20/05/2025
Here's a very beautiful circular arch with toffee roses (as I learned about from ) from my wedding at Elixir at the weekend. And what a stunning wedding it was. Amazing, connected, warm and down to earth bride and groom, gorgeous setting and a team of staff who always give their all and who I bloody adore.
I wish I had more images or videos to share of that gorgeous day, but I am rubbish at 'content'. So often I leave a wedding or a gig going 's**t! I should have got a video or photo of that!'
And I know why. I have always been an 'in the moment' person. I like to live things. Feel them. Breathe them. Laugh, smile, talk, sing, dance, be, interact. I forget to document, because I prefer a face to face connection with people. Because of that, and no doubt the fact that I am knocking on the door of 44, I very often forget to get the phone out and capture something for the gram.
It's been suggested that I hire a social media person, but I am so torn on that idea. Authenticity is massively important to me and I don't want to post random snapshots with trite captions just for the sake of posting.
As a wedding celebrant, I think it's important that my posts are my own words, thoughts and feelings so that people who might book me can connect with me and see who I am and what I'm about straight away. However, I am also aware that algorithms don't favour the inconsistent posters.
So, I guess my rather long winded question is, do I carry on sporadically posting authentic musings, the odd wedding tip and beautiful photos from talented photographers of past weddings but gain minimal reach or do I get someone well versed in this social media world to run my accounts and extend the reach? Because honestly, reach and popularity doesn't always seem to equal work and satisfaction...in life my circle is small but incredible and maybe it's ok for that to be the case online too??
It's a real dilemma, your feedback is welcome ...
