Horrific But Funny: Wedding Stories From Hell

OK, so I was reading an interview with a famous wedding photographer. And the interviewer asked what was the hardest about taking wedding pictures. And he says "When the groom shows up drunk..."
So if you have any funny wedding photography stories post and laugh...

The very first wedding I did as an assistant. And as I was switching memory cards my memory card bent one of the spokes in my Canon 10d slot. So I couldn't take anymore pictures. Well one of the bride's relatives came over and said he fixed cameras for a living and it was a common problem he could fix on the spot. So he takes my camera and I left to go tell my boss what happened. When I got back he had a huge pocket knife and had utterly destroyed the inside of my poor camera. Happy ending though, Canon fixed it for free after hearing my sob story. So now I will never buy anything but Canon.
(It was a Mormon wedding, so he was sober)

wow.. the worst part of that story is you handing your camera off to a perfect stranger...

That's what I was thinking... Then I read the part where Rambo was gutting it with his bowie knife...

Oh, I agree it was a horrible idea. But it was my first wedding...as an assistant.

The phrase "when the groom shows up drunk" totally fit my first wedding! EVERYONE (bride included) was late. The wedding started at 5 and not one single member of the wedding party was there until 4:30 when the guest started arriving.............. I really could get into a sob story. But I sucked it up and thought it was really a learning experience... ANd the lesson of the day, no matter how hard you try and no matter how great a photographer you are... drunk people cant pose!



ps I just posted some of the bridals from this wedding on the people section if you want to check them out! I should have posted them here and didn't think about it until after the fact! (knew here!)