after hours and hours of searching e-bay...

I second the recommendation for a good film stock. If you have

no preferences of your own yet, you cannot go wrong with a bag

full of Fuji NPH. Mail order it from B&H and it's only $3.89 for a

36exp roll.

DEFINITELY get good film stock, though I prefer Kodak Portra (esp. NC) over Fuji NP*, it's not too likely you'll go wrong with either.

 

If you can find sulky teenagers, follow them around and take their pictures. They'll never forgive you, and the bride and groom will love the pictures (both of which are good things :-)

I shot a roll of fuji 400 the other day just to see what was different from my usual Kodak film. I was amazed at the difference in skin tones, and this was just the film from Walmart, not the good stuff. Think I'll go buy some of that now and play around doing grandkids portraits for fun (and practice). My new lens should be here in a day or so, so I'll have time to use that and see some results before the wedding.

When shooting with plenty of light outdoors... Don't forget about 100 speed Fuji Reala! I've used it for 14 years and once my lab started to understand how to process it - They even preferred it over anything else on the market. I do use the 400 indoors though.