06/16/2024
So I had a wedding this past Friday, many thanks to Nancy Taussig for the referral!! Always appreciative for referrals.. But besides getting to work with an awesome couple and group, I received the best compliment EVER!!!
As we had finished the service and Nancy was saying goodbye to the couple and myself and I was getting the groups the couple wanted to photograph, I turned around and NO ONE, and I mean, NO ONE, was talking cellphone pics of the couple!!! They were doing selfies, but nothing of the couple!! I looked back at the couple and said, "I was expecting a line of paparazzi taking your pic!!"....
Then this lovely lady, I think a friend of the couple, walked over to me and said: "We don't need to do that, we have a professional here to take photos...".. :O
I was in utter shock!!! i might have even told her I love you!! LOL!! Literally, a thousand plus weddings over my years of shooting, and this was like only the 2nd or 3rd time I didn't have to deal with wedding attendees taking pics and distracting the couple keeping me from doing my job!!
I told this beautiful person what an incredible compliment that was and how much it meant to me!! And I was very sincere!! It made my job so much easier because I had the couples and groups, full attention!!! We moved quickly and got the session completed without having to rush!! I just wish EVERY group had this mindset!!
To all the couples getting married and the friends and family that will attend, please keep in mind, you will be with the couple for the entirety of the day... The photographer, depending on long they've been hired for, has a short time to capture the story of their day.. And not to be mean, but if your photos aren't that great, it's no big deal.. If the photographer's photos are not good because the couple and groups being photographed are being distracted because of Celltographers, it is a big deal.. The hired photographer is being paid to get it right.. So please let them do their job with the fewest distractions possible.. It's a stressful job to begin with, we don't need added stress..
As I tell my couples and groups, once we hit the reception, have at it!!! But during the service and formal shots, they need to be all mine!!! Particularly when my time is dictated by that big light in the sky..