A Picture is Worth A Thousand Dollars

Way back in January when we attended the Bridal Expo I checked out some of the photography vendors who were tabling there, and came to the realization that wedding photography is effing expensive! Wedding anything is expensive, but photography seemed to be particularly so. Well, photographs are important, aren't they? In a way they will be the most concrete evidence that the wedding actually happened. And by the time the actual day rolls around the happy couple are far too exhausted and overwhelmed to really absorb or remember much, so they must relive the day through the photos. I can see why people spring for a photographer to immortalize the experience of a lifetime, lived in one day.

I am extremely fortunate to be surrounded by talented photographers, especially as my photography skills amount to the equivalent of a 4 year old trying to write his own name. Both of my best friends are hobby photogs, which makes me so happy when we go on vacation together, as I get to stand back and drink in the gorgeous scenery while they run around getting all the money shots. However, as both of them are actually in my wedding, being the photographer would pose a slight problem. Luckily I know even more superheroes! One of my mother's best friends, Holly Hargraves, is a photographer and web designer and she offered not only to take the photos but to let us use her house, which is steps away from the ceremony, so that we could get dressed there. She's known me since I was a kid, so it will be great having her there to document this important day.

I will also have a second photographer, my cousin Jessie. She's currently studying photography and has an amazing vintage camera collection:

I asked her if any of her cameras still worked, and she said most of them did. I asked if it's still possible to get film for them, and if so could we take some real vintage photos, it being a vintage wedding and all. She said she could! So we will be getting some old timey photos of our old timey wedding. So cool!

We'll be taking pictures in the garden, of course, and then going across the street to the Smith College boathouse, where my father worked for many years, to take some photos there. Fingers, toes and everything else crossed for nice weather - the extended forecast is still a little too far out to be reliable.