Everyone knows how the Sunday scaries feel; the dread of Monday looming over you, the mental checklist of everything that needs to get done that night, the desperation to just have one more day with no alarm; yeah we’ve all been there. But have you ever felt the sadness tinkering on depression when you come home from the best weekend of your life? Well, that’s how I feel after my friend’s wedding weekend. This was more than just a wedding. This was the first wedding where the bride was my friend, the first of my friends to get married may I add. This wedding was a college reunion when we all needed it most. The majority of my friend group may have just graduated only the month before but we needed this little pick me-up of best friend time. This wedding was also the first wedding i’ve ever vlogged! I’ve coined the term “Wedding Vlogger” for myself.

I know weddings are typically captured by professional photographers and videographers but when the bride asks you to vlog, you VLOG. Luckily for me, I borrowed my dad’s nice camera which I carried around like a badge of honor. Having the title of Wedding Vlogger meant exclusive access to my friend’s first look and vows. I didn’t know how significant this was until I was standing in the reception area filming the couple in love utter the words of their truest feelings for one another (don’t worry Alaina, I didn’t hear what either of you said in your vows, the downpour rain blocked that out). Documenting my past four years of college for my “vlogs” was fun and silly but this held true meaning and are moments my friend and her husband will remember for a lifetime.

The authority a Wedding Vlogger’s camera holds is tremendous. It gave me the courage to go around to various guests and ask them to say a little something to the camera for the bride and groom. They may have been strangers but we were all connected in the way of celebrating the love between two people of whom we care deeply for. Now if I went around vlogging on my phone, that would probably confuse the guests but the CAMERA, now that showed authority and maybe even tricked some people into thinking I was a true pro.

Being at my friend’s wedding with all my favorite people and capturing bits throughout the whole event made me nostalgic for the moments while they were happening. In the words of Kacey Musgraves, “happy and sad at the same time”. When I wasn’t vlogging, I was dancing like an absolute crazy person just having the time of my life and when I pressed record it was like watching a homevideo, knowing I’m going to look back on that weekend long after the whole friend group is married and settled down. Recording a moment where everyone is just pure joy makes you sad that the moment doesn’t last forever. But that’s why there’s videographers and photographers (and Wedding Vloggers) to remind of how precious those moments are. I suppose we want to feel nostalgic, we want a wistful affection of the past to take us through the present.

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