As of Saturday, there's a new nephew around, and his daddy is already in the doghouse.  Mom and dad have a digital camera they have trouble getting to work correctly, so they borrowed grandma's digital camera to record the moments surrounding his birth.  The photos were saved to their laptop, and more photos were taken later.  These photos were also saved on the laptop, and this is where dad had some problems.  Grandma keeps removing the battery instead of the memory card, and so the camera always thinks it's New Year's Day.  The photos on a digital camera are named by date and photo number.  Since the camera always thinks it's New Year's, all the photos have the same name each time the card is formatted, and dad accidentally overwrote the photos of the birth with photos from later in the day.  This is heartbreaking for the parents, since all record of their first child's birth has been erased.  And this emphasizes an important point--through the course of your wedding, and even in the time afterwards, you are going to have a number of important moments you'll want to save.  It's important for the sake of posterity to make sure you have a camera that both of you are comfortable using, and both of you can take decent photographs with.

If you are thinking of buying a camera, make sure to spend time shopping around.  Spend time picking up each model available, making sure it's fairly intuitive to use the basic features, and that it's small enough to fit in a pocket or purse, but not so small as to get lost easily.  Have the sales person explain to you how the camera works, and if you're not finding what you want in the camera, don't make a rash decision into buying one.  Look at other models or even at other stores.  If you have a camera you're not pleased with, consider purchasing another one, making sure to look for different features than the ones that disappoint you in your current camera.  The good news is that very good cameras have become very cheap in recent years.  We purchased our camera few years ago for over $700.  A comparable model today would be about $150 today.  If you need convincing, remember that you'll probably have at least one bridal shower, a rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, perhaps bachelor and bachelorette parties (might be best not to have the camera at some of those), preparation on the day of, and then your honeymooon.  That's a lot of photo ops in a very short period of time.  Remember to take a lot of pictures of your flowers.  We're not just saying that because we're florists--people genuinely will want to see them, especially ones who were not a part of the festivities.  When it comes time to copy your photos to your computer, just to be safe, put each batch in different folders.