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« on: January 26, 2013, 11:26:58 AM »
Nothing like an emergency wedding shoot to get you started down that road.
Your 6D should be fine, and I would think you'd make quite a bit of use of that 28-75mm. It's good you've got some glass with some wider apertures, too. If you can rent something like a 70-200 f/2.8, that would probably help you improve your longer range shots. You might just have to shoot wider and crop as necessary, though.
I don't know the venue you're shooting at, but only bring strobes if you know what you're doing with them. You'll have no time to fiddle with settings and experiment while you're there. Make the most of what you've got. Check out where you'll be shooting and get a sense of whether or not your setup can even handle it. If it's fairly dark, and you don't have lights, you're going to be looking at some ugly ISO settings.
Aside from that, hopefully you've sat down with the bride and groom and have talked about expectations. Many people today are foregoing the high-cost formal wedding for something more casual and low-key, and that may be what's going on here. They might just want a photographic record of the event, and not all of the posed group and individual shots. But get all of those expectations out in the open first.
I'm sure others will have some additional advice, but that's what I've got for now.
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