Filed under: Weddings
The Wedding March 2009 was yesterday afternoon. It’s the second year I’ve gone to this show… Last year I was sick as a dog with Abby, so I enjoyed it a lot more this year. The venue was much more accessible, although less romantic. There were a lot of great vendors. I tasted some delicious cake and ate a tasty little number called a parfait shot. Photographers were well represented and were by far the largest portion of wedding professionals there. Ten of us, I believe… When most of us had been told that there would be a maximum of five. So if you were there yesterday and thought, “Wow, there seem to be a lot of photographers here!”, it’s because there were.
Sometimes I wonder if it’s a good idea for me to do those shows. I much prefer being a photographer to being a salesperson. I feel like my work should speak for itself… And I’m not sure that my work gets heard over the carnie-like cries of the booths around me. It’s something I am going to have to consider before I sign up for shows in the future.
What do you think? When you planned your wedding, did you really fall in love with professionals that you found at a wedding show, or did you find that more of your professionals came from research you did or word of mouth from your friends?
Edit: Just found this clip of the show. I’m talking to the Herald photographer, who was holding a little P&S cam. I had no idea that I was being recorded, and from the looks of some of the other people in the video, they didn’t know that either. Heh. I’m at 1:00.
