> Any suggestions on approaches you like, you use? I just got married too. Our guy shot a bunch of rolls of 35mm (as well as some MF) and the proofs look fine to me. Two great things about our photographer: he had some terrific ideas, and he knew a lot about lighting. And he had an assistant (my maid of honor) who helped position us and did a bunch of other things, and brought her own cameras and took some great shots herself.
When we were looking for a photographer, I liked the idea of the PJ style, but all the PJ-style websites I looked at looked the same. We got the PJ effect (or more accurately some more spontaneous, candid shots) just by collecting photos from friends who attended the wedding. We put out those little disposable cameras on each table, too. Those and the pix our friends took will turn out to be a nice supplement to the official pictures. Our photographer was terrific but he couldn't be everywhere at once. :) We almost went with a guy who was going to charge $1800 for himself and his wife (his wife was the B&W photog.) This would have just included their services, the negatives and proofs and we would make the books and prints ourselves. The one thing we were sure of all along was that we wanted to own the negatives. Hope this helps.
