No Day Like Today by Amy Teegan

Author:Amy Teegan
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

4:37pm Kristy

“Alright, guys.” Kristy struggles to be heard over the din of the laughing and joking and ass slapping.

What is it with guys and ass slapping?

“Hey! Gentlemen? It’s after four thirty. Let’s do this quick and I’ll release you to the bar!”

The groom and groomsmen had trickled in over the previous forty minutes. Slowly. Striding up the long driveway, many of them carrying their tux jackets instead of wearing them because it’s already so hot. Excuses of traffic and wives and kids and at least two of them smell like Taco Bell. The blond one named Blake and the tall one — Kristy thinks his name is Ricky — are doing her job of scolding the others. Even the groom is getting a good-natured telling off.

“Stu! Get the fuck off the phone, bro!” Blake calls. The other groomsman has wandered back down the driveway, trying to find a quiet place to talk to his wife.

The boys are all here, but she still has not been able to get them started. Forget the fact that she intended to have finished these photos about ten minutes ago so she can move on to some family photos before the ceremony starts.

Chaos. Just like every other wedding.

Kristy just watches the boys for a few seconds, picking up on names and power dynamics. Ian is the loud one (and the bride’s brother), and there’s Ricky, Jason, Stuart and two more whose names she doesn’t catch. Blake is the quiet one. The bride’s other brother and blond like Lindsay. There’s always at least one groomsman she can recruit to be on her side and relay instructions for her. She’ll count on Blake to be that one if she needs it. A couple of the bridesmaids have come down to watch — their boyfriends or husbands evidently also being members of the wedding party — but having an audience does not help. Ian seems to know exactly where they stand and plays it up for their benefit. At least Marta is getting good shots. She can quietly and stealthily get candid pictures through this mess.

Once she is sure they have all said their hellos, Kristy picks out Ryan. He’s enjoying his wedding, and doesn’t seem to be anxious, which makes her job a little easier. She puts one hand on his arm to get his attention and flashes her most charming smile.

“Ryan? You ready? Can you come over here, please?”

She poses him against a backdrop of the house, and takes a step back.

The afternoon light is peeking over the top of the house at just the perfect angle. If she positions Ryan right … here, the whitewash texture of the building adds interest to the background, the backlight shines perfectly and the bougainvillea creeping up the wall frames the subject. Perfect.

She takes a couple simple groom-only shots to test the light and then Kristy calls to the others.

“Boys! C’mere and fill in around Ryan!”

Seven tipsy twenty-something men stumble in her direction. Again with the ass slapping. They

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