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Way to not answer the question everyone! As much as I like laughing at real Fauxs who end up on here it does annoy me that sometimes questions can’t just be answered with more positive advice. Lets assume the bride and groom know that the OP doesn’t shoot weddings very often, have seen weddings they have already shot and liked the image so they hired her. Although the advice given is fairly sound, it’s rather negative so lets try something else…
On that note, tips for the day. HIGH ISO if needed, blurry shots are worse than noisy shots which can be fixed in post. Please have at least one fast lens, go buy a sub £100 (not sure how many $$$) 50mm f/1.8 if you don’t already own one. Shoot in aperture priority if you can’t keep up with changing aperture and shutter speed all the time, there is no shame in letting the camera do the work it was designed to do. Take control! If they want the posed group shots you need to be in charge. Take LOADS of shots just in case. If you have any time when you aren’t running after people, take some shots of the details if you can. Most of all, have fun and enjoy it. I hated the first wedding I ever did, I was sweating buckets all day due to the stress. I couldn’t take control of the situation and at times felt I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Thankfully I had explained that I wasn’t good enough to shoot my friends wedding but he insisted as he liked my other work. Turns out they loved all the images but I hate them because I know they are bad, haha.