Wedding photography is ridiculous even before the photographers get involved. The entire weddings industry in the US is one giant rabbit hole, capable of absor

Wedding photography is ridiculous even before the photographers get involved. The entire weddings industry in the US is one giant rabbit hole, capable of absorbing any amount of money, no matter how large, and returning little more than "an emotional experience" for it. It's easy to get the copyright. Just say it's work done for hire, the RAWs are part of the deliverables, and they won't have to shoot anything stupid. If they balk, break it off and contact someone else. Their job is lighting, framing, focus, capture, in that order. Postprocessing and prints are not part of the deal unless they can upsell it.