2009.06.23 09:58:27

jayblake

A lovely conversation happened yesterday with the bride I am filming this saturday.

We are filming her preparations (she has booked our Orchid Package) and she asked me how long we were contracted for.  Ok so this does have to pay the bills and enable us to do the things we want to do but equally you have to understand that when we are with you it's you we are concerned about and want to make sure we are providing the very special memory to.

So this Saturday I will be with the bride at 10am and will stay with them through until the first dance in the evening.  We only leave then as there is just so much dancing you want to watch at the end of a wedding dvd.  Oh and in any case you are more likely to want to get to see what your guests have said to you in their personal messages.

Hope you are all well

Jay

Orchid Package | Wedding preparations | Filming | first dance

2009.02.23 18:43:40

jayblake

One thing that hits me again and again in my role is how much pressure builds up in the preparation to a wedding. I know what you are going to say, I’m a man and can therefore never really appreciate what the bride-to-be has to go through. But we do have eyes, and as someone who meets potential brides most days, all I can say is that I feel blessed to be a man!

Watching the build up to a wedding is, at its best, a beautiful experience. To meet couples who are so happy together that they want to unite for the rest of their lives is life affirming in itself; and being able to support that process is a total pleasure and an honour.

At worst, it makes the negotiations in the Middle East seem like a walk in the park: who sits where, who gets invited, who doesn’t, who wears what, what do they eat, who speaks etc etc turns the bride into a stressed out version of Khofi Annan and the groom feels as helpful as a fish with a bicycle.

I have had brides in tears because they cannot decide on a seating plan and one begging her husband-to-be to whisk her away until it’s all over, yet there is one universal truth – when all these couples come back to review their DVD after the event, all memories of the wars, panic and verbal fist fights have been all but erased. This means my job is even more unique – I get to replace all those bad memories with a memory that you get to keep forever, ensuring that the most wonderful memories are never forgotten.

So just remember through the hubbub, the disagreements and the pressure that a wedding budget brings, at the end of the day you are going to be married and when the wedding stops, the true pleasure of marriage can begin.

Wedding Budget | Pressure | DVD | Filming