Philipschmitten Loc: Texas

Calling all Wedding Photographers....tell me your wildest wedding. We shot one and they had taped LIVE 22caliber rounds to candles and placed them around the room, my assistant and the preacher went around blowing them out before they went off.

dooragdragon Loc: Alma , Arkansas

Not excatly what I'd call the brightest colored crayons in the box on that one, wonder where the hell they came up with that stupid idea at in the first place .
Wait hold my beer and watch this, it is Texas after all ( just teaseing ya there )

Philipschmitten Loc: Texas

You would really be suprized what goes on at Texas Weddings....from a fist-fight between the Bride and Groom to a Groom who got lost and was two hours late. The Bride was freaking out and put on a nice show with her Bridzella self.

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

When a husband of one of the brides sister walked in and the Father of the Bride yelled what are you doing here you Son of a Bitch and they went at it right at the alter. The police came and sat them down and said do you want to spend the Wedding in Jail or behave. They said behave. Both were in faimly pictures after The dad had a cut and black eye. That was before photoshop. - Dave

Shutterbugsailer Loc: Staten Island NY (AKA Cincinnati by the Sea)

Now that is something that will give gun owners a bad name

Shutterbugsailer Loc: Staten Island NY (AKA Cincinnati by the Sea)

Was the fist fight before or after taking vows? If such entertainment was guaranteed, I would be doing weddings for free. Beats paying to see a fight and have a hockey game break out

Beagleman Loc: Indiana

Oh I've had several freaky weddings as Pastor. Here are some examples:

1.The flower girl got sick and threw up over the altar rail a also on the bride's dress.

2.The groom and best man both took their places and then fainted on the floor. They were stretched out on the front pew and a nurse used smelling salts to bring them around.

3.A harpist played music way past time for the wedding to begin, so I slipped out and whispered "It's time for the wedding march now." And she bellowed out loudly "They paid for 45 minutes of music and that's what they'll get!"

4.And for you photographers--- In one wedding when it came time for the exchange of rings, the photographer (who had been quiet up until then) yelled "WAIT" and he ran over and barged in between the attendants to get the shots of the rings being placed on each other's finger. I called for an usher and quietly said "Please usher this man OUT until the ceremony is over" And then we proceeded on.

Ah yes, you never know what to expect!

--Beagleman

Chuck_893 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Live rounds on the candles pretty much tops anything I've got, but I've got a few, mostly involving alcohol. On one we got to the cake cutting before it melted down (so to speak). Things had been mostly pretty all right up to then, but everyone was now well lubricated so all it needed was a spark. The Groom had sworn up down and sideways to his Darling Bride that he would NOT push cake up her nose, but the big dumb SOB did it anyway, egged on by his idiot pals, so she lost it. She angrily tried to push cake up his nose but he ducked. Voices were raised. Cake flew across the room in both directions. He had another handful and went for her, but she backed away and slipped in the cake already on the floor so she sat down hard. By this time the Father of the Bride had come around behind the table and grabbed the groom from behind, pinioning his arms. The Father of the Groom was not about to let his son be manhandled (so to speak) so he grabbed the Father of the Bride to pull him off his son. Everyone was shrieking by this time, whether with laughter or terror wasn't clear. The bride was sitting in a heap of ruined gown on the floor, face and hair coated in white icing, crying piteously. The groom staggered into the wings out of range. The two Fathers offered to beat one another to a pulp right then and there, whereupon the Mothers finally stepped between them and loudly suggested they all grow up. :evil: :twisted: :shock: :mrgreen: I wouldn't give a plugged nickel for the longevity of that marriage. :roll: :|

dirty dave

I got myself committed to a Wicca wedding. It was different . After that I made sure I ask before committing.

EDDIEO Loc: Pawleys Island SC

I had an extremely nervous bride enter the church hyper- ventilating. One bridesmaid yelled "Get a paper bag!" Someone dumped a bag of decorations out, and instead of letting her breathe in it, she put it over her head! Now, I had a bride, holding her bouquet, about to go up the aisle with a brown paper bag on her head. You get the picture?

Hmarge Loc: Altoona area, PA

Hope you all got some great, if not very different, photos during those mis-happed weddings. Always keep clicking...LOL

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

After 39 years of shooting weddings I could write a book. I realy dont know where to start. I had to call the police three times to break up fights, Called for an amblance once to take a very young girl out after she had much to much to drink and passed out and they couldnt revive her. Had a very large (FAT) mother of the bride toss her very small husband out on the front lawn without even opening the screen door. I had them poseing togather later at the recption. At another high end wedding during the recpiton I went looking for the bride for the cutting of the cake shot and found her in a stairwell going all the way with someone that was not the groom. And thats just a tip of the iceburg.

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

I just rembered another one. At a firehouse recpiton. I steped out for some fresh air to get away from the smoke and noise and out came an uncle of the groom. Drunk as a skunk. He got in to his car that was parked next to mine. Raced the motor I though it would blow up. Then he backed out with tires burning turned the wheel hard and and was doing wheeles backwards in the parking lot. Each time he came around he hit another car. Luck was with me he didnt hit mine. I didnt have to call the police that time the police station was right next store. They must have changeing shifts before you know it there were cops all over the place. He tried to get away but when he got to the end of the street he went down an embankment and with the rear off the ground he wasnt going anywhere.

DarLyn Ranch Loc: Randleman, NC.

I've always covered the brides bouquet toss. All has been normal, but one came out a great big surprise. With the bouquet in the air, all the girls stretched and jumped up as far as they could to catch it. My camera captured the action. After processing the prints I discovered that the girl who caught the bouquet had stretched up a little to far, and she had forgotten to put her panties on, and her Beaver was as clear as the bouquet. After a big laugh, the bride was as pleased with this shot as all the other wedding photos. Needless to say, I have this one on my wedding photo wall in my private office. Ha

achammar Loc: Idaho

I don't have any experience with weddings that were as wild as you are saying here... (did they do this before they drank or after.. lol), but I have a little experience with bullets...and that was a stupid thing for them to do, but just to add a little info, a bullet that is not fired from a contained housing, (like a gun because the bullet requires contained pressure that builds while the powder is burning [that's why bullets use slow burning powder] and the bullet is going down the barrel which is when the pressure is building [until the bullet exits the barrel at which point the pressure quits building]) won't do much (there are complex formulas to compute this stuff using burn rate and barrel length etc...[that's why rifles are more accurate and shoot much farther than pistols]) .. a bullet may explode in a fire, but with nothing to contain the brass housing and build pressure, not much will happen other than a loud bang... don't get me wrong, it was still stupid and unsafe and I would have blew out the candles too!!