Professional Photographer Saves a Life

During a recent wedding, one of the guests approached me and thanked me for saving his life. Not often does a photographer hear that, but after I heard his explanation; I truly understood.

This guest was the camera guy; he was the friend that always had the camera when their group got together. Therefore, when, the bride and groom started making their wedding plans, he offered to be the wedding photographer. He told me, shortly after he made the offer, he realized that being a wedding photographer was more than taking a few lucky photos during an outing.

His realization happened when he attended another wedding and observed what professional photographers do during a wedding day. He saw the equipment that they had and the organization happened to make the day flow properly. He witnessed the assistant posing the group in an effortless fashion, then fuss over the smallest detail, the necklace, the dress, the cuffs and the flowers. He observed the professional photographer working the room taking candid pictures while the assistant gather small groups of guests for some intimate posed portraits. He witnessed the photography of the formal wedding party portraits and was shocked at the ease that the wedding party moved with the guidance of a professional photographer.

He told me of having cold sweats when he saw the final cut of the wedding photography. There were 1500 pictures for the bride to choose from. To add to his misery his future client and friend was given a link to the wedding day photos and was busting at the seams to have the same quality for her wedding day. He realized that he had never taken more than 100 photos in any given day and he was away above his level of skill and comfort. That is when he informed his friend that she deserved a professional to photograph her wedding; especially with all the money that she was investing in everything else. He knew that this was the only record she would have of her wedding day. Therefore, he offered to contribute to the cost of a professional as his wedding present to her.

Gord Evans Photography photographed that wedding with great results. We not only use this wedding as a sample on wedding consultations, but we also enjoyed saving his life. We photographed his friends’ wedding this year and just signed the “would be photographer” for his wedding in July of 2009. We are looking forward to saving a lot more lives in years to come.

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Gord Evans
gord@gordevansphotography.com