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I dont think so at all, just the fact that you even considered to ask makes me think you will not even bother him/her. I guess just stay out of there way as much as possible and have a great time.

post some shots for us

regards
Ray

Jose Zyman said:

I hired a professional photographer for my daughter’s wedding. Will
it be rude if I take pictures too?

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Padey said:

My partner shoots Canon and I Nikon. So we get the best of both
worlds.

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I was again going through your portfolio looking at the exif data and noticed that! This is hugely interesting to me. My girlfriend and I have a successfully growing business and we have a similar situation - I shoot a D70 and F100 (yes, at weddings we still shoot about 30% TMAX and film scan it); she shoots a 300D (it's killing us - the buffer just can't keep up with weddings - but she's a poor college student.) Each of us, of course, loves our respective systems (except that she is lusting over the 20D and 5D as much as I'm lusting over the D200 and D2x.)

In any case, we're suffering from a constant argument over systems and our approach; half the time we're perfectly satisified shooting different systems; the other half the time we feel like we're hurting ourselves by not being unified (duplication of gear, tonal differences, etc.) Even with a very refined post processing workflow, we feel like our weddings occasionally feel disjointed by the different "feel" each camera provides.

Now that the D200 has been released, the heat of this fire has increased drastically - if we weren't dating, my pre-order would already be in. I'd be really really interested in chatting with someone that is doing a split setup like this with success at weddings. Would you mind if I hit you off the list with some questions? I'd like to pick your brain as to how you've addressed some of the issues we're running into. Your images are wonderful and it gives me hope that there may be compromise for us in the form of permanent disagreement.

Many thanks,
Jim

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Best regards, Ralph

make sure you give the pro all the space he needs otherwise he'll (1) get annoyed and (2) you won't be getting your money's worth.

Post the same question on the Pro forum and you'll get plenty of advice from pro wedding photogs

OK, here is an answer from a guy who does weddings for a living.

If you are shooting side by side with the pro and just copying what he does then what you are doing is just paying him to pose your photos. Many pros have it in their contracts that they must be the exclusive photographer and shots set up by them can not be copied.

Now if you just shoot candids, photojournalistic and poses you set up, you will not offend anyone. Just put your self in his or her place. They know that any shot that you copy and do a half way decent job on will be a shot they probably will not sell.

When my daughter gets married I will hire the best pro I know and I will just enjoy.