carl_miller

One thing you have going for you is your obviously talented enough that you were asked

to shoot a wedding. Second thing is that the bride and groom are probably looking more

at saving $$$$ so while they expect a decent job, they have to know you have never done

it before.

Do a photojournalistic style with some standard poses but don't stress too much. You'll

find if your good with people you'll actually have a good time. My best advise until then is

get very familiar with your flash exposures shooting extremes like a black tux or a pure

white dress.

Believe me, if you aren't intimately familiar with your flash exposure comp with your digital

then I would suggest shooting all FILM, especially for your first wedding. Shooting digital

is pretty much like shooting slide film at a wedding because of the exposure latitude.

I have a feeling you could handle the wedding fine but I would SERIOUSLY suggest you

consider shooting film for your first.

Brad,

Bracket aside, if your worried about the batteries I use the (2) battery grip on my 10D and

consistently get 10 hours/800 shots. I remember having the same battery/bracket worries

at first but for almost 2 years now I can only ever recall one time having to change the

camera batteries at a wedding.

I use a Stroboframe Pro-T for weddings and I love it except for one thing. (I have it on a

10D w/battery grip and 550EX) My only problem with this set-up and turning the flash is I

liked using a Lumiquest bouncer which is designed for the flash in the horizontal position

so it needs to be used with a "camera rotate" bracket.

(I tried using an Omni-Bounce BTW but got very inconsistent results)

Anyway my point was I was thinking of going to the Newton bracket that rotates the

camera but is still very compact and allows you to hold the camera and not the bracket.

It's over $200 but it seems to be the best of both worlds - although I haven't known

anyone personally that has used one, it looks like a very cool bracket to consider.

http://www.newtoncamerabrackets.com/new_page_1.htm