Today was my first time to do a wedding as a paid photographer. I usually shy away from this kind of responsibility, but our friend Lisa didn’t really want to have a German photographer and wanted something low key. I did do their engagement pictures and they liked those, so she asked me about a month ago if I could do their wedding. With Michael’s encouragement, I agreed.

This morning Michael lovingly woke me up at 9 and I immediately broke into a panic. I thought he was going to wake me up at 8 so that I had enough time to get everything together before I left. Luckily, I stayed up late last night putting mostly everything in one place.

I met Lisa at the salon and I immediately started taking pictures. Then we went from there to her friend’s place to finish getting ready, then went to the florist, then finally to the place where they got married. I can’t even remember where it was, since I was so busy just taking pictures and I just followed them. After the wedding we all walked to this pub near the English Garden and had cake and champagne. I took in total 385 pictures! I don’t think I have ever took that many pictures in one day. The flash turned out to be completely necessary, I am so glad I bought it. It made the dark and dingy pub into a seemingly bright room.

I was exhausted but happy when I came home and then immediately started the post-processing. I didn’t realize how much time this would take up. I guess I didn’t realize I would take so many pictures. I was very pleased with the results, a lot of the candids were outstanding! The ceremony pictures were just regular stuff, all of them sitting in chairs in a plain room. I can’t wait for them to see it. I am so glad they came out well.

In the evening we had a sprach duo session with Angelika. She didn’t have class so she came early as we were about to make dinner. I had enough supplies to make for her, so it was an impromptu dinner. I felt kind of bad because it was just the empanadas, no extra stuff and no frills. She is always fun to talk to though and we had lots of fun.