The couple is getting married on a boat. You are excited because you have never shot a wedding on a boat before and are really looking forward to it. Fast forward to the day of the wedding. You show up with a tripod and lights (not usually allowed on boat weddings) and hard soled shoes. To top it off, you are MIA for the latter part of the event because you have horrible sea sickness and are causing a huge line outside of the only bathroom available. Not good, not good!
ADVICE: Be prepared! If you are going into a new situation, think about sourcing an assistant who has good experience and who can work for you in case something should go wrong. Also, get yourself prepared by doing research and showing up extra early to the location so you can pre-scout the good spots, if you have not already done a site visit prior to the event. My wedding photographer, as phenomenal as she was and is, brought an assistant who was not prepared for snow (we got married in the snow in Mammoth) and she had to buy rain boots of all things on her way up. If you are a snow person, which she was obviously not, you know that rain boots act like ice skates on snow. It was not a pretty site to see the assistant slide down the mountain. Laura, the main photographer, bless her heart, came wearing most likely her warmest coat that just happened to be bright red which drew a lot of attention to her. I did not notice during the event but I did notice in my wedding video because she is the brightest person in all the shots since it was a black tie event so most of my guests were wearing black. FYI, she did get some really great shots and is a wonderful photographer! The below shots are some of my favs from the event. To see her work go to Docuvitae. If you click through to prelude under weddings you can see a photo of me... the second shot is of me in my underwear! hehe! Very tasteful, though. I have it framed in my home.
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY MISTAKE #6 The Chimper
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY MISTAKE #7 The Do-Over Guy
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY MISTAKE #8 The Wrong Place Guy
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY MISTAKE #9 The Partier
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY MISTAKE #10 The Narcissist
Photo by Laura Kleinhenz of Docuvitae
Photo by Laura Kleinhenz of Docuvitae
Photo by Laura Kleinhenz of Docuvitae
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