I've been photographing weddings now for nearly 9 years, and some days it still awes me the ammount of time, effort, planning and coordination that goes in to planning a wedding day.
There are so many moving parts to a wedding day: Photographers, Lodging, Entertainment, Decor, Flowers, Cake, Food, Ceremony venue...the list goes on and on and on. And since planning my own wedding nearly 8 years ago I've gained an immense appreciation into the skill it takes to pull off a succesful event.
With the knowledge of just how much has to be coordinated, occasionally I will step back in awe that all of the involved vendors actually show up and fulfill their promises. Please don't take any of this to mean that I expect any of the awesome people I'm privledged to work with week and week out wouldn't deliver exactly what they've promised (and in most cases we ALL do our best to go above and beyone for our customers); it just amazes me that everyone showes up.
And in the end, we're all doing it for you. I understand that this is our job, but we all take it very seriously. We know how important your wedding day is and we want to make sure that we can in some way contribute to making your day more memorable, more joyous. It amazes me that so many people are willing, nae, WANT to put in that little extra bit in order to make your day truly special.
In the end, I suppose it's a bit humbling.
This rambling rumination started out as a reflection on how astonished I am at how a wedding day comes toghter and it seems that it's transformed into a thank-you. To all of my Brides and Grooms over the last 8 years: Thank You. Thank you for your trust, your faith and your willingness to include me in the collection of other amazing people entrusted with making your wedding day awesome. It's been a blast.
To my future Brides & Grooms: Thank you for putting your faith in me - I can't wait to work with the awesome collection of people you've to insure your wedding days are amongst the best days of your lives. :)
