk that up to my monitor.
Number 3 is awesome in every way.
Number 4 is precious. I can't tell if the dress is blown out; almost looks like the use of a lens baby. Me likey.
As to the last shot, it's an excellent capture of the bride. Not sure about the crop of the groom. May be just the way you grabbed it, in which case it's fine. If you cropped out half his face intentionally, I'd like to see the before.
mark
Mark, there's nothing I respect more than honest criticism from my peers. That's why I post my work here on POTN, so you guys can contribute to me being a better photographer. A lot of people don't like to share their technical expertise and know how. I suspect it's more or less a competition thing, so I will glady accept any criticism I can get without resorting to begging for it. Though I find myself always having to beg you. 
To answer your questions:
1. Yes, they were posing for another photographer. But look at the sparkles in the glass!
2. It looks that way on my monitors at work too. I calibrate my monitors at home with Spyder2Pro and have stuck with the same profile for quite some time. I often wonder if my monitor needs to be recalibrated and if people are seeing that same excessive redness in the skin tones on their monitors as well.
3. Thank you. This shot really caught my eye when I was going through and picking out samples to post here.
4. I used the same filter effect for this shot as I did for shot #2. In the original image her dress was not blown at all. I intentionally intensified the effect to make her appear "angelic". I see how it can be seen as overdone though.
5. Actually, this image isn't cropped. It's just as I captured it. I was trying to isolate the bride without getting any of the groom, but it proved difficult since this shot was taken while they were on a very crowded dance floor.
As to workflow, as you may know I recently took a four day workshop in workflow, not worksloow.
It's not the software end of things that counts as much as the way you approach it. As to the software, though, I don't think anything really beats ACR, at least in my opinion. If you've got Adobe, there's no need to spend money on one of the other raw converters.
mark
I'll have to look into attending a workshop myself. I sure could use it. Though I have ACR, I find myself resorting to DPP for all my RAW conversions. I've been playing with Photoshop Lightroom and I'm considering buying it when it's released.
Haha...had me going there for a while. I kept thinking it was really your sisters brother (which would be your brother)...but it's really not...completely different person -- so, I finally get it.
As for the pics, I concur about the picture about the mother. Fantastic. That's the one that stands out most, to me. Good job, and hope you had a great time.
I had a great time indeed. And thanks for the kind words.
Yup,
Malone, your status as an amature is is serious jeopardy. It was cool how you worked with the local pros, good job Dude. I love the SF, I can't tell you how difficult that used to be with filters.
take care
Les
Thank you, Les. Your comments are very much appreciated. All of you make me believe that I can actually start doing this for a living some day. Thanks again.
