OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD....
It was my Dad's birthday on Monday. He turned 62.
JUST TO BLOG
What I've been up too.
What I've been up too.
First off, let me apologize by not blogging for awhile. I've been swamped with weddings, more weddings, birthdays, and some other odds and ends that basically pushed blogging to the back end of my priorities. Even when I wanted to blog, I just couldn't find the time. Technically, I should be working right now, at 12:44am in the morning, on more video stuff, but hey...here I am blogging.
It just dawned upon me....running a wedding business as you can imagine is quite difficult. I remember when I first stepped into this industry back when I was 21 or 22 years old, my business partner Wei-Jen (thee master photographer who taught me everything!), looked at me and told me that Wedding photography was probably the most difficult type of photography in the world. I understood. The reasons were quite obvious. To sum it up in a nutshell , we would have one chance to capture that perfect moment and to make the couple the best they ever looked in their life. Now that I run a full-service wedding company, not only do I have to deliver great photos, but on top of that, great service, top-notch video, great ministers, great vocalist, caterers...etc..etc...all on-time.
I honestly consider what I do, a walk-in-the-park. But when I look at other wedding planners struggle with what I believe is easy, I sometimes have to take a step back and realize that planning is quite difficult. Well, it's either that, or I'm that good...haha. But I regularly see planners running around with their head of a swivel to make sure everything turns out perfect.
Do I sound big headed here?
WHAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND LATELY? ZOMBIELAND.
Well, to be blunt...enjoying life. I had a talk with a good friend of mine on the phone the other day. His name is Jim. He's a close friend of mind who serves as a Marine. Next year, he'll be in Afghanistan serving his country. So here we are, talking on the phone, and he ask me if I saw that movie Zombieland. I acknowledge. He then tells me that movie spoke to him, in a serious tone.
He wasn't joking...
"Zombieland? "Isn't that the zombie-killing-COMEDY?" I asked.
"Yup, that movie made me think twice about my life", Jim answered.
My friend went on to explain to me that there was a portion in that movie where Woody Harrison's character turned to his colleagues and said to them, "Once in awhile, you got to enjoy the little things in life."
Jim, a gun-hoe, crew-cut, trigger happy Marine, had a point that we should enjoy the little things in life.
Sometimes, we... as spoiled human beings are always looking for the better-and-bigger-high to bring "the ultimate joy" into our life. I've been in circles where friends always had to party hard in order to have a great night. They had to get pissed drunk, cause a ruckus somewhere, for the night to be fun. I've seen friends travel down the road of excess in order to find happiness in their life. And what about the wedding industry? I've seen brides wanting to plan the "ultimate" wedding in order to ring in their new chapter in their life, just to have them stress themselves out on their wedding day to the point where they don't enjoy their own wedding day.
Lately, I've been thinking about all the great times I had in my life. Yes, those big things in life were great. But what really makes me smile are the little things.
So when it comes to your wedding day. I know it's a big deal, it's a big chapter, but don't forget to enjoy the little things on your wedding day. Because if you don't, you're entire wedding day will just pass you by.
Okay, so I'm outta here for a bit.... gotta go to sleep!
Steve
It just dawned upon me....running a wedding business as you can imagine is quite difficult. I remember when I first stepped into this industry back when I was 21 or 22 years old, my business partner Wei-Jen (thee master photographer who taught me everything!), looked at me and told me that Wedding photography was probably the most difficult type of photography in the world. I understood. The reasons were quite obvious. To sum it up in a nutshell , we would have one chance to capture that perfect moment and to make the couple the best they ever looked in their life. Now that I run a full-service wedding company, not only do I have to deliver great photos, but on top of that, great service, top-notch video, great ministers, great vocalist, caterers...etc..etc...all on-time.
I honestly consider what I do, a walk-in-the-park. But when I look at other wedding planners struggle with what I believe is easy, I sometimes have to take a step back and realize that planning is quite difficult. Well, it's either that, or I'm that good...haha. But I regularly see planners running around with their head of a swivel to make sure everything turns out perfect.
Do I sound big headed here?
WHAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND LATELY? ZOMBIELAND.
Well, to be blunt...enjoying life. I had a talk with a good friend of mine on the phone the other day. His name is Jim. He's a close friend of mind who serves as a Marine. Next year, he'll be in Afghanistan serving his country. So here we are, talking on the phone, and he ask me if I saw that movie Zombieland. I acknowledge. He then tells me that movie spoke to him, in a serious tone.
He wasn't joking...
"Zombieland? "Isn't that the zombie-killing-COMEDY?" I asked.
"Yup, that movie made me think twice about my life", Jim answered.
My friend went on to explain to me that there was a portion in that movie where Woody Harrison's character turned to his colleagues and said to them, "Once in awhile, you got to enjoy the little things in life."
Jim, a gun-hoe, crew-cut, trigger happy Marine, had a point that we should enjoy the little things in life.
Sometimes, we... as spoiled human beings are always looking for the better-and-bigger-high to bring "the ultimate joy" into our life. I've been in circles where friends always had to party hard in order to have a great night. They had to get pissed drunk, cause a ruckus somewhere, for the night to be fun. I've seen friends travel down the road of excess in order to find happiness in their life. And what about the wedding industry? I've seen brides wanting to plan the "ultimate" wedding in order to ring in their new chapter in their life, just to have them stress themselves out on their wedding day to the point where they don't enjoy their own wedding day.
Lately, I've been thinking about all the great times I had in my life. Yes, those big things in life were great. But what really makes me smile are the little things.
So when it comes to your wedding day. I know it's a big deal, it's a big chapter, but don't forget to enjoy the little things on your wedding day. Because if you don't, you're entire wedding day will just pass you by.
Okay, so I'm outta here for a bit.... gotta go to sleep!
Steve
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