My favorite Dutch Uncle's Advice...from 40 Years in the Business!
However long you think it will take everyone to get ready on your wedding
day...double that amount of time, because there are so many unexpected delays
that can possibly happen while you're getting ready. You'll probably use
every bit of this extra time...and you'll probably be thanking me afterwards
for this advice!
The most common "hanging point" I encounter when photographing weddings is
that the guys will get dressed, but nobody ever seems to want to go ahead
and locate and pin on the boutonnieres. When the time comes for photos, no
one has any idea where they are, so 10 to 15 minutes are lost while they
are located and pinned on...and this is the time just prior to the wedding
when every minute available for photographs are really at a premium, too!
(I always do my best to head off this stumbling block, in advance, but if
you're planning a wedding, it might be worthwhile to see that it isn't a
stumbling block at your wedding.) Your wedding photographer will thank you
for making his day a little easier!
If and when little things start to go wrong at your wedding or reception,
don't let the pressure of "just having to have a perfect wedding" ruin your
special day for you and the others around you. You'll only have this day
once and the little things that don't go quite as planned are what makes
your wedding unique from all the others in the world...and those are the
things you'll remember and be able to chuckle about in the future.
Your personal attitude and determination to enjoy your day–no matter
what!, will greatly influence whether little things gone wrong will totally
destroy the enjoyment of your day or not. My advice is, don't let little
snafus take away from you and your guests being able to enjoy your wedding
day...adopt the attitude that you're going to enjoy your day in spite of
the little mishaps that can happen. It's your attitude that's the key to
allow you to enjoy the day!
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You'll also find that just wanting the pictures to be taken at a certain
time before the wedding, doesn't automatically make it happen. You have to
make everyone involved feel that them being there and being ready is a favor
to you. That it is really important to you that they be there and be ready
on time. If they just think or are told that the photographer wants them
there for pictures at a certain time, it carries absolutely zero weight with
most people, and it just plain won't magically happen either. They could
care less what the photographer wants. (You'll discover, too, that there
is about a 45 minute to one hour difference between just being there and
being there and being ready for pictures...hopefully you and your wedding
party and relatives won't discover it the hard way! As in when the photos
don't end up getting taken before the wedding because certain key people
haven't arrived in time to be ready.) When this happens, I just roll with
the punches and take it in stride and add the photos that didn't get taken
to the ones to be taken after the ceremony, but it does add another five
to ten minutes to that photo session.
I remember the time I had a wedding where the maid of honor came strolling
in without a care in the world ten minutes before the wedding carrying her
gown draped over her shoulder. This is where laid back - go with the flow
(lay on your back and drift merrily downstream) attitudes really payoff!
We've learned a long time ago that you just can't swim upstream at a wedding.
Each wedding has it's own flow and you've just got to relax and go with the
flow and make the best of the tough situations. I've found that when I do,
it takes all the pressure out of doing the assignment and let's me really
concentrate on pleasing me clients with thorough coverage...and it helps
me avoid getting ulcers! (hehe) Luckily, my absolute passion is wedding
photography!
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