noob to photography...l'il advice please?

Thekwango

Thekwango

Thekwango

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Howdy folks,

Next August the fiance and I are planning to have our wedding(well the religious ceremony) in a small village in france where we've been holidaying for the past 6 years.

due to the remoteness of the village (and partly my miserableness) we intend to get her brother to take the pictures for us. thing is i have no idea about what kind of camera to get-that should be easy enough to use/understand, though her bro is quite tech savvy so should pick it up quite quickly, and will take good quality photographs.

I'd also need advice or pointers towards a tri-pod. tho i guess i tri-pod is a tri-pod??

budget wise i really have no idea, lets say 300 notes, would that be sufficient? i could go higher but would obviously like to go lower! :p

many thanks in advance
 
advice duly noted fellas, i appreciate the honesty-should add that your replies were pretty much exactly what my other half said when i suggested getting her brother to take the photos!! guess i'll have to brush up on my french and start looking for someone local.

was hoping her uncle would travel out as he took up photography about 15 years ago when he took early retirement. but he doesn't like flying and doesnt fancy the ignorantly long drive from northern ireland to southwest france!

on an aside note, was gonna ask this in a seperate thread but might as well pop it in along with this, i wanna buy a camera for my own personal use anyway, any suggestions-would just be used for casual photography. I live on the North Coast of Antrim in Northern Ireland and we have some gorgeous coastal scenery. Would love to get into a bit of hobbyist photography. Again the budget i have no clue about so any suggestions would be much appreciated
 
Yea we've decided to ditch the idea of using her brother. Not that she ever fancied that plan!! Just me being miserable.

Are there any credentials, or whatever you call it, I should look for someone to have when looking into photographers. Or should I just ask to see a sample of their work, or is that not the done thing?

Apologies if my questions seem a little dumb, I genuinely have no clue regarding photography!
 
Ahhh.....portfolio. That's the word I was looking for.

Cheers to all for the info and advice.

Yet again OcUK forums comes to the rescue!
 
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