Prettym1k3 Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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As someone who's second shot weddings of 12-14 hours were I wasn't fed, I'm not going to back down on the meal thing. I need to be fed. I can pack a lunch, sure. But something about sitting down for 15 minutes and eating a hot, well balanced meal is key. Subway sandwich doesn't cut it. Sorry.
I always request that we be fed when the bride and groom are fed. If someone gives us a dirty look about jumping into a buffet line right behind the guy in the suit and the girl in the white dress, I crack a joke about how famished I am because of all the great pictures we've been getting, and then chime in about how now is the best time for us to take a quick break because no one wants pictures of themselves shoving food in their faces, and the B&G are likely starving because most people forget to eat on their wedding day, or their nerves have curbed their appetite so they just can't eat. By dinner time, they're starving, and finally feel like eating, so they shovel food into their faces.
I understand some people think it's rude. And "at my day job, I don't get fed." But I'm not at my day job. I'm a contractor, with my own rules, requirements, and stipulations. And at any other job of 8 hours, I get two 10 minute breaks and a 1 hour lunch. At this job, I get no breaks, and a 15 minute time to shovel a hot meal into my face. I think that's fair.
I don't need to sit with guests or anything. I'll pull up a piece of floor in the corner of a room and rest my dogs. But a hot meal with 1-3 hours of shooting left in the day totally recharges me and gets me back on my feet. So yes, you bet your butt - it's in my contract.
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