Wedding Fair
I went to a Wedding Fair on Saturday. Much of it was what I expected... vendors with booths set up trying to convince me to hire them for the big day. I left the event with a shopping bag full of brochures. There was also the requisite schmaltz - upon entering the event I was conferred with a pink heart sticker proclaiming me "Bride-to-Be."
There were brides in all manner of assemblages. Brides solo (such as myself), brides with their grooms, brides with their moms, brides with a friend. The thing that I still don't get are the brides with entourages - mom and several friends, no groom, without fail. I can understand the benefit of bringing someone along with you to pick up the brochures and look at the scrapbooks, but why do you need to do it as a group of five? Is this a fun day for you and your friends? Please tell me you at least went to the pub afterwards and had a good laugh about what you saw while you were there.
There were a lot of vendors and booths appealing to the every-bride out there. Reasonable prices, pleasant people to work with, people we might likely hire for our wedding. However, there was also a significant showing by vendors who must be appealing to the 22 year old brides whose Daddy's are giving them the platinum mastercard with no limit and for whom the sky is the limit and this is their dream day. One photographer can put your wedding photo on a purse if you want. (WHY?)
But there was one vendor that completely blew me away, not only by the product they were offering but also by the number of people interested in their services. It was a photographer/video company. The special service they offer that no one else offers is that they will take photos and video of you getting ready for the wedding and of the ceremony. Then, during the first part of your reception, they will edit it together into a video, so that at the reception you can SHOW YOUR GUESTS VIDEO OF THE WEDDING. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these people the same people who were AT that wedding a couple of hours ago? Unless you have a large number of friends and loved ones with short-term memory disorders, is it really necessary to show them events that happened earlier in the day THAT THEY WERE A PART OF?!? Sorry, folks, we'll be spending that time out on the dance floor at our wedding.
There were brides in all manner of assemblages. Brides solo (such as myself), brides with their grooms, brides with their moms, brides with a friend. The thing that I still don't get are the brides with entourages - mom and several friends, no groom, without fail. I can understand the benefit of bringing someone along with you to pick up the brochures and look at the scrapbooks, but why do you need to do it as a group of five? Is this a fun day for you and your friends? Please tell me you at least went to the pub afterwards and had a good laugh about what you saw while you were there.
There were a lot of vendors and booths appealing to the every-bride out there. Reasonable prices, pleasant people to work with, people we might likely hire for our wedding. However, there was also a significant showing by vendors who must be appealing to the 22 year old brides whose Daddy's are giving them the platinum mastercard with no limit and for whom the sky is the limit and this is their dream day. One photographer can put your wedding photo on a purse if you want. (WHY?)
But there was one vendor that completely blew me away, not only by the product they were offering but also by the number of people interested in their services. It was a photographer/video company. The special service they offer that no one else offers is that they will take photos and video of you getting ready for the wedding and of the ceremony. Then, during the first part of your reception, they will edit it together into a video, so that at the reception you can SHOW YOUR GUESTS VIDEO OF THE WEDDING. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these people the same people who were AT that wedding a couple of hours ago? Unless you have a large number of friends and loved ones with short-term memory disorders, is it really necessary to show them events that happened earlier in the day THAT THEY WERE A PART OF?!? Sorry, folks, we'll be spending that time out on the dance floor at our wedding.
posted by Swankette at 10:01 PM
1 Comments:
This kind of thing is not dissimilar to the kind of digital audio production going on outside live rock concerts. In an effort to curb digital bootlegging, the promoter will have a truck outside the venue making a high quality digital recording of the concert. They will make the CD in the truck, and sell it to you on your way back to the car. I'm not saying it's right, it's just what is being done.
Heck, I don't understand anyone bringing a handi-cam to a personal event. What's more important, experiencing your son's baptism firsthand, or seeing it one step removed through a digital lens?
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