And the cycle continues
I am always quite amazed at how eager a couple is to book their photographers well in advance (in the Kitchener-Waterloo area at least). I no sooner finish one wedding season when I am already filling up spots for the next. I am in one of those fortunate positions that I can be selective about the number of weddings I take on and to a lessor degree, selective of the couples I choose to work with. More often then not I will be indirectly linked to the people I work with, like the friend of a friend who nows someone… that sort of connection
So as I am booking up next years slots (despite telling myself this past season was my last) it occurred to me; how many other industries can boast having their schedule determined for the next 9 to 12 months? I know I don’t have this luxury in web design where work is often determined on a month by month basis. I really ought to give wedding photography more love than I do. Perhaps when my girls are older and don’t care to see me on weekends and my wife grows tired of having me around the house, I’ll consider booking 25 to 30 weddings a year, but until then I’ll stick to my half dozen.
It would probably be much different if shooting weddings in the Kitchener-Waterloo area weren’t pigeon holed into the same handful of locations; Victoria Park, Waterloo Park, Rockway Gardens, Woodside Park, West Mountrose… It’s a small town with very little in the way of manicured parkland. I need to find some fresh locations that aren’t overshot to spark my creativity and passion for the art.