I am a amateur, but am sometimes thought of as the "photographer" in the family. People pictures aren't my thing, but I do it when there are significant events I would be stuck having to attend anyway. Ususally these events are boring, so I don't mind taking pictures. It gives me something to do and gives me a good excuse to not have to sit there while Aunt Fuddyduddy keeps everyone so spellbound describing here latest ailments and cures and interrupts if anyone tries to change the subject.

The time for taking the pictures is therefore free, even a welcome alternative to Aunt Fuddyduddy. The unpaid time-consuming work is later to post process and thin the lot to ones that are at least acceptable. Others don't understand and appreciate how much time it takes to do this right. This is the real favor they are asking, although they rarely understand that.

I make it clear up front that all they should expect from me is a DVD with the presentable pictures in preview and full res formats. It's up them what they want to select to print, put in a book, or whatever they want to do with any of the pictures. I use my normal system for documenting a set of pictures, which includes a tree of HTML files, several preview sizes, and record of the date/time and other info about each picture. You can pop the DVD into any computer and look over the pictures, drill down to get more detail on any of them, sequence thru the bunch, and retrieve the full res versions for possible printing and the like. It still takes hours to put all that together, but it's a lot less work than what a formal wedding photographer does.

我認為您需要回答的問題是“ 您能提供他們期望的結果”嗎？如果他們因為負擔不起而仍然不聘請專業人士（不是每個人都會慶祝一場盛大的婚禮-有時（如果是親密的家人），那麼如果您至少有一個備用攝像頭，並且是朋友/家人中最好的攝影師，那麼您可能會讓他們感到非常幸福。會遇到麻煩的。。。

我個人確實一次免費拍攝了一位同學的婚禮。我認為他很高興，而且無法負擔得起專業人士的費用（即沒有我，那隻會是袖珍相機）。我會再做一次嗎？可能不是因為我擔心會搞砸……（儘管我現在可以使用備用車身了。）。

在向人們收費時，我知道很多人，主要來自美國或英國建議這樣做，我知道我永遠也不會。哎呀，我在部門的聖誕晚會上拍了張照片，然後免費提供了這些照片-但是，如果我搞砸了，我就不接受責備;）同樣適用於家庭相關場合...我帶著單反相機，然後其他人拍了一些照片...但是後來我不在乎。

最後...是您的選擇-沒有人可以為您做出決定。

在側面說明：我個人並不關心這個行業，如果它是親密的朋友，您就不會與其他攝影師競爭和家人。此外，如果您要定期拍攝婚禮，那麼您也將無法參加常規的全職工作。

This is a highly personal decision. It depends on whether you really want the work, and at what rate. And of course whether you want to attend the wedding at all, if it's a distant relative, or if you'd prefer to attend as a normal guest at a friend's wedding so you can relax and enjoy it. I see your choices as:

• Decline. Tell them you do not enjoy shooting weddings, but perhaps offer to do an engagement shoot, if that's something you enjoy doing.

• Accept and charge your going rate, perhaps slightly discounted

• Accept and do the shoot as your wedding gift

I don't think you should feel guilty asking for payment. Are your friends and relatives getting catering, flowers or a reception venue for free? I doubt it. If it's a young couple on a budget though, doing as your wedding gift is a nice gesture.

拍攝一場婚禮是很多工作。我認為您不能成為客人並拍攝婚禮。忘記與家人喝酒，跳舞或玩樂。您在那裡捕捉當天的事件。當您需要正式畫像時，您還需要指導家人。他們會聽你說話嗎？

就時間而言，我將花30個小時或更多時間參加婚禮，包括拍攝準備，活動，肖像和後期處理。

您還可以向他們解釋您將要做的事情與職業攝影師將要做的事情，享受聚會，醉酒並拍攝大量照片的局限性，然後為他們提供2-3張完整jpeg的DVD。 em>他們進行打印，並在在線相冊創建者服務上製作相冊。然後由他們決定是否也聘請專業人士參加婚禮。