Hello from Omaha! This place is swarming with baseball fans from all over the country for the College World Series, but the REAL big event was Darbi & Neil’s wedding last night! It was so beautiful, I had so much fun with them and I have a ton of stories to share, but that will have to wait a bit until I get the many, many photos edited!
I did want to share something with you all though.. At yesterday’s wedding, the shutter on my camera died, the autofocus on my most-used lens died, a flash went on the fritz, and we had a memory card go bad on us.
I am happy to report that none of these things interrupted the wedding day coverage AT ALL! Whew! We didn’t miss a beat, and we have a wealth of fantastic, beautiful images from throughout the day. The reason for this is that we came prepared with backup cameras, many many lenses, backup flashes, and TONS of memory cards. If we had not had backups in virtually every aspect of equipment, yesterday would have been a very tragic disaster, as there would have been parts of Darbi and Neil’s wedding we would not have been able to cover.
If you are a photographer, and you do not have backups for EVERYTHING (and possibly even backups for your backups), you should not be shooting weddings. If you are a bride, you need to be absolutely 100% sure that your photographer has at least one backup camera, several lenses, a backup flash, extra batteries, and more memory cards than they could ever possibly use. If your photographer is not equipped with this, you might want to rethink signing a contract with them.
In the future I’m going to post a lot of “Tips for Brides” and “Tips for Photographers” but no tip I can give will ever be more important than this. Hopefully it will be of use to some of you!
Now I am off to shoot Darbi & Neil’s Day After session. They are both pretty smokin’ hot, so that will make my job super easy! I’ll be back in the Big D on Tuesday!
5 Comments
Stacy - I know you are an extreme professional because nobody had a clue you were having so much trouble with your gear and I’m so glad everything ended up working out okay. I really enjoyed meeting you…you were so much more than a photographer, you were part of Darbi and Neil’s wedding and the beginning of their life together. Thanks for all your hard work that day…everyone commented about how much effort you were putting into each and every shot. And most importantly, Darbi was at ease because she knew you were getting the moments that count. Thanks again and I’m sure we’ll be keeping in touch! - Jennifer Van De Vyvere
so so true. It can never be said enough and I don’t shoot weddings on my own yet!
I’ll be staking this place for some pictures…I can’t wait to see! I know Darbi was so excited to have you photograph her wedding, sounded like fate to me how things worked out. And so true about having backups.
Stacy–Jennifer was so right. HAD NO CLUE…even though it was probably my hubbie that broke your camera. He feels HORRIBLE! Stupid tablecloths! But nevertheless…you did a fantastic job. Darbi loved you and felt you got all the shots she wanted. Thank you for being willing and able to be the photographer that day. I know having you was one of the reasons my sister was relatively calm. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!—Temple
stacy without an e! you are a consummate professional. Because of you, I am schooled completely on the responsibilities a wedding photographer has to his or her client. It’s of the utmost importance that you are taking your job seriously and have the gear you need to ensure the delivery of some beautiful images and memories. Kudos to you for being an advocate for your brides and grooms and elevating the standards of photographers.
Can’t wait to see the images!
Hugs
Lacy