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Tony Hoffer
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For those of you that have been to lots of weddings, what are some wedding things you've noticed that you love and hate? To get us started...

I love:
Form fitted wedding dresses
Unique first dance songs


I hate:
Rented tuxes (aka clown suits)
Strapless dresses on anyone but super skinny brides



Oct 26, 2014 at 10:09 AM
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Tony Hoffer wrote:
For those of you that have been to lots of weddings, what are some wedding things you've noticed that you love and hate? To get us started...

I love:
Form fitted wedding dresses
Unique first dance songs

I hate:
Rented tuxes (aka clown suits)
Strapless dresses on anyone but super skinny brides


Totally agree with all of these. Strapless dresses on a woman other than a model figure is probably my number one peeve.

Also hate the song 'Love Shack' and a bunch of other oft played reception songs. Dollar dance, takes way too long.

Love outside fall weddings. Funny speeches that gets everyone laughing.



Oct 26, 2014 at 10:15 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · The Love/Hate List


Same and also...

I love:
Intimate weddings (less people, more moments)
Small bridal parties
Spacious hotel suite for getting-ready with beautiful window light aplenty
Videographer with a light at the reception
Great bands!
Affectionate couples

I hate:
Guys getting wasted in the morning
Guys golfing in the morning without sunscreen :X
20 women in a normal hotel room getting-ready
Oversized bouquets
Reception details not being ready to photograph until 30 seconds before the couple is announced...



Oct 26, 2014 at 10:16 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · The Love/Hate List


Love:
Custom tailored suit or tux
Couples that express true joy during the day
Bands
small bridal parties

Hate:
Bridesmaids that show no connection or care about bride during day
severely late couples
grooms that spend all reception at the bar with friends
20 women in a normal hotel room getting-ready
relatives/mob/friends pointing out "amazing" images I should take during the day



Oct 26, 2014 at 11:05 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · The Love/Hate List


Love:
When it's just us and the couple for an hour
When the hair & makeup people are timely

Hate:
Guest's wearing cargo shorts and t-shirts to a formal ceremony
Generic "reception in a box" receptions
Eating our vendor meal standing up because the B&G forgot to place us somewhere



Oct 26, 2014 at 11:16 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · The Love/Hate List


here are a few for me...

Love:

Father/Daughter dances
brides that run to hug us when we show up in the morning
Grandparents
seeing previous B&G's at the current wedding
grooms and dads who get emotional
a priest/pastor who truly cares about the things he is saying during the ceremony
seeing our name on the seating list
Gold Bond Medicated powder on those 90+ degree days
couples who are so into each other that it's a little gross

Hate:

leaving my son at home
limo/party bus drivers who refuse to do their job and expect me to direct them where to drive
seeing the 10-yea-old flower girl singing along to the raunchy song being played at the reception
gas station beer stops when we are on a air-tight schedule
Any choreographed dance reception song.
family members not letting themselves enjoy the day
hair and makeup people that have no concept of time
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry
ring shots
working every Saturday and being too tired on Sunday to enjoy it.


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Oct 26, 2014 at 11:44 AM
jeremy_clay
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · The Love/Hate List


Love:

- Tony Hoffer
- Couture gowns
- tall, lean brides
- happy people


Hate:

- Being the lowest on the totem-pole for a venue to serve, regardless of the couples' wishes.
- The stigma/presumption that, regardless of income or skill, you are '..just a wedding photographer'
- All The Single Ladies, Sugar Oh Honey Honey, I Loved Her First, Party Rock Anthem
- the Photographer Rockstar internet phenomenon




Oct 26, 2014 at 11:51 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · The Love/Hate List


Love:
My job.

Hate: (copied from what's already been said)
20 women in a normal hotel room getting-ready
Being the lowest on the totem-pole for a venue to serve, regardless of the couples' wishes
hair and makeup people that have no concept of time
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry
severely late couples
(my two cents)
back boobs
overly long and boring speeches
tardy people and people who wander off during formals
Crazy DJ lighting hitting the couple as they dance
lists of "suggested shots"
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry
church ladies who exercise their one realm of influence in their lives with fanatical zealotry





Oct 26, 2014 at 12:00 PM
MRomine
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · The Love/Hate List


Another hate:

DJs who think they auditioning for the next Entertainer of the Year award. And Most DJ lights

Videographers who shoot within arm's length of their subject. ie short lenses.



Oct 26, 2014 at 12:07 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · The Love/Hate List


Hate:
That one family member who is incapable of looking at the camera for any photo



Oct 26, 2014 at 01:29 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · The Love/Hate List


Love
- real emotion
- first dances, dances with parents
- speeches that make me laugh or (almost) cry
- clients who love social media
- tips

Hate
- when the wedding is clearly about trying to out-do and impress
- when motb or bride's sisters try to make the day about them
- iPads
- never ending, rambling speeches
- 20 million wedding pics posted by guests to FB before the wedding is over
- when someone says it can just be fixed later in Photoshop



Oct 26, 2014 at 01:52 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · The Love/Hate List


I love:
People who just don't care what others think
People who have a lot of love for the people around them (and show it)

I hate:
Terrible suits
Something that slipped my mind



Oct 26, 2014 at 02:21 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · The Love/Hate List


I hate bridesmaids with cellphones. Lately, it seems that many are more interested in interacting with the bride through their screens than human interaction.


Oct 26, 2014 at 02:56 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · The Love/Hate List


I love: when it's over.

I hate: weddings.



Oct 26, 2014 at 03:32 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · The Love/Hate List


I love brides and grooms who do not want to be the center of attention and want me to focus on others.


Oct 26, 2014 at 04:12 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · The Love/Hate List


hate:

when the cake with fireworks on enter at the other site of the venue room without notice.

love:

great light situations



heiko



Oct 26, 2014 at 06:11 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · The Love/Hate List


love:

well planned and flexible schedules
good food!

hate:

when guests don't pay attention to the first dances
the one bridesmaid who always says, "our photographer did this...."
people who can't stop talking during formal photos




Oct 26, 2014 at 09:20 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · The Love/Hate List


Love:

evening portrait time
wedding parties who listen
couples who don't want family formals
outdoor weddings at the correct time of day.. aka, not noon
emotional people
cool videographers
receptions without corny games..
candy buffet tables

Strongly dislike:

candy buffet tables
tripods in the middle aisle or parked right in front of the head table
fake flowers
people (especially grooms) who will not smile or show any emotion no matter how much you work with them..
Drama
cell phones..slideshows..photobooths with screens on the outside of the booth people can watch..had a recent wedding where I stopped and notice almost everyone was looking at some sort of screen..

the uncle bob who thinks you're not doing your job if your not stopping people and making them look at the camera for a photo while you're trying to catch PJ stuff.. So he saves the day..

DJ's who play the father daughter song for the bride and groom dance..Also, dj's who feel the need to talk constantly

super fast first dances..








Oct 26, 2014 at 10:13 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · The Love/Hate List


Love:

Good looking people
Good light
Good food

Hate:

Marriage certificates
Wedding coordinators
Golf course coordinators






Oct 26, 2014 at 11:46 PM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · The Love/Hate List


Love
Couples from different backgrounds
Great style
Chill attitudes

Hate
Purple paisley vests
Vegetables bundled together with a leek or green onion
Porsche stretch limos from 2003



Oct 27, 2014 at 12:12 AM
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