The bride’s face fell, and half of the people in attendance started laughing while the other half let out a breathless, disgusted gasp. The groom barely stifled a laugh, and one of the other groomsmen turned and punched the farter in the arm.
It was as if these guys had no clue where they were or how important the event was to everyone but them, apparently.
The other photographer and I did our best to get shots and just do the job we were getting paid to do.
It was difficult to get any close-ups of the bride or groom as the bride settled on furious facial expressions for the remainder of the ceremony, and the groom could barely focus his eyes on his bride. She uttered her vows through gritted teeth, and he slurred through his while slowly rocking back and forth.
The reception only spiraled out from there. The groom threw up on the floor before the cake-cutting and was ensconced somewhere.
After one of the groomsmen struck out with the bridesmaids, he set his sights on the other photographer.
Eventually, our agreed-upon time ran out, and we left. I handed off all of my RAW files to the company that hired me and wished them luck editing that travesty.
u/Bonzaigiraffe: We got married in a friend’s front garden I had helped put together as a teenager. Just as we got to the vows, you could hear people sniffling, just about to cry, when the tell-tale sound of an ice cream van started to build.
It got louder and louder until it abruptly stopped.
The driver noticed what they were approaching and shut off the music at the property line to the next-door neighbor.
Silence as they crept by the house. Then, as soon as they hit the next home full blast again, “Do your ears hang low…” Everyone burst out laughing. The driver should have returned 10 minutes later because they would have made a lot of money.
u/Nelly0112: Not me, but my buddy was the videographer for a wedding.
During the ceremony, they had candles lining the aisle, and the bride’s mother decided to get closer so she could get a better picture.
While she was taking pictures, she started walking backward. Well, she walked backward right into one of the candle holders and knocked it over right into someone’s lap. Commence chaos!
The guy jumps up, trying to put out the fire that’s now in his lap.
His wife starts screaming at the woman. It took about 20 minutes to get everything calmed down. The wedding went on as planned afterward.
And yes, it was all caught on camera.
The bride insisted it be cut out of the final video. So, my buddy put it on a separate tape for us all to laugh at later.
u/VealIsNotAVegetable: Not a photographer, but ours caught a truly perfect moment. In the foreground, I leaned forward to kiss my wife’s hand in a lovely romantic gesture, perfectly framing the bridesmaid in the background.
The background—a lovely view of the small cove we’re in, with one of the bridesmaids bent over to look at something in the tide pool, accidentally exposing her bottom to the camera.
Deleted user: A week after I served as the photographer at my friends’ wedding, I’m jolted awake by my phone lit up with like, 30 missed calls from the bride.
I call her back.
She: “WHAT DID YOU DO?! DID YOU EVEN LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BEFORE YOU SENT THEM OUT?!” Me: “Yeah, of course, what’s the problem?!” She: “YOU’VE DESTROYED OUR MARRIAGE,” and then she just hangs up on me. I’m flipping through the photos at lightning speed.
My heart just stops at 41st photo.
There it was, something I missed before. The photo showed the groom in the background, caught in a candid moment with a woman who definitely wasn’t the bride. Panic set in as I realized this was the rumored mistress who’d been the subject of whispers long before the wedding.
The image, a silent but damning piece of evidence, had just blown the lid off a secret that was never meant for a wedding album.
These confessions from wedding photographers show what goes on behind the scenes as the bride and groom pose for the camera.
These first-hand experiences prove that weddings are not as glamorous as they seem, and there are moments when things don’t go as planned during weddings. Have you ever experienced something similar at a wedding you went to? We would love to know about your experience.
