Peter, you've misinterpreted my tone, but if you would like to discredit my post based on my offhand comment about Catholics, be my guest.
As a once Confirmed, now-recovering soul, I find the artistic interpretation of a wedding done entirely B&W to fit a "Catholic" theme entirely humorous. I know of at least one other photographer around these parts was offended by this 'theme', because it shows a lack of understanding (or a mistaken assumption that Catholics have a stick up their abnormally somber collective asses). Being as I've been on the other side, and even with my current ideological differences with the old white men in charge of the institution in question, I feel my stated opinion still stands. I repeat, a Wellesian treatment of
wedding photographs is a questionable one, and on this point, I find the B&W conversions to be unsatisfactory. Chris, if you would like some B&W workflows, I'd start with Scott Kelby and work through his citations. DYOFR.
It's a shame that ageist & ad hominem attacks still occur on these forums. You're right, qdoan, I haven't shot a wedding. But it isn't my capabilities keeping me from shooting one. Instead, I've worked my ass off, gotten massacred in critiques far more harsh than anything I've
ever seen on these forums, and used the motivation to get better. I've never had to resort to utterly thankless, (professionally) perilous job that is wedding photography to make money (and I had the good sense right from the get go to avoid it like the plague.) I've sold two large,
traditionally printed, B&W fine art prints this week. When was the last time you were in the soup, Pete Z.?
Oh, and I've used flash in Catholic churches on several occasions. Haven't been stopped yet.