Hi Peter! I am so sorry for my tardy response to your great email! Your email had me in stitches and I have left in in my Inbox meaning to respond to it for over a week now, but with the whole Xmas thing, I haven't had the chance. You totally hit the nail on the head with your "Footrot Flats" visualisation! So very funny indeed!
I should receive the proofs back any day now, so I will be sure to post some, in the hope that I have been able to make them look at least slightly decent! *eek* Your observations about my sister's "wedding" are already coming true! (As I had predicted that they would!). There is already a huge family fiasco happening as I am also a makeup artist and "they" (namely my sister/mother) are cracking up over deciding whether they will "allow" me to do makeup/photography etc, as they think that I will try and "stuff it up" just to be nasty. Their words, not mine, but I mean, if they are going to put ideas into my head....<vbg> Thanks again for your great email, I will be sure to look for you on list! All the best, tan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:38 AM Subject: Re: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend... > Tanya, > > I wasn't on the list when you were last subscribed, but hell am I glad that > you've come back. > > I thought I'd had a fairly crappy weekend am spending Friday evening > catching up with 1000 or so PDML mails. > > Yours has stopped me in my tracks and got me laughing like a drain. > > I absolutely adore the story about the wedding. It sounds as if the bride > and groom have a lot of taste, unfortunately most of it is bad!!! My > knowledge of Oz is down to some Footrot Flats cartoon books that an Aussie > friend gave me about 20 years ago. Your bride and groom certainly fit the > stereotypes from there. > > As far as your sister is concerned, I wouldn't cancel GFM yet. If you can go > from zero to engaged in 4 weeks, you can get back to zero again just as > quickly. Failing that, you could use the *istD on the wedding, then > apologise profusely that there will be no shots because you forgot to put > the film in it <lol>. > > Keep up the good work. > > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:27 PM > Subject: GFM and a CRAPPY weekend... > > > > Hi all, > > > > well, yep, i have been very quiet these past few days - since Thursday > night > > to be exact, as a storm took out our telephone and internet access! I > have > > just now had it all re-connected only to receive 689 emails!!! BUT, I am > > back with avengeance! > > > > GFM - well, BAD news guys and gals! After all of my efforts last week, > > booking of airfares, taking up of very generous offers from PDML'ers etc, > my > > stupid sister (who you will soon find I don't like very much), has gone > and > > decided to get married to the guy she's been shagging for the past 4 weeks > > (yep, you read that correctly!), and guess what day it is? 5 June 2004!! > To > > her credit, she HAS known the guy for most of her life, but the actual > > relationship only began in earnest FOUR WEEKS AGO!! So, of course, I am in > > big trouble for not wanting to shoot the "blessed event" in favour of > going > > to GFM, and so I have had to cancel my trip for fear of retribution from > my > > very overbearing mother who doesn't want anything to interfere with her > > little princesse's "special day". (Yes, you do detect sarcasm and > cynicism > > there, long story, not relevent to this list). So, in exchange for an > > international trip, yummy pizza, a squishy (but probably hilarious) road > > trip, the ultimate in learning opportunities, and the company of 20-30 > very > > cool people, I get to spend the day taking photos of a person who I don't > > like very much while being yelled at by a mother who doesn't like me very > > much... On a brighter note, I may be able to enable my self with a > certain > > digital slr very soon, - in fact might do it just to spite them all, and > > giver her her wedding pics on cd (she doesn't own a computer! lol)... > > > > So, again, thankyou all for your wonderful offers of accomodations, > > transport and good-times, and I will try to organise it DEFINITELY for > 2005, > > and owing to the advance notice, may even be able to extend the trip to > the > > UK/Ireland, as I had originally wanted. > > > > Ok, so I did the MOTHER of all weddings this weekend - picture this for a > > scene... > > > > Tanya drives 3 hours to wedding location, through torrential rain, and > silt > > covered and flooding roads (BARELY made it through - 1 metre high water at > > one point). Tanya arrives at wedding location to find one very overweight > > bride (she wasn't anywhere near as big when I met her a year ago) and 2 > very > > overweight bridesmaids - the weight thing isn't an issue, and please no > one > > be offended, but they were all squeezed into STRAPLESS dresses, about 4 > > sizes too small and were "spilling" out everywhere, iykwim? Tanya also > > finds a groom with NO TEETH!!! (Actually, he had ONE tooth which was > BLACK), > > who had a massive hangover and spent the entire day threatening to vomit > and > > burping through the whole ceremony (btw, he DID vomit later on, thankfully > > not whilst my camera was pointed at him - I have a bit of a thing about > > vomit and I would have ended up joining him had I seen/heard it)... Ok, so > > as well, as their charming attire, the bridesmaids accessoriesed with > > TATOOS - real ones, down their arms and one even had a big set of > blue/black > > angel wings in the middle of her BACK!!! > > > > It gets worse... > > > > It was a double wedding - two sisters getting married at the same time. > > Well, the other photographer got the "good" couple - young, obviously in > > love, and willing to have a great time. The other photographer is also > very > > well known and very GOOD at what he does, so I felt intimidated right from > > the start (on a brighter note, I learnt alot from him though). My couple > > wouldn't even do a bridal waltz pic cause they just wanted "to get p*ssed" > > (their words, not mine)!! (I just KNOW that they will blame me for the > > absence of this pic when the proofs come back). To make it even more > fun - > > my couple had a 2 year old and one year old TWINS! I defy anyone to do a > > professional job of bridal makeup when the bride is holding two wriggling > > babies on her lap who keep grabbing at the mascara wand as you try to > apply > > it! > > > > Then, it was time for the family pics.... > > > > Well, I had to "share" family members due to the double wedding and both > > brides having the same parents etc. I am sure that I missed many shots > that > > I "should" have taken due to this constant "swapping" of people backwards > > and forwards! AND the groom wouldn't even kiss or touch the bride!! Yep, > > got some REALLY romantic shots....NOT!! > > > > On a brighter note, I DID get some cool black and white candids of the > > little twins, BUT they had the junior bridesmaids dressed in hot pink and > > white, (complete with eighties style puffy sleeves, and big toilet-doll > > skirts) with the bridesmaids dressed in burgandy and gold! Not a great > > colour combination for photos let me tell you!! > > > > On top of all this, this weekend was my 10 year high school reunion, which > > > yep, I WAS THE ORGANISER of! SOMEHOW, clever me, ended up booking it on > the > > same weekend as the wedding that I had to do a 6 our round trip for, so > here > > was I, having missed the reunion luncheon on Saturday afternoon, driving > > back at cracking speed, from the wedding, at 10pm at night with some vain > > hope of catching the closing minutes of the reunion dinner! Lucky for me, > > my friends were very nice and held off for my arrival, then asking me to > cut > > the cake to thank me for my organisational efforts! They then presented > me > > with a bunch of flowers and a lovely necklace to say thanks for organising > > the weekend etc. (Mind you, I had to race home and change out of my horse > > poo covered/mud covered clothes - oh, forgot to say that the location pics > > for the wedding were in horse stables that had been flooded by the > > torrential rain, and that the bride had just "decided" to use half way > > through the day!) The breakfast the following morning (Sunday) went > really > > well, as I was able to organise it all myself, and we had a lovely time. > I > > DID sleep 12 straight hours Sunday and last night though to recover from > the > > weekend's ordeal! > > > > I'll have to post the wedding pics when they come back, even if just to > show > > you guys what NOT to when photographing a wedding! > > > > Ok, I must go and feed my kids some brekkie! But, just wanted to let you > all > > know that I am around and recovering from a HUGE weekend... > > > > tan. > > > > > >
