Decorative Pole
Tonya: First item decorated on the boat. As you can see, the boat is very much in need of decoration. Will: Tie straps were used to hold most decorations in place. The tie straps were fastened and assembled by yours truely.
The bride shouldn't decorate
Tonya: Brenda (mom) and Chris (brother) hurrying to hang tulle on the front of the boat after the cleaning woman told us to leave.
Pretty railing
Pretty railing cont.
More tulle
Tonya: My grandma Donna and I attempt to hang tulle. Neither of us knew what we were doing.
All done
Tonya: The florist came and made the place look pretty. But it would have been prettier if someone had moved the ugly tables on the right.
Tonya has an itchy
Tonya: What is this a picture of? Will: You had just turned around.
Kyle is being difficult
Tonya: I think I was trying to fix my brothers tie. Will: I wound up fixing both your brothers ties. I had to take Kyle tie off and retie it completely.
Tonya and Will
Tonya: This picture is so bright it almost hurts to look at it. If we weren't squinting it would have been a better piture. Will: Whose squinting I'm really japanese.
Eat at Joe's
Tonya: The bride is there I swear. Will: She is the little dot in white next to the dot in purple.
Drunk Bride
Tonya: She might look ok, but at this point she's had like 4 drinks and wellbrutrin (she's trying to quit smoking). If I was her I'd be passed out right now. Will: When you were her (the four drinks) you did pass out... but that comes later.
One small step for the bride one more picture of her and her mother
Will: I wasn't sure how any of these walking pictures were going to come out so I just kept taking them hoping I would get a few good ones.
In the shadow of the boat
Hang loose
Will: You can see the effects of the alcohol on the bride. She forgot she wasn't getting married in Hawaii.
Brenda and Donna
Tonya: The photographer didn't really know what he was doing.....Althought he was kinda rushed considering the wedding party was running 30 minutes late. I really liked my moms flowers. Will: Yeah, we arrived like 15 minutes late with directions to tell them the Bride and Groom would be down shortly. Shortly wound up being like 15 more minutes.
Videocamera
Will: I was delegated the responsibility of setting up the video monitoring equipment. The wedding was on the second story of the boat. There were guests confined to the lower deck, so we setup a camera and a monitor on the lower deck so they could see.
Video camera in better lighting
Wow!!! These people look happy.
Will: I just really wanted to get the guy blowing his nose.
Groom and Bestman
Tonya: Groom (CeCe) is on the right. Will: The best man bought Tonya and I the good booze at the bar so he's cool in my book.
Almost ready
Will: I was really trying to get the bride in a good distance shot. The world was conspiring against me.
Disorganized
Tonya: There was no rehearsal....thus I learned the importance of a rehearsal. The captain married them. Will: The damned captain moved right after I set the focus and told the camera to start the capture. That is why you can't see the bride.
Captain walking
Will: At the last second I managed to get a shot of the bride almost unabstructed.
Getting the mic
Will: The leader of the band set up his PA so the captain and the bride and groom could be heard.
Cece looks very happy
Down the aisle
Tonya: My brothers walked my mom down the aisle since my grandpa would have nothing to do with the wedding and won't talk to my mom. Will: Sorry for the lens flair, the sun was setting and we were east of the bride.
More setting up of the PA
I do!
Tonya: It was a very quick ceremony and it was hard to get pictures Will: The action was all facing the wrong direction. But doesn't the back of everyones head look happy?
Why didn't you warn me Tonya!
Tonya: This is my aunt Juanita. She saw me eating a peppercini so she had one not knowing that it was a pepper. The look on her face was hillarious. I think when the picture was taken she was telling me that she was now going to have to swallow. You can see the peppercini stem in her hand. Will: You can almost see the tears in her eyes. Just to demonstrate that I am an asshole I ate 3 or 4 peppers in front of her after the fact.
Swallowing
Where's the groom?
Tonya: Will had a really hard time getting a picture of my mom and cece together. Will: Every time I looked over one or the other was up away talking to someone.