July 6, 2004

• A guy walks into a store and says “I see you have a job opportunity that promises to be rewarding and fun”  The manager of the store says “Yeah, you interested?”,  “sure am” the guy says.  ”all right” the manager replies, “lets get you started”.  He hands the guy a tux and dress shoes, ”you start out by walking 5 miles in these” then he pulls out a set of two, five pound weights, ”you’ll need to carry these with you at all times, and whatever you do, don’t put them down…somebody might steal them”  The weights are followed by a twenty pound back pack which is also added to the list of things the guy must carry.  So the guy (completely dumbfounded by some people’s definition of “fun” and “rewarding”) then gets handed a list of rules:  NO SUNGLASSES, NO FOOD, NO BREAKS.    Hoping that things can only get better from here,  the guy finds himself running laps around an outdoor banquet, filled with laughing people relaxing and enjoying food, wine and music. 
  
  …welcome to the life of  a wedding photographer.