Hi Joe

I only use a second shooter if I'm doing bride prep and groom prep and they are at the same time!! Sometimes she does cutaways at the ceremony but rarely attends the reception. Just remember you have to find someone with the same passion as you for weddings ...ideally a wife is the answer but most wives have other interests!

Maybe you need to talk seriously with Jeff Harper ..he runs 4 x DSLR's at weddings all on his own!! so it is possible although I wouldn't like to do what he does!!!

Also remember a 2nd shooter eats into your profits, the more experienced they are the more you have to pay them!! I can comfortably run two cameras all by myself!! The only real time you need two is during the ceremony and during the speeches..apart from those two the shoot only needs a single camera but there are times (like bridal entrance when I have one cam on the MC and the other shoots the bridal party coming in) when you can use two on your own again!! Working alone does have big advantages as you get exactly what you want and don't have to edit strange footage from someone else, correct exposure and a host of things where your second shooter hasn't produced what you expected!!

Congrats on the win by Ireland..I'm on the West Coast so Rugby isn't big here..the East Coast are crazy about it..we were busy watching the Aussie Rules footy semi-final!!

Good luck on the next one!!

Chris