Wedding Planning Tips

I’m 34, currently working as a production planner, and have been for the last 9 years, and sick of sitting in an office.
As mentioned, I cant decide between the two careers. The wedding photography would be a career I would slowly get into over the next 3-4 years doing along side my current job, where as hgv driving, got my class C, just need to get C+E to drive artics.
It has always been an ambition of mine to drive lorries since the age of 13, but never thought about pursuing it until now. I love driving and as i have a quiet personality, don’t mind the fact it’s a pretty lonely job.
As for photography, being doing this as a hobby since I was 16, got into photoshop about 10 years ago, and have learnt the basics of Lightroom over the last couple of months. The only thing that makes me question if I would be successful as a wedding photographer, is the fact I am pretty quiet around new people, so not sure if photography is the best career to pursue.
I understand lorry driving involves long hours, and its difficult to get into without the two year experience, but where I live in Lincolnshire, there is plenty of haulage companies, so I’m pretty sure I could find somebody who would give me a try.

Whenever i talk to people about what profession i would like to do once out of college I always think Photographer but i don’t say that, to many people shut my idea down and stuff. So i got curious, can you make a living off of being a photographer? Here is what i do and where i will be:
Locations:
Boston, MA.
Miami, FL
possibly LA? (another words, a major city)
What i shoot:
Weddings
Horses & riders (this includes horse shows which can be a 4 day event)
Motocross races (also can be a 2-4 day event)
Senior pictures
and random things.
What do you think? How much do you charge on average for a wedding?

I’m shooting a wedding in several months of 2 young people. Both are very sweet but very naive people. They are asking for a very traditional,almost old fashioned way of taking pictures…with little to no touching in the pictures. Can somebody direct me to a place that would have ideas? Or does anybody have any ideas for this sort of thing? Photography is more of a hobby of mine and not professional by any means. But to take Wedding pictures without the couple touching is a rather foreign concept to me. Please help!

I’m stuck on a general idea. I want something different and unique and nothing ordinary, which is beyond difficult. I was just going to have my name but…thats boring. I’m an outdoor senior/wedding photographer. Help me please?

I’m going to school in January for photography. Im planning on becoming a wedding photographer at the end of the program.
I have been doing a lot of research on cameras and I have narrowed it down to three choices. I am considering the Canon Rebel T3i, the Nikon D5100 and the D7000.
Any suggestions on which camera would be best to start my career with.

I have a Nikon D3100 and would like to get my feet wet in wedding photography (I would be doing this aside from a main photographer to gain experience…wouldn’t want to ruin their wedding day). I would like to know which lens I could purchase in order to do future group work/events/weddings. I plan on purchasing a 17-55mm f/2.8 but it is out of my price range for now. I have a budget of $650, and my current lenses include:
Nikon 18-55mm kit lens
Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S
Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S
Thanks

Hi. I would like to help to shoot my friend’s wedding and maybe compiling an album for them. And i do not expect them to hire me or pay me. I just want to gain some experience in wedding photography and i figured that would be the best option. They probably will hire their own proper wedding photographers. The question i want to ask is that are there any photography etiquettes involved? Do I have to liase with the main photographer? Do i have to explain to the team of photographers that I’m just doing my friend a favour? Will they find my presence a nuisence? I know basic rules like not following the main photographer around, shooting what he shoots etc. Thanks in advance!

Okay, so I’m buying the Canon 60D and I am trying to keep my preliminary budget under 1500 dollars. So I will probably get the 60D kit (with the 18-135 kit lens kit) unless anyone has a better idea (for the body only its around $1000. After that I will slowly acquire better lenses. So I guess my question is- Once I get my camera and first lens (feel free to make suggestions on that too), what lenses and in what order should I get them? I enjoy portrait photography and also outdoor photography, but I’m mainly looking to beef up my gear so that I can get into budget wedding photography. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!!

I would love to break into the portrait photography business or even do wedding photography. Any ideas on the best way for me to break into these fields with minimal expenses? You can take a look at some of my photos at http://www.facebook.com/lot5photo to see if it would even be worth it for me. What do you think?

I would love to break into the portrait photography business or even do wedding photography. Any ideas on the best way for me to break into these fields with minimal expenses? You can take a look at some of my photos at http://www.facebook.com/lot5photo to see if it would even be worth it for me. What do you think?