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I have been asked to take pics for a friends wedding next weekend. I was just wondering how to approach it regarding settings etc. Am I better setting up in P mode & letting the camera do the work?
I have a Nikon D80 with 50mm f1.8 attached & yesterday bought a D300 which I have attached my 18-200mm 3.5 vr to. I have a SB600 flash but not sure whether i should use it in the registry room?
Any advise gratefully received
Robin
A week to the wedding is not the right time to be asking to be honest Robin 
In addition, this has been asked more times than probably any other question on this forum which is why people sometimes get a little exasperated 
And just to add... a week before a Wedding shoot is not the time to switch to another camera - and a camera that is, in a lot of respects, radically different from that which you currently have/use and are familiar with. You need to drive your camera instinctively and will not have time to read manuals etc.
I have been a wedding pro for over twenty five years. When I first started I assisted a pro. I don't wish to be negative but you really are jumping in at the deep end. That been said the best advice I can give is to keep it simple. By all means have another camera as back up, but for now just work with the one. The one you know well and with one lens. You will not have any time to fiddle around with unfamiliar kit. For over fifteen years I used a medium format with a fixed standard lens.
Planning is the all important one. Talk to the couple. Take a note of what they are looking for and work out where you are going to take the pictures, and have something else up your sleeve in case of bad weather.
Usually you can take a flash picture of the official signing, but any others ie candids should be done with available light.
Had I known about this earlier I would have invited you down to Ayrshire to assist me. However good luck and if you have any questions then send me a pm.
Regards
Phil
One assumes your friend wants to avoid the cost of a professional wedding photographer, Robin?
You should make it quite clear that you are not experienced in this work and that whatever you manage to get is all that is on offer - so they shouldn't moan and whinge if things are not quite what they might have hoped for.
Just make sure your camera and flash are working properly, have plenty of memory cards in case one goes belly up and just do your best. If you feel more comfortable setting the camera on P and letting it do the job, so be it. The wedding is not the time to try out things with which you are not 100% familiar.
Best of luck!
Many thanks folks. As far as I can gather he just wants a record of the event at the registry office. Nothing fancy. The groom would do it himself but he's the one getting married!! Reckons it will only be an hours work tops. Many thanks for the advise, I really appreciate it.
Robin
p.s. loved the video clip!!!!
with todays modern digitals weddings are fairly easy.
all you need is to organise people
the posing the signing of
the register.
there will be loads of cameras snapping away
as you compose your subjects.
they will be following you.
think what you would like at your wedding
then pose the couple and make their day
last forever.
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