The Bride, The Groom...and Me

Before the wedding dance where I stomped on my aunt's foot, I first had a blunder at the wedding. Unfortunately, this one was worse.

The couple had not hired professional photographers or videographers, so I thought I would be kind and videotape the wedding for them. I wanted to plug in the camcorder to make sure the battery didn't die part-way through the ceremony. This limited my options of where I could place the camcorder. I had to be within a few feet of an outlet.

After trying out a couple different spots, and after getting no direction from the bride or groom, I decided on the outlet that was near the aisle, but behind all the seating. I would have to move the camcorder's tripod to the side at the beginning and end of the ceremony so the aisle would be open. Not a problem.

Wrong. I didn't realize that instead of the best man and groom waiting at the front of the church, they were going to walk in from the side, then escort the best woman and bride up the aisle.

I wish I had known that. There I was standing by the tripod ready to tape the ladies coming in the back when all of the sudden the men were entering from the side and coming not just towards their respective ladies, but also me.

So the best man walks in and meets the best woman. My camcorder tripod and I are totally in the way. Worse yet, the groom walks in and meets the bride. Again, yep, tripod and me still in the way.

So anyone taking pictures of the moment the groom met the bride to walk up the aisle towards the pastor, has a picture of the bride, the groom, and me. Oh, and my big ol' tripod. Smooth.