Noa Put
May 16th, 2015, 04:21 AM
Eventhough I have decided not to accept any new weddings I still have to try to finish the ones I had booked for this year, as if it's not bad enough to have to do this with a bad back it seems I also have some weddings on my agenda that are the toughest ones I have to deal with since I started my career.
I had to start at the brides place at 06:30 in the morning to shoot brideprep, because she lived 2 hours drive from my place and because I didn't want to get up in the middle of the night and then spend my time in traffic jams on a Friday morning I decided to sleep over at a B&B the night before nearby her place so it only took me 15 minutes to get there.
The couple also had payed to do some guest interviews, something I stopped doing a year ago but they booked me 2 years ago when I was still that stupid to offer this, so I had to stay one hour after the first dance to do that part which takes a hour.
The problem was their friends had been doing several acts that seemed to have no end between meals which made the first dance start at 1 in the night, I shot some regular dancing after that before I set up everything in a separate room to record the interviews.
I only started to pack up everything around 02:45 because people would keep coming after the agreed 1 hour and since those included the couple's parents I couldn't say no to that (but they won't be saying no to the extra hours I charge extra for this :)), when I said goodbye to the couple and when I was sitting in my car it was 3 at night, then add a 2 hour drive and a half hour of sleep when I stopped over at a gasstation because I felt I was falling asleep while driving I got home 05:30, dragged my gear inside and was in bed at 6 in the morning.
I think this must be a record for longest time spend on a wedding, anyone else that can challenge my record? :)
I had to start at the brides place at 06:30 in the morning to shoot brideprep, because she lived 2 hours drive from my place and because I didn't want to get up in the middle of the night and then spend my time in traffic jams on a Friday morning I decided to sleep over at a B&B the night before nearby her place so it only took me 15 minutes to get there.
The couple also had payed to do some guest interviews, something I stopped doing a year ago but they booked me 2 years ago when I was still that stupid to offer this, so I had to stay one hour after the first dance to do that part which takes a hour.
The problem was their friends had been doing several acts that seemed to have no end between meals which made the first dance start at 1 in the night, I shot some regular dancing after that before I set up everything in a separate room to record the interviews.
I only started to pack up everything around 02:45 because people would keep coming after the agreed 1 hour and since those included the couple's parents I couldn't say no to that (but they won't be saying no to the extra hours I charge extra for this :)), when I said goodbye to the couple and when I was sitting in my car it was 3 at night, then add a 2 hour drive and a half hour of sleep when I stopped over at a gasstation because I felt I was falling asleep while driving I got home 05:30, dragged my gear inside and was in bed at 6 in the morning.
I think this must be a record for longest time spend on a wedding, anyone else that can challenge my record? :)