Shotgun* Wedding

Today a classmate of mine from Taiwan got married. It was not planned. His girlfriend, also from Taiwan, has been in town for a few weeks and they decided to get hitched before she flies back tomorrow. So a group of us rented a car and drove to Hartford, CT where there is no waiting period for a marriage license. So, I played impromptu wedding photographer.



After getting their license and fashioning their makeshift rings, the ceremony was held in an adjacent room and presided over by an elderly woman who could not for the life of her pronounce Chinese names (or stop talking about her grandkids).



It was an interesting day. Also, it may come as no surprise to those who know me, but I would be a terrible professional wedding photographer. I am not very good at corralling people into looking sentimental and sincere. So, if you're in the market for a demanding, impatient photographer for your engagement shoot, you know who to call.

* - I was just informed that the actual meaning of a shotgun wedding is a wedding forced due to an unplanned pregnancy, which makes the title of this post a misnomer. No one was pregnant in this instance - just an impulse wedding.