This blog will always be updated by me, Daria. As is all of our technical and website related things!
Now Amy has been in the business for years and I'm not sure how well she can even recall her first wedding that she did by herself but mine was 2 years ago. I thought I saved the blog I wrote on that one somewhere but I can't find it.
So, I will go over my first wedding that I did all by myself in September of 2008. It came from a craigslist ad I posted. I didn't even have wedding photos on these ads yet, I was just trying to build my own portfolio and do my own thing. 2 nights before this young couple's wedding they email me and offer me a mere $50... it was a small wedding so I figured well, why not I have no plans! I was very honest with them and told them this would be my FIRST wedding all by myself and to be paitent with me.
They were such awesome and nice people. I got there REALLY early. I was SO nervous, I dont think I ate at all that day because my stomach was in knots. I remember sitting in my truck on AIM talking to a fellow photographer before anyone arrived about how nervous I was. I felt pretty confident though since I knew my camera very well, but I was nervous about the flash I was using, it was an OLD old flash. Let me tell ya, that confidence went right out the window... everything moved so fast. It was a small church, very hard to maneuver. I got all the essential shots, I didn't miss anything which is a huge relief for my first time.
When the ceremony was over I asked them if there was a park near by we could take photos at. Again, SO last minute.... I wanted to be sure I gave them good photos. So immediately family and bridal party went to the park. I think I took up more of their time than they wanted me to and it was hot that day, but all the pictures came out good. Thankfully it wasnt half as bad as some stories I have heard from young photographers who were just starting out.
At the reception everyone was so nice, they had me sit down and eat, I talked with the DJ whose name I can't remember anymore.... handed out business cards.
When I got home, it took me a LONG time to edit them, this was before I was shooting with RAW.... I would never dream of shooting in JPG now with how fast weddings go and how LITTLE time there is to assess equipment 100% sometimes!
after they were all done I finally got to editing our website. We were slow to start with this, there was a lot going on in both our lives but since I knew the web design part of it I decided just to make a mock up website.
Well, from there I started making ads, shooting more of my own weddings and doing my own thing.... I unfortunately had a bad accident in May 2009 and an entire summer of shooting weddings was ruined for me. I still struggle from this injury but its been nearly 2 years since my first wedding and I'm very proud with how far I have come and how far this business has come.
My next blog is going to be about the first LARGE all-day wedding I shot alone!
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