The Wedding Files: Bloo Dog Chronicles

[FlipsidE]

Well, I figured it was about time that this forum got a collection of Bloo Dog's advice and stories (mods, if this is in the wrong place, then please move it). I went through and tried to pull the best ones! They are all an amazing pleasure to read as well as very educational. W/out further ado...

ADVICE




Shooting Weddings: Wedding Directresses, Managing Time (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=52230)
Family member w/Camera vs Hired Pro (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=51456)
Marketing Yourself (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=55902)
The Wedding Files: You're Worth What you Charge... or ARE You? (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=54924)
The Wedding Files: Your Yellow Pages Listing (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59248)
STORIES

Weird Weddings: Stories That Defy Belief and Explanation (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=53357)
The Wedding Files: DUDE, YOU'RE SUED! (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=53979)
Wedding Bliss #2:The Bride From HECK (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=52117)
I hope you enjoy! I know I have. Thanks for taking the time to post all of these, Bloo Dog!

FlipsidE

[Claire]

I want more Bride from Hell stories. Actually, I want to hear about crazy grooms too. Or parents. Anything will work. :)

So, I guess this is the official Bloo Dog thread now? ;)

[defordphoto]

So, I guess this is the official Bloo Dog thread now? ;)

You bet it is. BlooDog has been providing this invaluable information for quite some time!

Many, many thanks to Flipside for compiling this information that's now a longterm sticky.

[Claire]

Yes, thanks Flipside. :) Bloo will blush. hehe And if this is the official Bloo Dog thread I guess it means we can all start partying and bombard him with questions/begging for various types of stories.

[snibbetsj]

Thanks for putting up the sitcky Flipside. Every time someone asks me to shoot a wedding, I think of Bloo Dog and say "minimum $4500 plus prints". (No takers yet)

[Maureen Souza]

Your wedding horror stories have me laughing myself silly Bloo Dog. But I LOVE to shoot weddings....my favorite event! I just hope I NEVER get to tell any stories remotely close to yours!:lol:

[cmM]

i refuse to read those... for the sake of my wedding photgraphy career :-P:-P:-P

[cmM]

yea, I've been there... I get emotional too sometimes. That's the moment I hide behind the viewfinder, put the camera on continous mode, and start firing :D

[S230]

Keep those stories comming. you're almost there to publish a book. :)
I look forward to your next release.

I think in the future for your weddings, you should hire an assistance that is not only to do photography but also is a lawyer that has a bite.. :) You assistance can read your clients thier rights.. hehe.. :)

[Kadath]

If I was a book publisher I would hire Bloo Dog in an instant.

[theflyingkiwi]

Thanks Bloo Dog for all of your interesting stories. It makes think alot about how I wont to proceed with dealing with customers etc. Making sure that both parties understand what the rules are :)

It also makes really really never do Weddings :)

[Claire]

I'll do weddings (if I ever got good enough for it). I just won't do them in the US where I might get sued... ;)

[IndyJeff]

I am on to you Bloo Dog, I know what your up to here. With all the horror stories and "Beware of doing weddings" advice your just keeping the competition down. Nothing like scaring the begeezus out of a potential competitor. LOL

[S230]

Bloo Dog, maybe you should consider part-time tour guide organizing a "tour group consisting of other wedding photographers" to tag along to one of your weddings and experience the feel of a lifetime.. it should be an eye openier... hehe.. :)
on the upside, you get plenty of coverage... :)

[S230]

lol...

[Claire]

I sooo want Bloo Dog to take my future wedding pics. Just for the sheer fun of making his day a living hell. I mean, what kind of friend am I if I don't add to his horror stories? ;) Besides, it'd be quite fun to see how he'd write it all up for you all...hehe

[Pekka]

What does swedish wedding cake taste like?

Cake? They eat pickled herring, right Claire? :) :) :) :)

[CyberDyneSystems]

LuteFisk?

[Claire]

I have no clue what Swedish wedding cakes taste like! Never had one. I do know I want mine to be a bunch of Princess cakes on tiers. Princess cake here is a traditional cake. Guess it's kinda spongey with strawberry in the middle and on top marsipan. Mmmm....

And I hate lutfisk! That's the fish the kids used to put in the pipes at school so they'd had to evacuate the school rest of the day (it smells terrible!). Great way to get a free afternoon though... hehe ;)

Herring works though, my American friend Mike tasted tons of variations when he was here in November. He liked it. I'm not serving it at my wedding though, unless I have the wedding around midsummer's eve. Then we gotta stick to tradition. hehe

[Pekka]

The FOB stood up to say a few words. I didn't understand a word of it, but the FOB was quite empassioned, and the groom looked scared. At the end of the speech, the FOB turned around and punched the groom's lights out.

It was like "Haggada baggada bibbity bobbity WHAM!" and then the poor groom was circling Jupiter for a few minutes. The groom's brothers placed the groom in a basket and picked his teeth off the floor and placed them in a bowl, and the rest of the day was spent eating cous cous with red things in it, tormenting a donkey, and firing vintage weapons that had been stolen during the occupation. Not the French occupation. The ROMAN occupation.



:lol: :D

Bloo Dog,

If you do not write a book about your wedding experiences, immediately, I'll find you and force you to eat couple of kilos of Finnish Easter delicacy "Mämmi" (which is something that even German tourists do not dare to steal).

[Claire]

:lol: :D

Bloo Dog,

If you do not write a book about your wedding experiences, immediately, I'll find you and force you to eat couple of kilos of Finnish Easter delicacy "Mämmi" (which is something that even German tourists do not dare to steal).


:lol: :lol: :lol: I love the phrase "something that even German tourists do not dare to steal".

[S230]

Actually, I'm working on a book, but it isn't about weddings. It's a novel about... well, let's just say that it's a love story between people of different religions.

They don't get married.

Another Romeo and Jouliet

[PhotosGuy]

No. NO! FOR CHRISSAKE! SOMEBODY START THE TRUCK AND GET ME OUT OF HERE! :D:D:D:D:D

[O/confusion]

I attended a Tuareg (North African) wedding where equally exotic dishes were served.


Man, this is the absolute best! Forget the book--you should go on tour with a stand-up routine. Or do a Spalding Grey (his monologue-with-slideshow thing, that is; not the Hudson river bit :( ).

Keep 'em coming, Bloo.

Regards,

Terry