The boom box was on loan from my roommate at the time, who, if I remember correctly, even installed fresh batteries for the big day. You can see how the whole thing came together with the talent of our friends and family.
Did she not drink her V8 that day?! Trust me, I scanned this as straight as possible, as not to lose any of the awesomely horrible composition. Magical, isn't it? (Also, you can see where the margarita couple was in the upper left hand corner.)
Now, the group photo:
Nothing says remembering fond times like playing Where's Waldo with your wedding photos.
Here we are with my family at our reception:
Where do I begin? How about the gorgeous red fire curb in the background? Or maybe the fact that my dad is like 6 feet 3, and Matt is ... not ... and she placed us on a slanted driveway so that it looks like my Dad is two feet taller than Matt? even my grandma looks gargantuan compared to my mom. And I do not know where that little boy came from, he just showed up on our wedding day and I asked Matt if we could keep him.
Here I am with the stray boy:
Red curb, again, and isn't that a beautiful, tender shot? The bride dropping her son off a rock wall? Everyone should have one of those in their wedding album.
Our reception was held at a restaurant overlooking Dana Point harbor. Of course we picked this place for it's amazing view, and the opportunities for ... amazing ... photos ...
First, here is what Matt's aunt captured from her point and shoot, and I think she was behind a window.
Pretty. Just so you get an idea that it was early summer evening, and still light out.
Now, this is the piece de la resistance. Our favorite wedding photo. We are even talking about poster sizing it. The Ring Shot.
So you know, this photographer told us that "this might be her best ring shot ever," and "do we mind if she takes a few more in this pose, it is just gorgeous!" Needless to say, when we got the proofs, we were anxious to see how The Ring Shot had turned out.
I think the aqua-marine railing provides a beautiful background for the giant bird poo next to our fingers and the loogie trailing down the right-most bar, don't you? And I am so glad she overexposed the shot and blacked out the harbor in the background. That would have been ugly.So, here we are. A couple a crazy kids in love, staring out at our future ... of dark, black, abysmal gloom ...
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The wedding was great - um, your "photographer" truly was not. But then again, look at all the laughs you have had with these photos!
Who else has:
A "bird dropping" ring photo in their album?
A magical grandma who grew to be larger than your mom for the special day!
A red curb? (SO UNIQUE!)
A family gathering photo spanning 4 generations where even if you had a magnifying glass you could not tell who was who!
And a photo of a father who looks like he should be playing in the NBA?
C'mon, I have seen many wedding albums, and none are as much fun as yours!
Thank goodness Gail took tons of great candid shots - those are the best anyway!
Christie, you need warning on your posts like "Read only if you wear waterproof mascara." Or "Warning:A good cry ahead" I am still mopping up the tears.
I think I just peed my pants....yup, I did!
You are too funny.
Those are ridiculous. I need to hear part 2 though. What did you do when you saw the photos. What did the photographer say?
Ohhh and I'll have to remember special word for getting your kids to listen.....HAHAHA!
First let me start this by commenting on the photo of Jeff and my hair. One that Jeff had some, and two holy hightlights. Let me remind you that the DJ's hair was totally in style back then.
Your wedding was one of the most beautiful weedings that I have ever been too. You did a great job planning it and keeping it simple and elegant.
I have been to plenty of weddings that had three times the budget and they weren't half as nice. (Side note: My sister went to a wedding at a bowling alley.)
Lastly, you never mentioned if you wrote the photographer a letter of recommendation. The suspense is killing me.
Hi Christie, you don't know me but my name is Mikelle - I found your blog through Alicia's. And she was right - your blog is so funny! You are such a good sport about your wedding photos. I would have died!
P.S. I love your header, that is so cute! And how did you change what it says at the bottom of the posts? "__ people confess to reading this" I love that. It's so original. I just might have to steal your idea. (That is, if you tell me how to change it!)
Thank you Christie! The instructions made perfect sense. Now I just have to get creative! Thanks again!
priceless...lmao
I *just about* peed my pants reading this... Thank you so much for sharing... Really, the beauty of any wedding photos is that they really create special memories, and yours are especially memorable, aren't they? lol
Loved reading this. You made my night!
I found you on ILP and just followed the link to your blog. I am sitting here just cracking up...your play-by-play description of your photos is truly hilarious...and sad. :( Thank goodness for that aunt of yours!
please please please go into stand up.
I saw your link in the post on ILP. It's great you can make light of these horrendous photos. I had a similar issue with my wedding. I still want to cry 9 years later. Mine were totally underexposed and I had the "Where's Waldo" group shots. Unfortunately, most of them were not salvageable. It was before digital cameras and photoshop. They were taken with medium format film. Luckily I was able to get my money back (all of it). We even had to get dressed up again and hire another photographer to take pics we could frame. At least I got to wear my dress twice... smh...
I just saw your photo's and Thank the Lord you have a good sense of humor. I would have flipped out. I too was on a budget. I made our food I bought a beautiful dress off of ebay for $100. My friends hubby who DJ's on the side did it for us for $100. The photographer I was so paranoid about. I found him on Craigslist he was new to the business and had done about 5 weddings with in a year. I was his 6th. His cost btw was $300 for the whole prep, wedding and reception. I didn't get all the photos I wanted but he was awesome and such a good sport he did blend in and I did get to meet him before hand and see his work. sometimes splurging on certain things does not work out like you saw.
It is a good thing you can laugh about this- I'm so sorry that you have no good wedding photos AND that you paid $1200 for this! What a perfect example for others to learn from!
Oh, MY WORD! I'm really, really impressed with your sense of humour about this! You look lovely, though, despite the bad photography!
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