Weddingbee Blog

I was never one for photography, and didn’t really “get” the ideal shot idea, so I wasn’t that invested in pictures. Then, when someone mentioned that after the wedding the only memories would be on film, I decided that we may need a photographer. Duh. I mean, we always planned on getting a photographer, but I never really cared.

Enter Melody, our photographer. As luck would have it, just when we were considering different people for the job, I found her on MySpace. I know it sounds fishy to find your wedding photographer on MySpace, but here’s the deal: I’ve actually known her for 19 years. Confused yet? Melody and I were in brownies together, and junior high, then high school. We saw each other a few times after college, until she moved to North Carolina with her husband. A few months ago I was on MySpace looking up old friends, and found her!

We’ve always had a great friendship, and when I saw what she did for a living, I asked her to shoot our wedding. She moved back to Southern California about 6 months ago, and said she’d love to do our wedding. I figured it was great because I kinda was a little uneasy about strangers taking pictures of us, and this solves that problem.

Not only did she agree to do our wedding, but this professional photographer is giving us a GREAT deal. Included in our package we get an album, professional retouching, and the CD with ALL images taken. The price? $500.00. Yes, five HUNDRED dollars. I almost died when I heard that. How great is that? So, since she’ll have to drive up from San Diego, I figured I’d also pay for her room in the hotel the night before- our wedding being at 10am.

So, this is taken care of. Thank god. Since I’ve known her for so long, I know she has a vested interest in our wedding as well. After all, what friend wouldn’t want your wedding to be great?

Are you using any friends or family members as vendors in your wedding?