The Secret Life Of A Wedding Photographer
It was only recently, whilst speaking with an old friend, that the conversation turned to how lucky I was to only have to work one or two days a week. My friend made the assumption that the rest of the week I sat around and ate Bon-Bon's like Peg from "Married With Children". You know what happens when you assume..... Perception is "someone's" reality... certainly not mine: 16-20 hours of planning, preparing and performing at each function, meetings with prospective clients and current clients, answering endless emails and phone calls, purchasing and preparing equipment & vehicles, advertising and marketing the business, website, blog and Facebook updates, office work and not to mention learning how to use software, attending bridal shows, trade shows and uncompensated events we do throughout the year..... Hardly anytime left for a personal life! So-called leading wedding publications perpetuate these myths by writing ridiculously inaccurate articl...