HOW TO STARVE YOUR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER: A FIELD GUIDE

This is quoted from Wed-Pix Magazine, a publication of the WPJA of which I’m a member.
Ever have that reception coordinater or caterer tell you that your Photographer and DJ will be well fed for a nominal sum? Here’s the sad truth about what they really do without ever telling the bride and groom. Highly recommended reading!

- by Jeff Corriveau for the Wedding Photojournalist Association

Stomach staples are for sallies. If you really want to shed some pounds, become a wedding photographer.

It’s a sad truth about receptions: Photographers are so low on the food chain, they’re rubbing chest hair. Millions of plates of fatty beef and dried chicken are served at wedding functions each and every year. With all that nutritious booty, it should be a no-brainer that the photographer would get fed, right? Not so. Booty is in the eye of the withholder. And some banquet halls have turned food denial into an art form. When it comes to dietary relations with reception sites, photographers traditionally receive a swift kick in the pork medallions.

And brides and grooms are none the wiser.....

I highly encourage all brides and groooms to read the rest of this enlightening artice on what REALLY happens when you are charged for "vendor meals".

Click here to read the full article at Wed-Pix Magazine!