Miss Pineapple, Pittsburgh
Age and Occupation: 24, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Student Affairs Administration
Engagement Date: August 4, 2007
Wedding Date: October, 2008
Blogging Since: April 14, 2008
Venue: The Rivers Club
About Me: Being a transplant from sunny south Florida I am learning to live with all four seasons while playing with our cat collective, line dancing, and doing a ton of DIY projects for our wedding (seriously, like a thousand)!
Rehearsal Dinner Photographer
June 4th, 2008 @ 5:08 pm by Miss Pineapple
Miss Cupcake wrote a lovely post on the rehearsal dinner photographer at her mother’s wedding. The images really are great, they are so relaxed and natural. Our rehearsal dinner will be the immediate family and our bridal party. Having a photographer present would be a great way to get shots of these VIPs without all the extra wedding hubbub.I posted earlier about the wonderful Charlee Brodsky who shot our engagement photos as a gift to Mr. Pineapple and me. Well, she is at is again. One of Charlee’s students, Mingwei Tai, mentioned that she would like to build a wedding and event photography portfolio. Charlee suggested Mingwei contact us about the possibility of working at our wedding.
Mingwei sent me a link to her online portfolio. She photographs a lot of events at Carnegie Mellon such as Spring Carnival, fashion shows, commencement and the Dancer’s Symposium. I really wanted to give her the opportunity to grow her portfolio. I know what is it like to be a student dying for some “real” work.
Unfortunately, We had already booked our photographer at this point and she had an “exclusive photographer” clause in her contract. So, we would not be able to hire Mingwei for our wedding. We also did not have it in our budget to hire another photographer. I explained all of this to Mingwei and discussed with her the possibility of coming to our rehearsal and dinner. Lucky for us, she thought this was a great idea.
Mingwei also told me that she didn’t need to be paid, that she would love to do it either way, just so she could have the experience. I, of course wanted to give her something for her time, so Mr. Pineapple and I have been fiddling with our budget to find a little wiggle room.
I am very excited that we will have images of the night before the big day and that we, like the Gingerbreads, were able to give this opportunity to a student. Mingwei doesn’t know this yet, but I am going to talk with our photographer and see if she wouldn’t mind Mingwei being at the wedding as well. Our photographer is very sweet and I have a feeling this may work out.
Anyone have any suggestions on how we could quickly turn around the files and create something cool for our reception?
7 Responses to “Rehearsal Dinner Photographer”
You could make a slideshow on a dvd and play it at the reception if you have space for a computer or tv. You could also just have some of the pics blown up and decorate some sort of table with them. I have no other ideas. My brain is not working very well today.
awww! this is a sweet opportunity….yes, it is sooo hard to get credible experience as a student, then your flug otu into the world where everyone requires you to have said experience! its sooo annoying.
i think a slideshow is your best bet since the production time is kinda short. getting the pics rushed thru printing and having them blown up could get pricey.
I suggest making copies of them if you can get them before the reception. My rehersal dinner pictures didn’t come in until a month after. But they are needed. I totally love them.
You could print them out as 8×10s and hang them from a wire with clothespins. (say, behind the gift table or near the guest book) It sounds cheesy, but it actually looks really cool. Kind of industrial and modern. If you want to dress it up, you could clue sequins or little beads or jewels on the clothespins, or hang them between the pictures.
I love this idea! We’re getting married in Pittsburgh in November and I’d love to contact Mingwei, or even contact your old prof for two students who might work collaboratively. We’re on a tight budget and would rather have a really talented student (or two) than a so-so professional. If that makes sense …
@Shan: awesome, I will send Mingwei (who is a he, by the way. I have only corresponded with him via e-mail and I assumed he was a she when writing this post… eek) your contact info
Perfect, thanks so much! We found a male Mingwei, but weren’t sure it was the right one … now we know!
