Wedding HELP

[SiClews]

My sister is getting married in July and not hiring a professional photographer, the closet person to a professional there will be a very keen amateur who takes wildlife and landscape photos, me! Now I have a problem, I don't like meeting new people, feel claustrophobic in crowds of people and at a wedding there will be a lots of people there. So how can I take photo's that they will be proud of having? Do I just take candid shots? Do I make the most of where someone else has asked them to stand and pose, even if I know that moving them slightly will make a better shot and not just for me? Do I act like I don't care and say screw the other people that's the shot I want I'm going to get it? You can read books, magazines or look online and there are thousands of wedding photography tips but not 1 for those people who don't like being in crowds of new people.

Thanks for any help (apologies if posted in the wrong place)

Simon

[proseak]

Some while ago I went to a wedding where the groom's father bought a lot of disposable cameras, handed them out to anyone who wanted one, and afterwards collected them and processed the films. The end result was good - caught the atmosphere well, got variants on The Usual Pictures, and some great candids too.

HTH

Peter

[Donald]

Some while ago I went to a wedding where the groom's father bought a lot of disposable cameras, handed them out to anyone who wanted one, and afterwards collected them and processed the films.

Now, that's clever. A brilliant idea.

[Ricco]

We tried that with our wedding.

Just don't give the disposable cameras to your mates. You never know what ends up on film - trust me, I don't think it quite captured the atmosphere of the event.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Simon,

Do have a read of past threads on the subject.

The biggest thing you must do, and start now, is to set their expectations at a realistic level.

On a more personal level, can you set yourself some targets to slowly get yourself used to shooting in crowds?
Start small and work up gradually, it is only about building confidence - you can do it, you just don't know it yet
e.g. not sure whether my uk based suggestions will help (where-ever you are), but;

start at a small tourist attraction, where there are a few others with cameras
~ insert other ideas here ~
move on to say a village fete
~ insert other ideas here ~
observe a wedding at the same church(?) or registry office(?)

Hope that helps and welcome to the CiC forums from ...