I did my first ever solo wedding yesterday.
I looked up tips for new wedding photographers and there was all this scary stuff like
"you have no idea what your doing"
"you're not prepared"
"hire the couple a real wedding photographer"
"you will most likely ruin the wedding"
"don't do it"
After many encouraging messages, I figured the morning of the wedding would probably be too late to call and cancel...
So I put on my big girl panties and walked out the door.
This was my mantra for the day
"Stay calm. Act cool...kind of like you know what your doing"
I'm learning MANY new things every time I do a shoot.
Here are the things I learned yesterday.
1. My height is a disadvantage
2. I need to buy a couple extra lens covers. Those suckers get lost too easily.
3. A light diffuser thing is life changing. I need to return this one to it's rightful owner (Thanks Jedi Josh & Kelley!) and buy one of my own
4. Other vendors become your friends during the wedding and keep you company
5. It is a guarantee that I will put the camera down and join in on the cupid shuffle
5. It is a guarantee that I will put the camera down and join in on the cupid shuffle
6. Stay calm
7. Act cool...kind of like you know what your doing (I think they believed me)
This was like one of the most intricate weddings ever.
Christy handmade 98% of everything. Bouquets. Table decorations. Boutonnieres
I wish I could show you everything.
I'm not legit enough yet to say "Christy and Mike's Sneak Peek"
but here are some of my favorites.
Or a lot of my favorites.
Whatever. Don't judge. There was a lot to take pictures of.
Every center piece was a different color of the rainbow and looked completely different |
brown table |
pink table |
Brittany and I got a shout out! |
These were used in the game to decide which order the tables got to get up and eat |
All bouquets match the girls. Christy made each one by hand out of paper. |
Christy's bouquet |
paper flowers made that hung from the tree where the ceremony took place |
getting Mike ready for the first look |
the first look about to happen |
they were having just a little bit of fun :) |