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mac5155 wrote:TBH we still havent bought our rings and the wedding is less than a month and a half away
canaan wrote:look at the bright side, people usually forget what they picked much of the reception anyway
Fire0nice228 wrote:With regards to the invite list..We had same issue.. my mother/grandmother thought I should invite people that live in Arizona that I dont even know, but they are family. I said no because IF they were to come, its more $ I have to spend. Ugh. Big battle over that. They got an invite.
Same thing with friends of our parents. We don't know them at all but had to invite them. Our parents are paying for some of the wedding, but we're paying for about 1/3 of it and it devolved into, well if you (my fiance and I) don't want to pay for them we'll just give you X amount of dollars less and then we'll pay for their plates. So long and short we have 17 people on our list that we don't know at all.
mac5155 wrote:photographer/dj meals - same meal as the wedding guest?
Fire0nice228 wrote:mac5155 wrote:photographer/dj meals - same meal as the wedding guest?
We are doing a buffet with fried chicken and roast beef and the sides and told ours they are welcome to enjoy the buffet after our guests have made their first pass through.
Not sure where they're gonna sit though.
Hockeynut! wrote:Fire0nice228 wrote:mac5155 wrote:photographer/dj meals - same meal as the wedding guest?
We are doing a buffet with fried chicken and roast beef and the sides and told ours they are welcome to enjoy the buffet after our guests have made their first pass through.
Not sure where they're gonna sit though.
As a former wedding photographer, I'd strongly encourage you to reconsider this. The photographer should get fed immediately after the bridal party, otherwise they're sitting around for an hour with nothing to do (who wants pics of their guests stuffing their faces?) and if you make them wait, by the time they do get fed, the bride and groom will be finished eating and ready to socialize (something the photographer will want to cover) so they either get to eat a fraction of their meal or not at all. At this point, they've probably been working for 6-8 hours without any break.
And please, please find them a place to sit. I always found it ridiculously rude to end up at the reception and find out that the bride and groom didn't have a seat for us. People don't believe it, but wedding photography is hard work. You're on your feet almost the entire day carrying equipment, etc. I must have shot at least 20 weddings where the bride and groom didn't take this into consideration and ended up standing for another 4 hours at the reception. It was back breaking. Almost as bad was being seated in another room and having to get up every 3 minutes to make sure I wasn't missing anything while I tried to pound down a meal like Kobayashi. That said, the photographer doesn't need to sit with your guests. A table in the corner was my preference.
Treat your photographer like a guest. They're with you virtually the entire day.
mac5155 wrote:I just cant wait to get back to being able to spend money on things and not be such a tight wad.
BigMcK wrote:mac5155 wrote:I just cant wait to get back to being able to spend money on things and not be such a tight wad.
You'll be married, so 'things' you spend money on will take on a whole new meaning.
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