My friend Anne is a photographer who, at times, asks me to be her assistant at weddings. It's always interesting going to a stranger's wedding, meeting the bridal party and connecting with other vendors while the festivities carry on. Sometimes, though, at stranger's weddings you see someone you know (Grant Terry on this particular night) and there's always free food. Tonight was such a night. Other than holding video lights and grabbing lenses for Anne to quickly change I stayed in the background. Don't tell anyone but I totally snagged a piece of the groom's cake while everyone was dancing. And as I ate my cake filled of chocolate goodness I did a little analyzing.
This is what I would like to call my "I want to put on my my my my boogie shoes and boogie with you" section. Everyone loves to dance at weddings, especially if an open bar is involved. The Cupid Shuffle and Cha Cha slide are every photographers aggravation and every white person's favorite songs. Let's just face it white people can't dance, so put some directed step and a little ghetto beat and everyone on the dance floor feels like they can dance. And not everyone can dance. You got the guys who are all into the dance, arms wailing, feet flying and then you have the bouncers. They just stand there and bounce to the beat. Then there are the ones who don't want to put the drink down so they dance as carefully as they can with a cup still in there hand. And there are those who surprise you, they actually have some smooth moves.
This is what I would like to call my "I will suffer for beauty" section. Girls love their shoes and boy do the crazy ones come out at weddings. Even if a girl has band aids all around her heel she will still wear those 5 inch stilettos because they look good. A sister to the stiletto is the wedge. A slightly more comfortable option but still can be a little crazy. The higher the shoe, the crazier it seemed to be. Some will stick out the pain for the price of beauty, others don't care and kick them under the table.
So here's what I learned at the wedding :
Free Food = awesome
Free Cake = even better than awesome
Cupid Shuffle = white people can't dance
5 inch heels = aren't worth the band aids
