Wedding moments, not captured

Quoted from Cate Blanchett's wedding regrets by People News :

"Cate Blanchett regrets her wedding day.

The 39-year-old actress - who married playwright Andrew Upton 11 years ago - would love to relive the special day because she has no photographs to remember it by.

She said: "The only moment of my life I would possibly recapture is getting remarried again because we didn't take any photographs. We didn't have any money at the time and we couldn't afford a photographer."

Cate - who has three sons with Andrew - also revealed starring in new movie 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', about a man born elderly who ages backwards, helped her remember the most important things in her life.

She added: "In rehearsal we were talking about our relationship with our parents, about the first time you kissed somebody, it makes you remember the turning points in your life.

"The thing I physically learned for the film was a lot of dance moves. I thought a lot about my grandmother because a large portion of the film I am playing an 86-year-old who is dying in bed.

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Now Cate isn't the only celebrity who is married and I didn't feel like commenting on celebrities' weddings in my blog until today I read this article.

While it's true each person has different wish for their dream wedding, some things just can't or shouldn't be opted out. Since this beautiful moment will not come back, wedding photo (hence wedding photographers, or whoever it is you think are good with cameras and photos) is one of these things.

I have no doubt Cate can afford another celebration, probably invite the very same people and re-construct the whole event to re-live it(I know, it sounds like crime investigation, but you know what I mean). But for us the regular people, it won't be as easy.

It's true that in the case of bad marriages that end up with divorce or worse, previous wedding photos may end up in a garbage bin anyway. But then again wedding photos do not only capture the couple's moments so some of these photos are still worth keeping.

Wedding photos also capture:
* your friends, who spend all those times running around getting things done for you. they would be all dressed up at the wedding, showing no fatigue or stress, in fact also dancing, singing and enjoying the moment (especially the wine)
* your family, including the ones you have to invite just for the sake of it. they will be all dressed up too. The eccentric ones will stand up, and bring their eccentric partner doing something eccentric at the party (yeah, they are unique aren't they)
* the beauty and elegance of the whole settings, which is a perfect show off

Again this is just my opinion. It's your wedding, so it is your decision. I can't think of any bride who doesn't want her wedding photos taken, but there are millions of brides out there and I haven't met all of them.

Note: the original link to yahoo (or was it msn) news last year was gone. so I quoted another website about Cate's wedding regret.