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filemanager's review
5.0
At the time I am writing this review, I have been a professional photographer for 13 years, and a wedding photographer for 10 of those years. I was happy to see that George Mahood used to shoot weddings, about 98% of the same way I do! I was surprised to hear he didn't do much editing. There were so many great quotes in this book.
I thought it would be a book of funny things he's encountered while shooting weddings, and hopefully some tips I could pick up, and it had a bit of both those things, but it also had the history of some common wedding traditions, as well as George Mahood's entertaining thoughts on many different aspects of weddings.
Loved it!
I thought it would be a book of funny things he's encountered while shooting weddings, and hopefully some tips I could pick up, and it had a bit of both those things, but it also had the history of some common wedding traditions, as well as George Mahood's entertaining thoughts on many different aspects of weddings.
Loved it!
jentidders's review
3.0
At the end of last year I proposed to my partner (SPOILER - he said YES!) and we're now planning our wedding. Although we're pretty chilled about it all, I'm still interested in advice and tips to make sure all goes smoothly.
This amusing autobiographical account by former wedding photographer George Mahmood, deconstructs the big day in order, explains the history behind the various traditions, and gives anecdotes from his own and other real-life weddings.
As we're fairly non-traditional, this book didn't really change my mind about anything we're planning, but rather gave me a giggle and reaffirmed my belief that we don't need to worry about colour schemes, stationery, seating plans, a white dress, elaborate flowers, favours, and so on.
This is definitely worth a read if you're planning a wedding, but is interesting from a sociological standpoint even if you're not.
This amusing autobiographical account by former wedding photographer George Mahmood, deconstructs the big day in order, explains the history behind the various traditions, and gives anecdotes from his own and other real-life weddings.
As we're fairly non-traditional, this book didn't really change my mind about anything we're planning, but rather gave me a giggle and reaffirmed my belief that we don't need to worry about colour schemes, stationery, seating plans, a white dress, elaborate flowers, favours, and so on.
This is definitely worth a read if you're planning a wedding, but is interesting from a sociological standpoint even if you're not.
drelaine's review
5.0
Warm and interesting account of the life and times of wedding photographer, interweaved with fascinating facts about wedding traditions.
hopevollm's review
emotional
funny
informative
fast-paced
4.0
This was a fun read. It probably would have been good to read before getting married… but I read it now. Intelligent, funny, and informative.
ecesue's review
4.0
“When I set out to write this book, I expected it to be a series of stories and anecdotes mocking the whole idea of weddings, tales of bridezillas and people losing their shit over the colour scheme. But it didn’t turn out like that.”
Indeed I did expect this to be a book with a bunch of stories of things going wrong. It wasn’t. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the structure they ended up with.
The author seems to have travel related books too and as someone who enjoys and misses travel (hello 2020!), I might pick one or two of those up as well.
Indeed I did expect this to be a book with a bunch of stories of things going wrong. It wasn’t. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the structure they ended up with.
The author seems to have travel related books too and as someone who enjoys and misses travel (hello 2020!), I might pick one or two of those up as well.
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