> >>my sister in law asked me to be the
>>photographer on her wedding.
> DON'T DO IT!!!
Heh -- well, at least be really careful.
When I was working in a camera store as
a teenager, this woman came in complaining
that we'd messed up the pictures her husband
had taken of her sister's wedding.
I looked at the negatives -- the poor guy
had shot the whole roll with the shutter
speed set too fast for his flash. One
third of each frame was perfect, the rest
was clear.
It's an easy mistake to make, but it's also
an easy mistake to avoid.
Don't let anybody touch any of your equipment,
and check every control on the camera, lens
and flash, every single time you pick it up.
You might want to shoot 3 or 4 throw-away
shots at the start of each roll, and ask the
lab to do a clip test before developing the
roll so they can adjust if they have to.
If you're really paranoid, two different cameras,
and two shots of everything on two different rolls
of film, developed by two different labs, approaches
being fool-proof -- But you don't have to be paranoid.
Careful is almost always good enough.
-Don
