First wedding HELP! Lighting etc..

Threads like this make me sad.

you should be nervous. it will help you be prepared. weddings are a stressful event to photograph.

RushFaster wrote in post #10403637
Threads like this make me sad.

because?? Sad because I am helping a buddy out who doesn't have the money to pay a professional photographer, and it will be experience for me in a field of photography that I have been curious about, but not gotten to try my hand at yet?

zagiace wrote in post #10403645
you should be nervous. it will help you be prepared. weddings are a stressful event to photograph.

Thanks for the support.. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. Hopefully it won't be as scary as I am thinking, and I will have fun doing it. Just first time jitters..

golfingguy27 wrote in post #10403666
because?? Sad because I am helping a buddy out who doesn't have the money to pay a professional photographer, and it will be experience for me in a field of photography that I have been curious about, but not gotten to try my hand at yet?

Yes, you're quite the the photographic philanthropist.

RushFaster wrote in post #10404681
Yes, you're quite the the photographic philanthropist.

What's that supposed to mean? Why do posts like this "make you sad"? I am assuming you are saying it because you think I am taking a job from a "real" wedding photog. I am only doing it because my friend is on a very tight budget. It was either me do it, or just count on guests at the wedding with point and shoots. A professional photog was NEVER in the mix for this wedding. Besides that, what is so wrong with me expanding my horizons and giving it a try? I just don't understand why some people have to throw negative posts into a thread like this. I came on asking for some help. If you'd like to help out somebody "learning the ropes" so to speak, great.. if not, why bother posting at all?

golfingguy27 wrote in post #10393006
I am not sure I am really ready to step up to the plate yet. We are going to find out next weekend though!

golfingguy27 wrote in post #10394376
I told them that I make no promises because this is my first try, and that I definately don't feel like I am ready for it. That being said, they are both good friends and I don't want to let them down!

golfingguy27 wrote in post #10395663
I unfortuneately only have one body to use

golfingguy27 wrote in post #10398183
Hopefully the wedding Gods smile on me and they both are cooperative/easy to deal with settings.

golfingguy27 wrote in post #10403586
By the way, is it normal that it's only Monday and I am already nervous/stressed about the wedding Friday night? I should be fine, but I don't want to mess up on my buddy's big night...

I guess there's just too many warning signs there for me.

Good luck, though.

RushFaster wrote in post #10404763
I guess there's just too many warning signs there for me.

Good luck, though.

Warning signs about what? I'm not trying to be a pro here (yet). This is a hobby for me. I'm still confused as to why you had to make the negative comment. I readily admit that I am far from qualified to take a paying wedding job at this point, but we all need to start somewhere right? Or did you just pick up a camera one day and go out and shoot your first wedding and get excellent results? I am taking the opportunity to help out a friend hopefully get some better pictures than he would if I wasn't there. Hopefully along the way I will have some fun and maybe learn a thing or two that may help me somewhere down the road. What is it that I am doing that makes you sad? You still haven't explained what I did to ruin your night...

Don't worry about it golfingguy, he clearly didn't read your posts correctly.

SuperHuman21 wrote in post #10417136
Don't worry about it golfingguy, he clearly didn't read your posts correctly.

I'm not really worried about it. Just thought it was un called for. Anyway, the wedding is coming up fast (this Friday evening), and I am getting excited. I'm anxious to see what I can do. Hopefully they will be happy with whatever results I get. I know they will be easier to please than I will be to please myself.