[Ankesh]

Thanks for asking Don.

I really think the best thing to do would be hire a freelance programmer from rentacoder.com or elance.com

Because your requirements are a bit unique, most free scripts won't fit your needs without being modified.

I would say that "Joomla" can be edited to fit your needs and finding a programmer who can customize Joomla maybe the option for you.

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This may help you:

On 14th Feb, we threw a party. Singing and dancing. Music. Good food. All those things.

Here is what we did: we hired a photographer who would snap a picture of every couple as soon as they came in. Once all the couples had come, the photographer went and developed all the pictures.

And he then framed them. (The frames had the couples names on them - as we knew who all were going to attend the party, we had gotten custom frames made from before. They were usual frames with painted alphabets cut out of wood stuck on them.)

When it was time for people to leave, they would get a photo frame with their photos in it!

The idea was a big hit. We did it so that everyone who came would remember the night. We paid for the frames and for the photographer.

And last I heard from the photographer 5-6 days back - he says 4 people from our party contacted him to do the same thing for one of their upcoming events. Snap pictures of everyone attending and then develop the pictures in an hour, frame them and gift the frames while they are leaving.

4 referrals in about a month out of 90-100 people is very good, don't you think?

My photographer now gives this idea to everyone who wants to book him. And is looking for more such ideas his clients can book him for.

Something your photographer friend can adapt - to charge more money for instant photographs as well as get more referrals.