Your first wedding... How'd it go?

Howdy folks,

Looks like I may be photographing my first wedding soon enough, and seen plenty of threads via the search on boards and Google about people trying to prepare for the first wedding.

This won't be one of those threads, as, at this stage, I'd say I'm well prepared (though not being familiar with the wedding world, there's always the chance that things will go ass ways, but I'm fairly sure I'll be fine).

I just thought I'd ask ye guys; how did your first wedding go? From looking at the threads in the search and stuff, people were seeming very nervous about their upcoming wedding and such, but the threads usually ended without a final story (no one really said how it went, in the end).


So I was just wondering if the day is as bad as people make out? Did you do your first wedding, and laugh through the day with amazing results? Are you a pro now with every client loving you?! Or did it all go disastrously wrong from the get-go, and no you've sold all your gear on adverts and have a scar from where the bride hit you?



Very interested to hear. No matter how long you're a pro, no matter how many weddings you shot, everyone had a first one!

ThOnda

Get some drugs and lots of alcohol. Combined. And you'll be grand.

PCPhoto

first wedding I did was for someone who I worked with.... I took tonnes of pics and handed them on a CD - it was what they asked for (that was about 14/15years ago)

I havent seen any of the pics since - but there was no formal photos ...so just photographed everyone that moved - they said they loved the pics.

Hugh_C

ThOnda wrote: »

Get some drugs and lots of alcohol. Combined. And you'll be grand.

Make that lots of drugs and lots of alcohol

Borderfox

First one went really well, similar to PCPhoto, lots of candid stuff and they loved them. Shot it in 2007