Good site on Wedding etiquette!

[guitarbug]

Found this site and thought it was interesting to hear the general publics thoughts and concerns about wedding photographers. Its nice to see both sides of the story sometimes.

http://www.topweddingquestions.com/

[Tom]

Some interesting advice there.

Help: My aunt was gonna take pics, but she will have a baby a week before the wedding.
Advice: Make sure you budget 500-750 for a photographer.

[haraki74]

That is an interesting site....but it appears to be a little outdated in terms of people who use it.

[okcwannabe]

Very interesting...it should be fun to read through!

[CaptainTom]

Some of the "professional advice" given on this site is pretty radical.
A bride asked how to pick between two competing photographers, and this is the advice she got... From Copen Caban DJ Audio Visual Production providing Custom Wedding Coffee Table Photo Book with DVD Services

Here are some things to consider:

1) Hire only the photographer who will release ALL the images to you for printing in your own coffee table photo book or having prints made at Wal-Mart or a professional photo lab. There are several good companies out there that will allow you to design your layout and then print and bind your book. Or if you need design services, will design your book for you, but only if you OWN your negatives. You may decide down the road that you want 16x20 prints of 100 of your favorite photos. Unless you own the negatives, you won't be able to print. We encourage clients to either pay for or request their photographer to provide them with the RAW file images that were taken. This allows you to later edit the images using the software that can be downloaded from the camera manufacturer's website. With RAW file format, you can then edit the lighting, properly correct the color and basically create your own FANTASTIC images!

[okcwannabe]

Man I haven't read through it yet but I can't believe they said that. Funny did they mention the cost factor of buying ALL the RAW files for yourself? And the last line..."With RAW file format, you can then edit the lighting, properly correct the color and basically create your own FANTASTIC images!" I guess a professional photographer doesn't know how to do this....best leave it to the customers!!

[LoungeLizard]

Oh, yet another in the endless stream of WRONG advice.

It's OK...they'll learn and do it right on their second wedding.

The only place with REAL advice for couples is http://www.wedfog.com