So much happens at a wedding that without photographic images, many of the days events would be lost; digital wedding photography has changed how wedding photographers can carry out their work ensuring the day is captured on disk. Digital photography may have replaced film but people still like to see photographs they can handle!

Fortunately for wedding photographers they can use an assistant to help them get the right shots but if you're a friend taking pictures, then how do you take good shots of the day? This article highlights a few basic techniques and styles for anyone who wants to capture a friend or family members wedding using a digital camera.

Many amateur photographers make the mistake of taking pictures with a boring background which is not something you want in a wedding photo. If there is a pleasant background but it is hard to focus on the couple, you may find it easier to shoot them from shoulder up.

Spectacled guests can be a problem as glare from their glasses obscures their eyes and reflects back at the camera. If there is someone in the group that you particularly want to take a photograph of but they are in a crowd then try using the zoom, it will give a good close-up that you wouldn't achieve any other way.

Candid shots are also dramatic and these portraits often reveal more than the quality of the picture itself; in fact, many professionals use the zoom to capture intimate and memorable moments. As you can't keep asking people to pose for you, always have the camera to hand because digital wedding photography is just as much about having natural, un-posed for shots.

The last thing you want to happen is for your digital camera to have half charged batteries and a memory card that is already half full as it will restrict how many shots you can take. For 6 mega pixel cameras and up, the absolute bare minimum should be a 1 gigabyte card, preferably 2 gigabytes and always use the highest resolution your camera can manage if the images are to be printed.

The higher the resolution you set the better the images will be and the larger they can be printed out. You can do this by saving albums on your personal computer to free up the space on your memory card or burn them to a CD or DVD.

Capturing beautiful digital wedding photography shots will depend on how much you enjoy taking pictures and whether or not the couple mean anything to you.