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Here at BBP we do more than wedding photography, although weddings do increasingly make up the lion's share of the business for sure. But last night, while the staff was gathered at a 'see and be seen event' in St. Louis, someone asked a question that sparked some interesting conversation and thinking. "If half of every wedding will end up in divorce, isn't it depressing to photograph them?" Wow. Of course we are aware of the national statistic, depressing to consider, that one of every two marriages will end, but we don't give that a minutes thought when we are photographing a wedding, the first day in the joined lives of a couple. Well almost never. You see, we are quite lucky! In thinking about it, and actually grabbing a dinner napkin sometime after the event and scribbling down recent names-- our numbers as the collective wedding family are far higher. Of course, this made for a lot of laughter as we thought of possible advertising slogans, "What we click will stick"................. or "better wed than dread". We do know of several marriages that sadly did not survive for various reasons, but for the most part our couples are still in love and building happy families. That is simply quite remarkable! We tip our hat and offer wild applause!

No, we have nothing to do with the longevity of a wedding--- of course not. But we do consider it a blessing to know and be a part of so many working marriages. We'll keep on photographing weddings keeping our fingers crossed that the trend holds. Don't watch for the ad anytime soon that says "Weddings we shoot don't go kaput!" :)

It is the first cold day in St. Louis, here's hoping you have your love to keep you warm!