chris_sutton2

<p>It's hard to say without knowing what camera and equipment you already own.<br /> There's a lot more to wedding photography than just getting a DSLR and a flash.<br> <br /> In my opinion you need to find a specialist wedding photography course and learn all there is to know. You could offer to work as a wedding photographers assistant for free so long as it's in an area where you won't be competing for business.<br> <br /> Of course you'll need some kind of a camera for a course. If you are on a budget I would recommend a Nikon D5500 with a good Nikon dedicated flash and a lens of around 18 - 65mm (equivalent to 28 - 100 focal length on a full frame camera). It's not the perfect camera but pretty good for the money.<br> <br /> Like I said, you need to do some kind of specialist course and also practice lots of portraits and group portraits away from any weddings to get good at it and steadily improve before you commit yourself to actually doing a wedding.<br> <br /> If you do actually get into serious wedding photography you will need to initially charge very little and you have to be aware that there is no room for error. You can be sued and it's bests to be insured against that.<br> You will need a main camera body and a spare camera body (for a spare even a cheapish one with at least 12 megapixel sensor. Make sure at least your main body has two storage slots so that one backs up the other. Check your SD (or CF) cards immediately before the wedding and carry two spare cards. There are different flash techniques but if you are going to be quite mobile use bounce flash with a diffuser over the flash. Get there early and work out where you're going to be taking most of your photos from....and take lots of photos (300+) so you have a good range to choose from!</p>