Quote Originally Posted by Slim Chance View Post
Simple. Don't do it. Your desire/need for income should never override your judgement or the best interests of others. A wedding is, for most people, the most wonderful day in their lives; perhaps next only to the birth of a child. It is also, for this couple, a one-time only event! If you screw it up it's gone forever. They deserve a true professional. If you want to be a wedding photographer it would be wonderful for you to apprentice with a professional for a year or two. Trying to become a wedding photographer on a real wedding would be wrong no matter how nice your photos. Wedding photography is a whole lot more than being able to capture nice photographs. Good luck.
My first thought was to not even respond to this but it was bothering me that your remarks could have others thinking that I would actually put my need for income ahead of the best interests of anyone! It takes a lot of guts to make a statement like that about another person that you don't even know!

What a beautiful world it would be if everyone could afford a true professional photographer on their wedding day! In especially today's world, that is not always the case! Maybe they would rather have me than just grandma with her p&s or their friend with their iphone! Maybe just maybe, I will be able to do better than that and I am all they could afford other than nothing at all! I am not "trying" to become a wedding photographer nor do I want to be, I am trying to help a couple out that wouldn't take no for an answer! I live with the fact everyday that I might screw this up and then it's gone forever for them but it won't be because I just wanted to pocket the money and run!

Yes, you are right Slim, they are a very sweet couple and they do deserve a true professional ...are you volunteering to do it for $475!? PM me your information and I will forward it to them, I'm sure they will be thrilled!

I am extremely ill right now with possible pneumonia but everyday and night I am still reading everything I can, watching videos and practicing to get this down as well as I can so I don't think I will fail from lack of caring. Thanks for your post, now that I have you waiting in the wings for me to screw up, I am even more determined!