I used to be a part-time candid photographer, used to work in IT during the week and for some extra cash, used to photoshoot weddings and models during the weekends.
There was this one wedding I shot, in which the bride and the bride groom seemed completely off. I noticed, that for everything, she was looking at her dad and he was looking at his mum, for guidance or approval. They did not seem happy. They weren't even looking at each other or talking to each other or atleast smiling at each other. Both the guy and girl seemed to be pampared a lot by their respective parents.
A little enquiry yielded information about the wedding. It was an arranged marriage purely based out of astrology, caste, community, the government job guy was holding and the properties girl's dad accumulated over the years.
I was not even hired by the family. My services were offered as a gift to girl by one of her friends, who paid me in advance.
I did not like shooting for that wedding because, no one seemed happy.
It just felt like, people were just getting it over with.
I was unable to compose my shots properly as I was totally staring at blank faces who weren't appreciative of anything.
I however, did my job, shot some cool pictures and delivered it. Because I needed that money for my trip to Goa with my pals, who planned an extravagant one.
But while walking out of the venue, I felt, if the guy and girl continued to be like they were then, the wedding wouldn't last long.
