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Lol Slyvia and Mark!  Scary photos.

OMG..looks like a six year old fooled around with a camera!

At least this couple looks very happy

I have a wedding photography business and I'm asked at least a dozen times a year to give an aspiring photographer tips on what they should do before they shoot their first wedding which is inevitably right around the corner from when they contact me.  I cringe every time it happens because I realize how humongous the responsibility is to do a good job.  "Fake it till ya make it" will only take you so far. 

The fact the Bride and Groom sued for damages and won frightens me as a concept but clearly they were entitled to a full refund.  The award didn't grant them even that.  1450 pounds is what?  Around $2,500 American?  That isn't super premium prices but it isn't "this is my first wedding, let me shoot it for you please" cheap.  I wonder how he put together a portfolio worthy of charging that much.

If the photographers client was unhappy, I can't believe he wouldn't have refunded the whole money. I can't believe they were forced to go to court to get their money back! That's just wrong. I wonder if the photographer used someone else's photos as a portfolio in order to get this job. Maybe he was just having a BBAAADDDD day.

Well, as someone who was on the other end of the camera during a horribly bad wedding shoot, I can tell you it is hugely disappointing. For most some of us it's a once in a lifetime event. My wife and I were married in a small town in northern Canada and the photographers could be counted on one finger...

Based on my own experience, I would never shoot a wedding - not without formal training.