My husband (Bill Jensen) and I shot weddings as full-time photographers for close to two decades! It wasn't easy. I tell you what―I could write a book on our experiences!

In behave of future generations, I wish traditional weddings, as we know it today, would become a "thing of the past." To be honest, I think young couples would be better served if the money spent on huge and expensive wedding days would instead go towards more practical things.

Most young couples just prior to getting married, struggle financially. They are still in school or have just graduated with huge student loans to pay; and most often, they are strapped with small children as they approach the alter, so to speak.

As a wedding photographer, I saw nothing but heartache and stress for everyone involved. Tradit

ional weddings could be "warm and fuzzy" if the bride and groom's families and bridal parties (and friends) were perfect little angels and divorce was taboo! I mean it too!

In today's society, where money is short and wants are extreme, how can the average person feel good about the whole affair? Believe me, the average person showed "buyer's remorse" by the time the wedding album was complete. Food for thought!

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