I survived!!!!

The stomach cramps are gone which can only mean one thing.....my 1st wedding photo session is over! I did come to a realization that I don't think that weddings will be "my thing." I want to enjoy taking pictures and though there is some good money in weddings, the stress is overwhelming. But I am proud that I stayed sane through the whole thing and actually walked away with some pictures that I am proud of, I just hope that the adorable couple loves them too!

I had some issues w/ my 580ex flash. The flash exposure compensation didn't seem to do anything. The pictures stayed underexposed and there was no difference at +0 or +3 (the highest it could go). Still haven't figured out what was going on....definitely need to experiment more with my flash. Plus, I just plain SUCK at fixing the color of indoor shots. But once we got outdoors, I had a good time. The groom and groomsmen were definitely entertaining and kept me laughing.

So I survived it all, the wedding and reception. But that wasn't the end of my weekend. The wedding was on a Friday and I had committed to play in a softball tourney in Estes Park so we were planning to drive home that night. We stayed until about 11 PM when they did the last "big events"so we didn't get home until a little after 2 AM (3 hour drive). I think that is the worst I've ever fought staying awake!!

We had Brad's cousin watching the dogs and Brad gave him the wrong key so he had locked the deadbolt which Brad didn't have on his keychain. So we arrived home to a locked house that we couldn't get into. Needless to say, we didn't get to bed right away like we'd hoped!
So we were up again at 6 AM and heading to Estes Park for a softball tourney. Did I forget to mention that I had somehow been deemed in charge of the tourney team and had 4 people back on within one week (2 about 20 minutes before I was starting to take wedding pictures). So I was a raging (insert bad word here) all day!! We spent all day there and part of Sunday so there was my entire weekend. Talk about eventful!!! I remember thinking that this would make for a funny story eventually but that for now, it was anything but funny!! haha

MORE PICTURES TO COME.....