A month ago I had to travel to Syracuse to do a wedding anniversary shooting. After a 1-hour flight delay because of rainstorms, I was already afraid I might not make it on time. The initial arrival time was 4 o’clock whereas the anniversary celebration was starting at 6. I arrived in downtown Syracuse approximately 5.15, and had to rush to the given address. Luckily, I was not late. I made it 5 minutes before the official start. After numerous phone calls and messages, needless to say, Normans were on the verge of a heartbreak… Oh boy were they happy to see me once I arrived. And that’s how their 25th wedding anniversary celebration started…
After I was done with setting up my photo equipment, I had a couple of glasses of wine together with the guests. Surprisingly, there were not so many of them. Approximately 20 people, all older than 40, were actually quite an enjoyable companionship for the day. I managed to record roughly 2 hours worth of video along with more than 400 pictures of happy Syracusans. Believe it or not, 5 of them got terribly drunk and had to to the emergency hall so the medics could pump out the alcohol out of them. I could not believe my eyes that older people had so much appetite for alcohol. it’s something you rarely get to see nowadays. Luckily, they were back after 1 hour looking sharper than before… but they steered away from alcoholic drinks for the rest of the evening. To summarize my wonderful visit to Syracuse – it was wonderful. I did not have to do plenty of work… And the work that I had done was quite pleasant due to the generosity of my hosts – the happy Norman family. Soon, their daughter Rebecca is turning 21 so they will have yet another celebration, and guess what – they already hired me for it!