If you have ever wanted to become a professional wedding photographer, I am giving you the perfect opportunity to learn within the pages of this book. After successfully running a professional wedding photography business for over 28 years, I bring to you, a robust collection of tips, techniques and poses that will give you the tools that you need to begin photographing weddings professionally and immediately. Within these colorful and detailed pages, I take you step by step from the initial phone call from the wedding customer, to the wedding day, wedding reception and beyond. I will tell you, as well as show you the important shots you'll need, as well as when to be ready to capture these moments. You will also see the unique poses that I used when capturing these precious moments. The images that I have provided in his book are from an actual wedding. This book is actually volume number 1 of many volumes that I will be releasing. Each future volume will feature a complete, new and different wedding that I have photographed. These volumes will take you where no other Wedding Photography book has taken you before. You will appreciate the opportunity to view a full wedding while learning the behind-the-scenes processes and techniques that were used while capturing those precious and unique wedding moments. I will give you a list of all of the important moments that you will need to capture before the wedding begins, as well as during the wedding ceremony and reception. You will learn how to take advantage of your free time once you arrive at the wedding, while gaining a greater understanding of wedding protocol and procedure. This book was designed to provide you with the step-by-step process of a wedding from start to finish; thereby, giving you an up-front and personal experience and view of this complete process from a professional wedding photographer's view. With that being said, the primary objective of this book is to give to a virtual road map for everything you need to know and do at a wedding. As a result this book will help you: Confidently perform well during the initial sales call Successfully schedule and conduct the wedding consultation Successfully book the wedding during the wedding consultation Plan for the wedding day Arrive at the wedding knowing what the next steps are from the moment that you arrive Know how to interact with the bride and groom as well as the wedding guests Successfully photograph the wedding and reception Prepare the RAW images during post-production Ultimately you will gain the level of confidence that you need to be successful, competitive, and content with your progress as you explore the wonderful world of Wedding Photography. This book is complete in its entirety while giving you the information that you will not find in most Wedding Photography books. As a professional photographer and photography trainer, I strived to make sure that the reader of this book gets everything out of this book that they expected and more. You will find the material and ideas in this book to be very useful as well as fresh. Wedding photography in this day and time has changed tremendously. Learn from a professional wedding photographer who knows how to please the bride and groom as well as the parents and wedding guests. This book shows you more than the skill behind the camera. You'll learn the skill behind the trade so that you will be prepared to do business in this fast-paced, ever-changing Wedding Photography industry. This is a good investment into your Wedding Photography business endeavors. What you learn in this book will save you more time and money than you can imagine. Get Your Wedding Photography business off to a positive and fast start with a book that contains the Wedding Photography people and business that will give you the advantage over your competitors."