Funny enough my wife is a wedding photographer, I shoot with her a few times a year and absolutely hate it. She can’t imagine doing anything else but if it wasn’t my wife you couldn’t pay me enough to do it more than once a year.
The second hand gear is the way to go though, she got some Sony camera a while back that cost like 2k new for around 900 because it had a small scratch on the body and one of the metal things that hold the thing on was loose. We ordered a new metal thingy and with a couple screws it was practically new.
I get that it’s not for everyone, but have you considered a different type of photography? Taking photos at a wedding sounds like my own personal hell, but going out into the woods to take pictures of cool little bugs or mushrooms and stuff like that is really fun and relaxing for me.
Funny enough my wife is a wedding photographer, I shoot with her a few times a year and absolutely hate it. She can’t imagine doing anything else but if it wasn’t my wife you couldn’t pay me enough to do it more than once a year.
The second hand gear is the way to go though, she got some Sony camera a while back that cost like 2k new for around 900 because it had a small scratch on the body and one of the metal things that hold the thing on was loose. We ordered a new metal thingy and with a couple screws it was practically new.
I get that it’s not for everyone, but have you considered a different type of photography? Taking photos at a wedding sounds like my own personal hell, but going out into the woods to take pictures of cool little bugs or mushrooms and stuff like that is really fun and relaxing for me.