Santa Barbara Photographer, Wedding & Event

There is nothing awkward about this subject.  Well, it can get awkward with some vendors.  But, in most part, we know how a typical wedding is like – we come prepared.

Sometimes I eat.  Sometimes I don’t.  Sometimes the clients ask me to eat, but I don’t get the chance to eat.  Sometimes I don’t feel like eating.  Sometimes I find perfect chance that I get to enjoy the meal with a DJ.   Sometimes the clients send me formal invitations and treat me just like a wedding guest.  Sometimes I eat in the kitchen standing up.  Sometimes I ask the waiter “Do you feed photographer?”.  Sometimes I prefer to sit in the dark corner and review the pictures I took earlier.  Sometimes there are so many things going on that it would be wrong for me to sit down and eat.  The point is that I go with the flow.  It’s all good.

That’s how it is…  We go to weddings to work, to make big bucks.  I can get careless about eating.  Sometimes I eat and sometimes I don’t.  I believe photographers should go to the weddings prepared.

One of my routine rituals on wedding days is a good meal. I treat myself with a good meal right before I go to the wedding.  I am physically ready to work full day without eating.  At the wedding I am so focused on my work, I honestly do not feel the hunger.  I don’t realize how tired I am until I get home.  Wedding photography is a stressful job.  Food is the last thing in my mind.

The bride and groom have a lot of things to take care of.  The bride and groom should not worry about “Did the photographer eat?”.

There is one exception.  That’s when I drive long distant.  Sometimes I drive 4-5 hours round trip.   So I am looking at 12-14 hours of non-stop working.  In that case, I ask my client to either feed me or allow me to take a break for 1  hour.  That’s the only exception.