First Wedding Soon: Cost?

Ask them to cover costs, then if they insist on paying you wait until after they've seen the photos, then they can contribute whatever they like.

I dunno...depending on the gear you already have I would probably opt to do the gear barter mentioned above. That way you still "get paid" while kinda of still doing it as a wedding gift as what they purchase could most likely be beneficial to the quality of shots you are going to take. Even if it is something simple like a grip or basic flash.

Just my .02

tim wrote in post #5945209
Ask them to cover costs, then if they insist on paying you wait until after they've seen the photos, then they can contribute whatever they like.

this makes a lot of sense - but if you ask them to pay whatever they think is fair, either they might offend you,. or overstretch themselves.

If you put it across that they are actually helping you out as well - ie training for wedding photography - you might find it easier to get them to cover costs and then pay for their own printing?