The Burning Bride

I went with Sandi, my photography partner, to the Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday. It was quite an interesting experience. We rubbed elbows with small business owners and introduced David Wild Photography to them in a series of awkward rambling conversations filled with card-swapping and questions like "...so, what do you do again?".

There was a guy who owns five fitness clubs. A girl who looked 18 years old who owned her own law firm. And a retired GM exec who grew his gray hair long, donned a fur and leather coat and cowboy boots, and adopted a fake British accent so he could be a fashion photographer and see young girls naked.

The young lawyer's eyes grew wide when she realized we were photographers. Everyone has a wedding horror story and hers came spilling out at once. She had seen the work of a very good photographer who promised to shoot her wedding in the journalistic style. When her wedding day came around, the photographer that showed up was a grungy-looking man who didn't speak English. He was rude, clueless, and "super-creepy" in the dressing room with all the girls. And his pictures were terrible. In fact, the highlight of this poor bride's wedding, the event everyone still talks about, was when she caught on fire after walking through the spark shower. It was unplanned of course, so the photographer didn't think it was important to capture. Everyone else did though...

...except the guy who ran for water, otherwise known as the groom.

All in all it was interesting and I think we got a few promising leads. We're also looking at joining a Business Networking Group, they seem to be very popular with small business owners nowadays.

For now though, if you need me I'll be in the corner perfecting my British accent.