I used to say I love photography too much to do weddings. That was a joke, but part of me meant it. But I was thinking about what I was used to seeing from weddings. Stiff lifeless posed groups posed 'candids' even and the ceremony shots usually either so poorly done because the photographer wasn't allowed to use flash or worse--poorly done because they could use flash. Many studio photographers either didn't think they should, or didn't know how to push their film and use a high ISO to get naturally lit moments during the ceremony. Once I realized that weddings didn't have to be photographed that way, that I could use all the tricks of my trade as a photojournalist I changed my tune on weddings. A wedding isn't a series of posed group photographs and smile at the camera 'candids'. A wedding is an event, one of the greatest events in ones life and creating a document of happy moments within that event should be the goal of every bride and groom. They should be very careful to look for a photographer who won't disrupt the day, but record it in such a way that when looking at the pictures you not only remember the people that were there, but the great fun you had. Photograph of Ardis and Chris Hughes (moments after saying their I do's)by Richard Sayer