Wedding Blog

Everyone in the family pitched in to help. Mr. Fondue helped with usher duties. Their other brother was the DJ/MC at the reception. And me? I was photographer/day-of-coordinator.

I will preface this by saying I am, in no way, a photographer. I am an admirer of photography, but that’s it. I’ve had no formal training, and I don’t even own anything other than a little Canon point-and-shoot. So, when they asked me to be their photographer, I was more than a little apprehensive. Especially since it was to be in a church, and churches are notorious for bad lighting. I was freaking out up until the wedding, though Mr. Fondue did his best to calm me down by reminding me that no one else in the family even owned a camera, so without me, they wouldn’t have any pictures. (No pressure.)

I will say that, while I had the utmost respect for wedding photographers before this wedding, I would now multiply that by about twenty. It was an extremely stressful day, worrying I was going to miss key shots (all the shots of her coming down the aisle were blurry) and fretting over the bad lighting in the church (I made everyone move outside for formals). It probably didn’t help that I was also acting as pseudo-coordinator, making sure the topper was placed on the cake and that the best man had the rings.

I then spent weeks editing the photos, using the previously posted about Totally Rad Actions. Here are some of the ones I was happy with!

The rings

This is another of our best men, Wayne, signing the guest book

Mr. Fondue and his brothers acting ’nonchalant’ (yes, that’s a “Friends” reference)

The bride getting ready

The ceremony (those windows were the bane of my existence; luckily, it worked for an arty shot like this)

The happy couple

The rings

The birdseed exit

While they were super happy with the photos, my lesson was learned: this is not something that I will ever attempt to do again. I think if the situation were to arise, I would just offer to help pay for a professional photographer.

Have you ever been asked to photograph the wedding of a friend or family member?