Thanks useful information: 
Photographs
A person who commissions a private or domestic photograph, or the making of a portrait or engraving, owns the copyright in the work, but the author can prevent the owner from dealing with the work other than for the purpose for which it was commissioned (s.35(5)).
So if you have someone commission you to take their portraits (weddings, parties, anything) the person who commissions the work owns copyright, not the photographer.
Yes it is getting technical, but the LAW is just that. Anyone taking portraits as part of their photography business needs to be made aware that copyright belongs to the client for domestic portaiture (non commercial). If you got a client to sign a contract that let copyright remain with the photographer, it could be deemed you were unethical in the contract if you failed to divulge to the commissioning party (the client) that they owned copyright to start with.
I am not trying to argue with you, but point out the LAW and how it stands.
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