A Rant About Photographers

I went to a wedding show yesterday. Blake still isn't feeling well, so he stayed home. I'm so glad he did! It completely wore me out, so it would have killed him. At least every other booth was a photographer. And I'm guessing that's why they charge so much -- there can't possibly be enough work available to keep them all in business, so they have to make lots each time. Some of them are charging $4000, and you still have to buy the prints! They do offer lovely books to tell the story of your wedding for that price, but I'd really just rather have the photos. I do, however, really want good photos, as they are so important. But, at this point, the best photos we have of us were taken by my friend Chris (who is excellent!), by Blake holding the camera at arm's length, and by a drunk guy on the street we asked to take our picture once. None of those photos cost anywhere near $4000.

But, I did get a lot of good information, including some other ceremony/reception sites to check out. And I got to try wedding cake samples! Archiver's (scrapbook store) had a booth, as it turns out they are going to start a free class next month on making your wedding invitations. I am looking forward to that. But, their booth didn't seem to be getting a lot of traffic. They recognized me and looked as happy to see a familiar face as I was. I've discovered that wedding shows are informative, but would be much more fun with somebody. If I go to another one, I need to take a friend. I don't think there are any coming up, but if I see one, Lori -- expect a call!

Here's a picture Blake took of me and the bags of information I brought back. And, the little white plastic cup in the photo is one of the cake samples I brought for Blake. James liked them, too. I've never shared 1-inch pieces of cake with 2 other people before, but it worked out.

Today was a beautiful day, so we went to the park. We were amazed to get to the dog park and find it empty, especially because so many people were walking their dogs in the park. But, then we noticed it was locked, so we just found a nice spot to hang out, keeping Nutmeg on the leash. Which is actually fine with her. The last time we went, Blake tried really hard to encourage her to run, but she is old. As we left, we saw the dog park FULL of people and dogs. Must have opened at noon.