December 21, 2004

Engagement Photos.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jim @ 8:05 pm

I notice that it has become the custom (at least in these parts) for engaged couples to place a photo of themselves in the local paper. In my day (a hundred or so years after the last dinosaur threw the sixes) only the woman’s picture was placed in the local newspapers. The headline always read, “Troth Told,” as if that made any damned sense to anyone. I must confess that when I was very young (much too young to have been betrothed), I had thought that “Troth” was a typo, and that the headline should have read “Truth Told,” not that that would have made any damned sense either.

Anyway, back to today.

The photos of the engaged couples are often informal and show the man and woman tastefully dressed and posed in such a way that makes it clear that they are romantically involved. However, the other day, I saw an engagement photo in which the man needed a shave and was wearing a baseball cap turned backwards. The woman was wearing a tee shirt and looked like she did her hair with an eggbeater. It was clear that this was not a candid photo, but rather was one that they (or someone else) paid a professional photographer to shoot in a studio. I can only assume that the couple thought they looked sharp. I thought they looked like slobs who lacked a basic understanding of the “time and place” rule.

Then again, the troth is that maybe I’m just becoming an old fart.

8 Comments »

  1. And you didn’t scan in the pic? 😉 I kinda wanted to see that one for my own eyes.

    Comment by Tig — December 21, 2004 @ 9:32 pm

  2. What respectable photographer doesn’t demand, “Take that damned hat off. This is your engagement pic for Chrissakes”?

    Comment by jmflynny — December 21, 2004 @ 9:37 pm

  3. We’re in a time where people just don’t give a shit anymore. It’s really sad.

    Comment by Sam — December 21, 2004 @ 10:08 pm

  4. Post a link! I would love to see the babe’s egg hair.

    Comment by TJ — December 21, 2004 @ 11:05 pm

  5. You’re sure there was one of each in that picture?

    Comment by Mike Hill — December 21, 2004 @ 11:14 pm

  6. Jim, if you thought that looked bad our local bird cage liner printed a wedding photo of a couple with the bride in white and the groom in a tux but he was wearing a baseball cap with “GROOM” stenciled on it.

    I’m still amazed the bride didn’t knock that silly hat off of his head.

    Comment by Randy — December 22, 2004 @ 1:29 am

  7. Perhaps they were already married when the photo was shot.

    Comment by Silly — December 23, 2004 @ 2:29 pm

  8. I’ve never tried fixing my hair with an eggbeater. Spatula, maybe… or the spaghetti server when it’s not being used as a backscratcher.

    I’d love to see the picture too.

    My favorites (really) are the Billings Gazette’s 50th (or more!) anniversaries. They post a before & after photo & they’re neat. And usually ALOT nicer than the current engagement & wedding shots.

    Comment by moos — December 24, 2004 @ 4:27 pm

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