I have a Canon Digital Rebel. I ahve doing photography for quite some time and am now starting to focus onw edding photography. I have only done 2 weddings, and though I am good with photoshop, I am realiziing that i need some new lenses in order to really make my photos much higher quality.....and not spend hours on photoshop! The max I can afford right now is $500. I prefer the $200-$300 range. Any sugestions?
I am currently using a 28-55mm canon lens, and a 70-300 tamron lens.

Go to shutterbug.com and, in the Search box, type in "What's in their bag?"

The entire article was titled "What's In Their Bag? A Look Inside Top Wedding Shooter Kits" and was in the April 2006 Shutterbug Magazine.

what you use now would help.......

a 12-24mm, a 35mm, a 50mm, a 70mm and a mild tele like a 100-135mm, use primes if you really want sharp images - will give more speed than zooms also

get and use a grey card and that will save you wasting time in PS, along with lightingand a tri/monopod/cable release.........i find its best to get the best possible source image to limit post production time (photoshop)

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are you talking about to shoot the wedding or to shoot the bride? I have a Canon 30d and my new favorite lens is the Tamron 28-75mm it's sharper than most canon lenses i've bought and the reviews are great. that would be fine for shooting the actual wedding and people walking around and such. If you want a lens for close up or portrait work the Canon 100mm macro is a great lens for that. I you are looking at budget zoom the Tamron 70-300 was my choice, it has a macro button on it also. I bought the Canon 70-300 and the noise it produced was unacceptable, would not produce good enlargements at all. I took it back and bought the Tamron 28-200 liked the range here and good lens but I wanted more reach. I took that back and got the Tamron 70-300 for around 200.00 and for the price it's good. You might also want to try renting lenses just when you need them try www.rentglass.com