wedding photographer woes

[highway0691]

Originally Posted by tim

I forget couples names when I'm rushed and under pressure, I even forget the name of my assistant who's been with me a few years sometimes. I sometimes write names on my left inner wrist to help me remember then.

Yes, I sometimes write their names on my fingers. Nothing worse than calling them by the wrong name. I once called the bride by the name of her new husbands ex, twice. Needless to say that went over well And only recently I had to ask one of the bridesmaids the brides name and that was towards the end of the day.

[Jimconnerphoto]

Originally Posted by highway0691

Yes, I sometimes write their names on my fingers. Nothing worse than calling them by the wrong name. I once called the bride by the name of her new husbands ex, twice. Needless to say that went over well And only recently I had to ask one of the bridesmaids the brides name and that was towards the end of the day.

I once called a bride by her dogs name
her name was Julie and the dog was named Judy. Or, maybe the other way around.

[NYC2BGI]

I once worked for a very demanding lady and just could not wait for the night to be over. That being said I tried to not let her weird ways and requests get in the way of doing a good job. The bottom line was that she liked the end result of my work and called me for another photography job. I put up with the madness and then was also hired by two other people that were there. Sometimes as a photographer you just have to deal with the crap because it may turn out to be worth it in the long run.

[howzitboy]

candid groups shots? ugh, sometimes ill just "set up shot" for the guest to take pictures, then stand on the side and blast away. at least i get my shots.