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Wedding photography: Be flexible

Had to share this story about staying flexible and keeping the wedding excitement going…

Last wedding of the season was on the 24th of October for Jody & Brad.  As my ritual, I imported all the images into my system that same night. Followed by starting the process of uploading the files to my off site backup for safe keeping.  Then, finally to bed by 2AM… long day.  The following day I started the process of culling through the images and marking all the ones I really loved.  That same afternoon I get a text:

Would u mind if brad and i stop by to just see one or two pics.

u can choose two. just want a sneak pick if thats ok.

If any of you have some kind of experience with wedding photography you’ll understand that with many photographers the couple waits one… two… three months before they get anything back from there wedding.  I’m totally against that practice. I try to at least have something to show within two weeks even if it’s just a quick preview.  Getting back to the text message that I received…  It’s less than 24 hours after the wedding. You can imagine what went through my mind when I saw that text message…  So after the quick scramble to figure out which photographs I wanted to do a final processing on I responded back with:  

Sure... what time?

Now don’t blame the bride for being anxious to see some photos.  I didn’t and won’t blame her for asking.  Most people can’t wait to see them and I love the fact that she was so eager to see them (48 hours would have been a bit better).  Now let me explain… Part of why I love wedding photography is the joy and excitement from the whole process.  I love when people see there photos, smile and say something like, “wow… it all happened so fast. I hardly remember some of this.  This is great!”  Having to wait months to see your wedding photos can ruin that excitement when it comes time to finally see them.  Think about it.  If you have to wait one… two… three months that excitement would fade and I don’t want to that to happen. 

Jody and Brad arrived a while later and I had about ten photos I had made ready for them to see.  They were so excited!  All Jody wanted to see is what she looked like from her wedding day because in two days they were off to there honeymoon for a week plus.  So in just a short ten minute visit she was able to see how beautiful she was and now had one less thing on her mind to worry about during her honeymoon.  And after all my rambling, the moral of the story is be flexible and try to provide the best service you can to any of your couples and clients.  Hopefully they will return the favor in kind with referrals and more business which is all anyone can ask for.  I  just as easily could have said no to her text message but that is not how I operate.  As always, Enjoy!   PS: Here’s one more photo from Jody and Brads wedding.

By andrisadmin
Posted in: Photography, Tips, Wedding
Published: 569 days ago

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