Last night, I received a a very odd phone call, which, after I hung up, made me laugh. When I answered the phone, a woman with a Southern accent asked for Diane. When I told her she was speaking with Diane, she proceeded to tell me that her name was Doneta (?) and she was the photographer from my wedding.
I could not imagine why, after 25 years, the photographer from my wedding was calling me. Had she secretly, years later, entered me in the Bridezilla competition and was calling to say I was a winner?
She continued to say that she believed she had photographed my wedding to Ed Crawford, which took place in High Point, NC. Because I have inherited both my mother's superstitious gene and her suspicious gene, I immediately said "No, I don't think so" because in reality, I had gotten married in Greensboro, NC.
But, because I also inherited my mother's inquisitive gene, I couldn't just let the conversation die. So, I said "Well, if I were the Diane, who married Ed Crawford, in NC....why are you calling?"
She said that she had records indicating I had married Ed Crawford, in 1986, at Temple Beth El.
Knowing that she had the correct information, I 'fessed up and and said "Ok, I think you may have photographed my wedding." Was she now going to tell me that she had proof that the rabbi who performed our service was a fraud and I wasn't really married after all these years?
Interesting theory, but no.....she said that she had closed her photography studio and for $50.00 plus $3.85 tax, I could have the negatives to all my wedding photographs stored in a bank deposit box. If I didn't choose that option, my negatives would be shredded to ensure that "no one else would have access to them." I opted to have the negatives shredded.
This all sounded so strange to me and in retrospect, I really wish I had asked her to repeat the "mantra" that she used over and over and over each time she took my photo that day. If she replied "Flowers down, towards me, happy on 3", then I would have know she was indeed the woman who photographed my wedding!
Also in retrospect, I really wish I had said something along the lines of .... "Well, I am the Diane you are looking for, I did marry Ed Crawford in 1986, but I am now on husband #3...so shred those photos"....lol
I could not imagine why, after 25 years, the photographer from my wedding was calling me. Had she secretly, years later, entered me in the Bridezilla competition and was calling to say I was a winner?
She continued to say that she believed she had photographed my wedding to Ed Crawford, which took place in High Point, NC. Because I have inherited both my mother's superstitious gene and her suspicious gene, I immediately said "No, I don't think so" because in reality, I had gotten married in Greensboro, NC.
But, because I also inherited my mother's inquisitive gene, I couldn't just let the conversation die. So, I said "Well, if I were the Diane, who married Ed Crawford, in NC....why are you calling?"
She said that she had records indicating I had married Ed Crawford, in 1986, at Temple Beth El.
Knowing that she had the correct information, I 'fessed up and and said "Ok, I think you may have photographed my wedding." Was she now going to tell me that she had proof that the rabbi who performed our service was a fraud and I wasn't really married after all these years?
Interesting theory, but no.....she said that she had closed her photography studio and for $50.00 plus $3.85 tax, I could have the negatives to all my wedding photographs stored in a bank deposit box. If I didn't choose that option, my negatives would be shredded to ensure that "no one else would have access to them." I opted to have the negatives shredded.
This all sounded so strange to me and in retrospect, I really wish I had asked her to repeat the "mantra" that she used over and over and over each time she took my photo that day. If she replied "Flowers down, towards me, happy on 3", then I would have know she was indeed the woman who photographed my wedding!
Also in retrospect, I really wish I had said something along the lines of .... "Well, I am the Diane you are looking for, I did marry Ed Crawford in 1986, but I am now on husband #3...so shred those photos"....lol
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