Spring Time....Love is in the air...or is that pollen?

I love this time of year. Wedding season is beginning and I am excited. I enjoy being part of two peoples lives, if only for a brief moment of time. Talking to people on both sides of the family. Listening to their stories about the bride or the groom when they were young kids. Some funny little something that the Mom, Dad or Grandparents want to share with anyone that will listen. That helps me to make their time in front of the camera a joy for them and not a headache or a dread. The wedding day is a stressful day but I do everything I can to make people feel comfortable. Sometimes it is hard to get people to relax, to enjoy the day but I try.
Over the years I have had people talk to me about ceremony time. The ceremony was too long or too short. My preacher friend, better not use his name here, will not do a ceremony over 15 minutes. He says that they are just as married in 15 minutes as they would be in an hour. I understand his thinking. With a shorter ceremony the couple will have more time to spend with family before they take off for their honeymoon. However, I believe if a couple wants the ceremony to last an hour, that is their right.
I have seen some beautiful ceremonies that didn't last more than 15 to 20 minutes. And I have seen some that lasted over an hour, but was so beautifully done that it seemed like only 10 minutes had passed. I have been involved with some that did not last 10 minutes. In fact, the very first wedding I photographed, the ceremony was over in less than 5 minutes! That didn't give me a lot of time to take photos!!
Love is in the air. Enjoy your wedding. Enjoy your involvement in any wedding. At the end of the day, the couple will be married, life will go on and the memories will be a blur.
Make sure you get a photographer and videographer that has experience and knows his art. Then the memories can last a lifetime!!!!