In article , Bruce
wrote:

My sentiments exactly. I think wedding photography is one of the most
stressful jobs I have ever done. I am *so* glad that I don't do it
anymore. It was good while it lasted, but even better when it
stopped. ;-)

I think the idea of buying 20 inexpensive digital cameras and giving
them to the wedding guests is a very good one. Whoever then has the
job of collating and editing the results into a coherent record of the
event will soon realise that wedding photography is rather more
difficult than it might first appear, especially when the formal shots
that people want (despite their prior protestations to the contrary)
do not appear among those taken.

A lot of what I see are images taken outside. Here in the Pacific
Northwest, we have rain nine months out of the year. Since none of
these amateurs knows how to use more than one flash, I wonder how they
do it.

And you're right...they want to do all these artsy things but ignore
the basic bread-and-buttter shots that people want (and buy). Eh...just
give 'em a CD or DVD and call it good. Very bad business plan.