As weird as it may seem, I was pushed into photographing a wedding. Sports photographers rarely would do something this because it doesn't fit into their thinking. Besides that, people at weddings yell.
I went to the wedding, photographing everything from the bride and her group handling make up and hair to the ceremony, the crappy cake (not the fancy cake) for shoving/shoveling, and photos with each and every person at the wedding. The reception was conveniently held at the same spot as the wedding and the onlookers didn't even have to change seats.
Monday arrived and the mother of the bride asked me for something and the card. I brought the something and the invitation card that she gave me. She said "No, no--where is the card with the photos?" I said "It doesn't work like that." They probably thought that they were going to Walmart to print everything. They had money to hire two people to make tacos with crappy meat, but not a wedding photographer? My poor relatives served mixed nuts and mints at the reception. We went to a restaurant to eat.
At some point during our discussion (or was it a disgustion?), she understood how film photographers made a set of proofs to show the couple what was available. I told her that I would attempt to find important photos and send them in Instagram-sized files for their viewing but with quick-and-dirty editing. She said that the couple of things I sent were wonderful, so I guess I don't have to be a perfectionist to please them.
I'm guessing that they won't be patient enough for me to finish. They probably won't think it's worth much after it's done. They probably won't like any restrictions or want to pay anything more than the US$40 that the mother has already paid me.
Update 2018.09.24: Gave the mother a USB thumb drive with 395 photos at 25% size--enough for Instagram. I told her (and had a message in .PDF format on the drive) that they could select a few photos and I would provide full-sized files for printing. She seemed pleased, and gave me $90, so I'm only a bit shy of the money I spent to be able to make the wedding shots go smoothly.
Update 2018.12.06: The couple still hasn't chosen any photos to be printed at full size.
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