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<blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 196356" data-attributes="member: 3903">To answer you question honestly, I don't think I can help you make these pictures. But I can advise you to tell your mate that you can't do it, or warn her that you don't know how to do it like a trained professional wedding photographer. I don't know you nor have I seen any of your work, but from your questions, I just doubt that you can pull it off. Of course, you can take pictures at her wedding, but if she is relying on your pictures alone to build an serious album, she might be deceived. Please notice that I wrote &quot;might&quot;.I understand from reading between the lines that your friend has put you in a bind and you feel scared. And this alone can give you undue pressure that can make you take the wrong decisions as far as camera setting, flash fill-in settings (and yes, you'd better get one of those).For group shots, you have to make sure they hear your directions. You have to get in charge for the group shot, you have to sometimes shout to get their attention. The only trick I can give you for this is you have to countdown or up to 3 and direct them to say &quot;SEX&quot; on the count of 3. I find this makes them laugh more than &quot;cheese&quot;. So you take your first shot and then tell them to think about it. They will look happy in the second picture for sure.So the decision is up to you and all I can say is good luck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcel, post: 196356, member: 3903"] To answer you question honestly, I don't think I can help you make these pictures. But I can advise you to tell your mate that you can't do it, or warn her that you don't know how to do it like a trained professional wedding photographer. I don't know you nor have I seen any of your work, but from your questions, I just doubt that you can pull it off. Of course, you can take pictures at her wedding, but if she is relying on your pictures alone to build an serious album, she might be deceived. Please notice that I wrote "might". I understand from reading between the lines that your friend has put you in a bind and you feel scared. And this alone can give you undue pressure that can make you take the wrong decisions as far as camera setting, flash fill-in settings (and yes, you'd better get one of those). For group shots, you have to make sure they hear your directions. You have to get in charge for the group shot, you have to sometimes shout to get their attention. The only trick I can give you for this is you have to countdown or up to 3 and direct them to say "SEX" on the count of 3. I find this makes them laugh more than "cheese". So you take your first shot and then tell them to think about it. They will look happy in the second picture for sure. So the decision is up to you and all I can say is good luck. [/QUOTE]

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