Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Wake me up!

I have been editing for about 4 hours now and have only gotten 4 pictures done.  Ugh.  I have sped up my process and have cut detailed editing down to no more than 30 minutes a picture.  For some reason I cannot move today!  I have two weddings to edit and two personal shoots left to edit.  Oh and then the appointments coming up this weekend and next week.  I need to get out and exercise I think.  This chair is not good for my rear or my head.  I am meeting with a future bride tonight.   Ms. Danielle who is on her way to being a teacher and a newly wed.  It has to be an exciting time in her life!  That is what I love about photography and especially weddings.  You get to be part of something so special and help create memories to last a lifetime for those people.  As a photographer at a wedding, you see the nerves going on down stairs as the make-up is being put on.  You run upstairs to capture the groom and his groomsmen usually without a care in the world.  Complete opposite scenes.  You see the bride with her father before she enters that room full of people where her future husband to be is waiting at the front looking nervous (finally) and handsome in his tux.  You are one of the few that knows the wedding cake barely made it in time or the flowers had to be exchanged at the last minute.  (it all works out-always does) But you are the one who sees every angle of this huge event and it is a lot to take in and capture.  By the end of the night, you find the last bit of energy you have to unload your car, download your pictures, burn your backup discs and then finally crawl your way to your bed, where you wake up the next morning with legs that hurt like you have done 200 squats-because you have.  I LOVE it!