u/palinsafterbirth

Don't get me wrong, I am super thankful for a lot of places I work at, and I am about to enter my 100th time at a venue that has been very good to me but the clients I am getting there just aren't it anymore. I love the staff and I love the venue but I am considering only taking a select number there a year from now on, have others dealt with something like this before and if so how many weddings do you take a year at a similar venue?

We have used one for a few years and to be honest service has gone down hill. Ideally we are looking a quarterly cleaning with one super deep clean once a year, TIA!

Thorne was my go to for years and really loved it. They unfortunately don’t make their vegan pea protein anymore and have been striking out on anything that can replace it. Some I find make me too bulky and others just don’t fill me up, any recommendations are appreciated!

We had a wedding about 3 weeks ago where the couple wanted to all the photos in the South End out here in Boston, anyone who also works here knows the beautiful charm of the brown stone buildings. It was a pretty sunny day, found a bit of shade, but completely forgot brick makes everything red. I've spent possibly 4 8 hour days fixing a very spray tanned couple and their very Irish families in front of bricks for separation. I knew better than to do that, but hey we all make mistakes even 20 years in.

This month I have had 4 weddings thus far with just weird scheduling/planners overcomplicating very simple things. From overstepping the couples request of doing all extend family photos before the ceremony/couples being over cautious with choosing a first look location where guests won't be but 45 min away/to couples insisting on getting ready locations an hour away from the venue but renting only 1 party bus to make the rounds and refusing to talk about the possibility of traffic, just seems like its an overall weird vibe year.

Anyone else just leaving meetings being like "oh there is such a simpler way to do this"?

Been in the mood for some katsu and admittedly disappointed with the place near me (Maki Maki Woburn, and yes I know Woburn isn't proper north shore). Willing to drive for some good Katsu though!

My guess he says “surprise me” and it’s Perna with the King Of Jizz face

So today is definitely a first in 20 years...... I am working on a gallery from less than 2 weeks ago when I get a call from the groom asking if I could rush some photos. One of his best friends from the wedding passed away unexpectedly, I say I am so sorry and I am rushing 5 photo to get to him by end of day.

Shortly after that I get a call from a bride from the wedding the next day, they had to say goodbye to their dog who passed unexpectedly this morning. Again, I am rushing photos of their very good girl so they can have them.

We go on so much about "what we need to do to stay relevant" or anything super social media related that at the end of the day I feel we loose perspective of what a wedding really is. A place to gather with loved ones and a couple trusts us to document it, I guess what I am saying is always try to grab as many photos of guests laughing, crying, dancing, singing because we may never use that for our portfolio but your couples are going to be so happy they have these memories incase anything happens.

Hi all! My wife and I just had our final home study meeting yesterday, it went super well but she was a little concerned because while we do have relationships with our families kids, she want's us to have a bit more exposure especially since we are looking at the 4-10 age range. She suggested that we contact our friends and offer some baby sitting, saying "oh the parents will love it" but honestly I don't know how to approach this without coming off like some sort of creep.

Most of our friends know we are in this process but honestly haven't spent too much time with their kids. Did anyone else go through something like this?

Had a great engagement session and didn't catch that the soon to be grooms fly was down. Spending the full day helping out the homie, thank god for generative fill.