I met Katie and Mike last year at Mike's sister's wedding and was delighted when they hired me to shoot their U of M wedding. They wanted lots of coverage, had lots of input about what they did and did not want. I think Katie can testify to my usual advice that the day can easily get away from you and time seems to fly by with or without you on your wedding day! I was pleasantly surprised by how well this group of family/lawyers/actors gelled, each one upping each other when we were taking photos at the U of M law quad and later at the University of Michigan League where the reception was held. Our weather held. After 80 degree days leading up to the wedding, our bodies were shocked by the 40 degree drop! Oh, I reiterate another piece of advice I give my brides (but one that usually gets ignored!).... if you tend to be a "blinker" in photos, do not get false eye lashes for your wedding. The added weight only exacerbates the problem. Blinkers blink at a higher blink rate than the average person, so they are caught with their eyes closed more often in photos and when you add the lashes into the mix, you appear to blink more often. Your eyes will appear closed more often and I also will get oodles of photos mid blink and, well, that ain't purdy! Needless to say, my percentage of useable images goes down drastically. I usually take out around 1/3 of the images during an edit. Blinkers reduce that to 50%. Blinkers with false eye lashes reduce that to about 35% usable images. That's a lot of images that just don't work! There... that's my bride's public service announcement for the day! If you'd like to see more from Katie & Mike's U of M wedding photos, please check out my main site's blog at www.marcicurtis.blogspot.com!
