Palm Coast Photo Blog

I sometimes find myself having to compete for space to take photographs for my clients. This is in part because family, friends & guest believe they have an obligation on behalf of the bride or groom to do so not realising they have hired a professional to document their special event.

To be fair, It really does not bother me over much. However, there are moments of taking pictures from guest that become simply disrespectful to the bride & groom unless you have been asked or paid to do so.

DO NOT TAKE PICTURES DURING THE WHOLE ENTIRE CEREMONY!

Why? Imagine when the newly married couple get their photos back from the hired photographer only to see the guest holding out phones and seeing camera’s instead of guest. The photo above would have been the perfect wedding picture of the father walking the bride down the isle with guest watching on except…..you got it!

I mean, can you imagine what the father and bride are seeing? Instead of smiling faces they are confronted with phones and camera’s. Truly, this is not an appropriate time to be snapping photos for yourself.

Brides, you can avoid this if you choose by simply stating at the bottom of your invitations………….. *NOTE: Please, no cameras or phones during ceremony. If you don’t get this message across some how, you will get the photo results above. There is nothing your photographer can do about it. Some can be cropped out others can not. It’s your choice.