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Show Competent $ photographer l eps wedding 1 rnemories alive printed From Wedding Scene ree years ago Mr. and Mrs. J VW of Salt Lake City, were .rried It was a simple wed-Land wed-Land reception, as neither ev nor their parents felt they Idd afford much. In going over Losed expenditures, the couple decided they would have to cut ome coiners. ' And they, like many young coupes cou-pes in the same situation, made I serious mistake in one of the corners they cut. Because they thought they could get by, they decided not to have a professional photographer lake pictures of their wedding or reception. "Honey, I have a swell idea on jew we can save some money," aid the soon-to-be groom. "I have a friend whose brother tinkers around with photography a little bit, and I'm sure he Will shoot all' the pictures we want for a fraction of the cost of a professional profes-sional photographer." "Well, I don't know," said his fiancee.' "I do want everything to be just right for our wedding. And photographs are so important. Through the years we'll want to look at our pictures and remember remem-ber the happiness and love we have right now." ' o ' Am I , . .. . f i ! r ; i I .. ' c; i! : f 1 V The beauty of a woman's wedding day, through good pictures, can be captured for a lifetime. "Yeah, I know, but it doesn't lake much to come up with good pictures and I'm sure my friend's brother will do all right." So it was decided. The friend's brother was to photograph the 'f encein-a-lifetimj occasion. On the couple's special day, ,. everything went off without a hitch except in the photography department. depart-ment. The amateur photographer showed up, but he had hardly any j. equipment. Instead of flood lights he brought flash bulbs, which did it not eliminate facial shadows or produce enough light to bring out the radiant beauty of the bride. He had problems with his camera, cam-era, and while he was trying to fix it he missed several good can- L did shots of the bride's expression as she was greeted by family and friends. He did not have a light meter, so he had to guess at the correct exposure for all his pictures. He J; acted timid and was hesitant in - linking up people for various shots. Upon questioning, it was found that he had never photographed a wedding or reception before. But somehow he made it through. "The pictures will be okay," the groom said to reassure his worried bride after all the ex-tiling ex-tiling events of the day were over. But the pictures weren't okay. The printing of the photographs we extremely unsatisfactory. If I the man had known about photog raphy, he could have compensated compensat-ed somewhat for his mistakes at the wedding, but he did not have this ability. "Some of them aren't very good," he told the couple as he gave them the photographs." And one glance at the pictures sadly confirmed his statement. Today the pictures are seldom looked at. They are loosely inserted insert-ed in a beautiful album, entitled "Our Wedding," but neither the man nor His wife has any pride in them. They have never been shown to guests who come to the home. Both would just as soon forget for-get about them. What could have been a beauti-ful beauti-ful collection of photographs of "Our Wedding" turned out to be nothing more than a bad memory. "If we only had a professional photographer come shoot our wedding," wed-ding," the- bride has tearfully cried so many times in the past years. But it 5s too late those pictures can never be retaken. |