Is this ok?

That sounds fine to me

That sounds alright to me! What i will say is that from my wedding, the photographers are so busy that they really only have time for you. maybe make sure that you let your uncle know that you want him to enjoy the day and relax. He's more than welcome to bring his camera and take photo's, but you don't want him to have the pressure of taking the wedding photo's on the day.

That's exactly it! Sorry about the short post btw, my laptop was running out of battery and I wanted to get it posted. x

That sounds absolutely fine to me.

One piece of advice I would give though is to make sure you mention to your photographer that your uncle will also be there taking pictures. Some togs get very funny about there being other people around trying to take photos (especially other professionals) so make sure yours isn't one of these sorts!

We were at a family wedding earlier in the year and I was taking some general family photos, just in the background (i.e not under photographers toes, I know better than that) and the official photographer seemed to get the right hump about it. At one point I even had a bench kicked at me whilst trying to get a shot.

Reflected brilliantly on the company he was from- even more so when before he left he flung a business card at myself and my partner and announced that we could "be nosy" or something to that effect in 10-14 days when his pictures were up.

In fairness this is the only case I have experienced, but I have heard other horror stories from associates!

Pavone, that sounds horrendous! I'm a togger too, but I would really be upset if the togger at my wedding was like that to other people!

I must say that I had a couple of people, friends, ask to photograph my wedding...one of them was my brother, who is in a wheelchair and has been practising photography for less than a year, and another was a friend who is not my style at all in terms of photography.

Being that I'm an amature togger myself, I'm so, so picky about the pictures we get! It took me forever to choose a togger, finally I found one with the right portfolio and editing style, thank goodness.

I think your letter is lovely, very kind and doesn't patronise him, which I would be scared of doing.

Thanks for that advice, again something I wouldn't have thought of. I don't know what I'd do without Hitched! We're meeting up with our soon to be TOG in Jan, so I will speak to him about it.

Yeah I really didn't wanna patronise him because he's a lovely uncle- I'd just be terrified something would go wrong on the day and there'd be no back up plan!