Fortunatly, the addiction has the ability to pay for itself simply by doing what I enjoy, photographing other peoples special events. And although I don't do as many events as I wish I had time for, each and everyone that I have done, I have had a blast.
Andre & Andrea's wedding is was no exception. It wasn't too long after moving to North Carolina that we started getting inquires to shoot some weddings. What was really interesting is that Andrea found us on Flickr, a service that both Maribel and I had been using for years.
Needless to say, we were both very excited about this wedding as it was local to us and we suspected the wedding was just going to be a lot of fun. Lets just say, we were not disappointed and the images showed it. I'll never forget pulling away from the reception hall and needing to get to a gas station to something to drink because I can't remember ever being so dehydrated. We had both worked our butt's off in 90 degree weather all afternoon then ran around the hall to take all the guest shots that the bride wanted.
Like any wedding though, as great as it goes, there is always something to learn. Usually though, these lessons come as I'm combing through the days images. "I should have stopped down here", "should have used flash here", "should have caught the bra strap there". These are things I find myself telling myself. This time though my lesson was a little different as this time it had nothing to do with photography but rather with general business rules. What lesson you may wonder? Let's just say, I now know why photographer are paid in advance rather than after the fact.
That made it even more worthwhile!
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