Sunday, October 14, 2007

We Booked the Photographer

We’ve booked a photographer, but of course not without some sort of mishap. Fiance and Mom came to the photographer, which was good, as all of the great questions I had thought about asking completely flew out of my head. We're still not sure about when the reception will start with relationship to the ceremony (will there be a gap, how long of a gap, how long would the gap be for the photographer). Note to Self: write down questions and bring them to vendor for when you get tongue-tied - avoid Mom and Fiance staring at you blankly while waiting for you to talk.

At this particular photographer, the price structure makes it cheaper to book the photographer for the whole time if the gap is for less than half an hour. As the woman pointed this out, Fiance suggested, “Well, you can always just take pictures of us dicking around between the ceremony and reception.” At which point, she doesn't react in shock and outrage (she was in her 20's), but she certainly didn't laugh. She said something about how some people book the photographer for 12 hours and then found a reason to leave the room while we looked at albums. I laughed while Mom pretended to not be horrified by her future son-in-law.

1 comment:

Christine Tremoulet said...

One of my favorite weddings was in St. Louis, and they had a very similar timeline - ceremony at 2:30, reception at 6:30, and a church that gave us 20 minutes inside for formal shots after the ceremony. After we wrapped up there, we went to a local park and did an hour or so of photos there - group shots, couple shots, you name it. It was GREAT! Tons of fun, and then we went on to the reception.

Is there somewhere that you can go along the way so you can shoot some fun photos?