If you’re about to get married, thinking about getting married, maybe, possibly, one day perhaps getting married, you should read this.
This.
If you’re in the industry, you probably already have. But it’s worth reading again.
It’s exactly the reason why I don’t follow any on the hundreds of wedding blogs out there, or any of the many magazines, even though maybe I should. And it’s why I don’t even like it when some of our weddings are featured on a wedding blog or published in a magazine.
Because they so often miss the point.
And I get it, I do. These blogs’ and magazines’ target group is not photographers; they want content that inspires future brides. I get it.
But still. There’s something so fundamentally wrong in this industry. Even the fact that there is a ‘wedding industry’ is fucked up, really.
Anyway, read Jonas’ thoughts and you’ll see what I mean. He had the guts to write what many of us have been thinking. And it’s about time.
The blog post has gone viral and created a bit of a buzz, and it seems as if pretty much everyone agrees. Some miss the point, but the majority agrees. We’ll see if it actually makes a difference.
Hopefully it does.
And even if it doesn’t, at least someone said it.
ETA: I hope everyone understands that it’s not about the mason jars. Or how many vintage details you have in your wedding. It’s about what’s important to you and what’s not.
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Yes. It’ll be good.
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Two years. I’ve lived in Vancouver for two years now (well, in a week or so). That’s over 7 % of my life.
Holy hell, it’s gone by fast. It feels like yesterday we had the moving out party in Stockholm.
A lot has happened since, though.
If you’ve followed me along the way, I’m sure you’ve got it by now. This move was one of the best things I’ve ever done. I’ve learned so, so much during these past two years. Learned about myself, about cultures, about places and most of all, about people. I’ve met so many different people, gotten to know them and enjoyed every minute of it.
I’ve always wanted to live abroad for a while, and I know I would have regret it badly had I not taken the chance.
But holy hell, it’s gone by fast.
This was one of the first photos I took of Vancouver. An early morning in November, from Cole’s balcony, while I was living in their closet. Aka. the Batcave. Good times.
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Sitting in my go-to Starbucks editing a wedding and putting together a blog post. For the first time in a long time, I feel like things are under control. There are bunch of albums waiting to be designed, and we have a couple more weddings to shoot this year. But that’s no problem, there’s time. I even asked the boss (i.e. me) if I could sleep in a bit this morning, and he was totally fine with it.
It’s been a pretty hectic year with a lot of early mornings and late nights. Which is great, I’m super happy with what we’ve done this far in 2011, but it feels nice that things are winding down a bit and that we’ll have time to think things through a bit too. And, you know, actually have time for something else too. Like having a life, and stuff like that.
We’ve got quite a few weddings booked for next year already. Way, way more than we had this time last year. And as bookings should really pick up around January, 2012 is looking solid. Hopefully we’ll be able to do some travelling too next year.
So, things are moving along quite nicely.
Today, it’s a warm, sunny fall day in Vancouver. Just like yesterday was. Vibrant colours everywhere, probably around 14-15 degrees, and rain nowhere to be seen. Like fall should be. But I’m sure the rain will come eventually. Hopefully it won’t pick up until I’m outta here though.
Oh, well. We’ll see. Time to head home and get some lunch. Starbucks’ lunches are pretty weak.
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Out of the last 50 comments here, 47 (or something) have been in English.
Cole, I think you’ll have to stick to Wordfeud for learning Swedish. I’m going back.
Until I move back to Sweden – whenever that will be – I’ll stick to English. I live it every day anyway, so I might as well write in it.
I’m sure the world will keep spinning.
Speaking of which, not too many spins now till I’m going back to the Great North (the other one). Not really excited about the reason for going back, but it’ll be nice as hell to be around friends and family for a little longer than usual.
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Skulle inte ha nåt emot att åka tillbaka. Speciellt inte när det är typ 13 grader och regn här i Vancouver.
Men nåja, om ett par veckor ska Cole och jag till Mexiko på bröllop, och där lär det ju vara minst lika varmt och skönt. Några extra lediga dagar har vi där nere också, så lite sol och bad borde hinnas med. Sen är det stor bröllopsfotokonferens i Las Vegas i februari, och eftersom “alla” är där så måste vi ju också vara det.
Bara att hålla ut.
Och förresten är Vegas inte särskilt bra för hälsan. Höll på att ta ihjäl mej när jag skulle återgå till träningsschemat idag. För mycket av det goda livet, tror jag bestämt.
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Sitter på ett plan som ska ta mej från Vancouver via LAX till Las Vegas. Där väntar inget annat än ledighet, gambling och solsken.
Förbannat skönt.
Dessutom har jag fem säten på rad lediga brevid mej på planet. Score.
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“No one wants to die, even people who want to go to Heaven don’t want to die to get there, and yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It’s life’s change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new. right now, the new is you. But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it’s quite true. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice, heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
- Steve Jobs
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Söndag kväll, kl 01.02. Eller måndag är det väl.
Har precis kommit hem från den tredje och avslutande dagen av årets tredje och sista indiska bröllop. Väntar på att bilderna ska laddas upp från minneskorten till datorn och kom på att jag nog borde skriva några rader igen. Det blir inte så mycket bloggande när tiden inte riktigt räcker till.
Om ni inte visste det så kan jag meddela att indier vet hur man festar. Och hur man dansar. Och hur man sjunger. Och hur man dricker ren vodka. Och att de spelar musik så in i helvete högt.
Efter tre dagar i deras sällskap ringer det sådär lagom trevligt i öronen.
Imorgon har vi jobb klockan 08.30 så det blir inte sådär överdrivet många timmar sömn i natt. Men det ska nog gå bra.
Nu har klockan hunnit bli 01.07. Dags att logga ut.
Här är en bild från partybussen igår.
Gonatt.
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