I'm just home from a few days in Thurles for a friends wedding. Well, actually a friend of my wife's from college would be more accurate (though possibly not grammatically correct - where does that apostrophe go anyway?).

Regardless, both of us had a lovely time. The folks down there are very hospitable and the day was great fun.

After much debating I decided to take a stripped down camera kit to the wedding and reception. I'd been a little concerned about turning up with my toys and being pointed out as a freak. I needed of worried. I counted five different dSLR kits in the church (not including the pro photographers). Lots of Canons.

Which was nice.

Anyway, like I said, I took a stripped out kit. Just my 18-55, 50mm and new swanky 10-22mm wide angle. I also left my external flash behind.

And that was my biggest mistake. I'm uploading the photo's at the minute and filtering them into usable and crap. Sadly there is more crap than usable because of shake and suspect shadows. I'd a feeling this was going to be the case when reviewing them on the night I often found I was upping the ISO to try and reduce exposure times. I guess the little flash just isn't good enough for me when using the manual settings.

Have you had any better experiences from yours?

Still, I guess I'll see what I've got and if there are any I can share. I will.