Wedding Blog

Wow! What a day. One hour prior to the rehearsal, I received a call from our photographer. She sounded awful! She had pneumonia. The photographer really wanted to come to shoot the wedding, but I just couldn’t let her go through with it.

We in the wedding industry dread calling in sick. It only happens in the most dire circumstances. This was one of them for sure. I insisted that she stay home. I was worried that she might infect the bride (who has respiratory issues) and I was worried that the photographer might get even sicker.

Fortunately, I didn’t have to go very far through my vendor list to find a photographer ready, willing and able to work the event. The new photographer even kept the pricing the same as the original photographer.

Both of these photographers are a testament to what working with a professional wedding vendor should be like. Both the sick photographer and the new photographer had the interest of the bride and groom at the forefront of the decisions they made on Friday. You should make sure that the wedding vendors you hire would act in the same manner as my two photographers. Your wedding day is a once in a lifetime event. A good wedding vendor knows that sometimes we have to forget about our bottom line in favor of what is best for the couple.

Everything with the rehearsal went beautifully. The wedding party was a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see how the big day turns out. More on that on Monday.