Cold Jollof Is A Crime And Other Vendor Truths

Wedding days bend under two pressures—time and coordination—and the vendors you choose decide which way things go. We share hard-won lessons from the aisle about keeping ceremony, portraits, and reception within one venue, how a planner or trusted coordinator can save hours, and why a 30-minute pre-event vendor call melts away drama before it starts. If you want more joy and fewer sprints between car parks, this guide is for you.

We dig into camera-ready makeup that survives flash, sweat, and mixed lighting, and explain why trials are not a luxury but insurance for soft, timeless looks. You’ll hear how respectful handovers between hair, makeup, photo, and video protect first looks and bridal party portraits. We unpack decor choices that read beautifully on camera and the overlooked necessity of leaving tripod lanes and clean sightlines for multi-angle filming. Add a digital order of the day guests can access on their phones, and crowd control turns into calm, friendly momentum.

Photography and videography are the only parts that gain value over time, so we make the case for booking them early and using their expertise to assess venues, lighting, and timelines. We also talk about the guest experience that lingers: hot food served on time and sound levels tuned for clarity, whether it’s a DJ or a live band. Across planners, makeup artists, decorators, caterers, DJs, MCs, photographers, and videographers, one theme holds—the right professionals protect your experience, your energy, and your legacy. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s planning, and leave us a review to help more couples design days that feel as good as they look.

Transcript

Setting The Series Context

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Hello everyone.

SPEAKER_02 0:01

Hi, guys.

SPEAKER_00 0:03

Alright, you guys are welcome to this is our second episode in this series of weddings. And I hope you guys have listened to the first version. So if you haven't listened to that, please pause this one. Listen to that one first because it's like a sequence. We are trying to build a sequence here. So you might want to pause this, listen to that one, come back and enjoy the flow. So what do you think?

SPEAKER_02 0:26

Yeah, so how's your week been?

SPEAKER_00 0:28

Uh my week has been rather awesome, but um the weather has not been that great anyway.

SPEAKER_02 0:34

We are in winter after all.

unknown 0:36

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:37

Yeah. You know, you know, we are almost into wedding season.

SPEAKER_02 0:42

Are we?

SPEAKER_00 0:43

Yeah, almost. This is you know, we are early in the year.

SPEAKER_02 0:46

It's the busiest time of the year, wedding season.

One Venue Versus Many

SPEAKER_00 0:49

Yeah, it's getting on, getting on. And just for a quick recap, uh, last episode we you know, we we spoke and we, you know, talking about pre-wedding, like when before you get into the wedding itself, you know, things are you need to plan, things you need to talk about. So we dealt with that in that. So we don't want to go into that. You want to you can watch or you can listen to that on our post uh podcast, the first episode. All right. So uh Teddy, what are we talking about today?

SPEAKER_02 1:16

So today our topic would be choosing the right wedding vendors. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_00 1:25

We have a lot to say here, right?

SPEAKER_02 1:27

Right, right, right.

SPEAKER_00 1:29

So, where do we start from? So, I want to start from also talk about the event venues, first of all. We'll get into the vendors, we'll get into the vendors, right? But one of the things that really mess up weddings now is when couples have to do their weddings in a lot of different places, like multiple locations, yeah. Like hotel is somewhere, then church is somewhere, then reception is somewhere, and then you know, it's just moving from the problem, it's not even about the photographer and the videographer alone, it's for the people also. Because people have to pack three times, people have to change location three times, all those things will affect the flow of the wedding, and what that normally the impact that normally has is that it slows down the wedding and things are running behind. So we want to give couples advice. We know that in most cases it's not possible, in some cases, but wherever it is possible, please, if you can do everything in one place, it will be fantastic. And we've seen couples that did everything in one place, they asked their pastor to come to their reception place, so they did the church in the reception, but they use a different hall in the same building. And what do you what do you have to say to that?

Timing Chaos And Guest Experience

SPEAKER_02 2:43

Yeah, I think it it saves time. I think one of the biggest issues on a wedding day is time because there's a lot that goes into a wedding, have you know, the hair, the makeup, you know, the getting dressed, getting ready, their photography sessions, and so I think having everything in one venue does not only make sense, but creates this flow, like a free flow from one thing to the next. And even the vendors themselves will not feel like rushed off their feet because they're not because with us, if we have to do three venues, we have to be at one venue by latest 7 a.m. And our work wouldn't start till about like nine because we have to just get the before and after, and then we've got the work that we do in between, and then you have to rush off and do the first look before they leave for their first venue, which will probably be a church or something. But if everything I've seen, you know, we've had couples that do everything in one place, like even if it's different locations, it's um three, four, five-minute drive, five-minute drive, five-minute drive. That makes so much sense and makes life so much easier. I know there's situations where um couples are not able to do that. For example, like I think a lot of people that are like from the um Catholic dominion. Catholic churches don't want their like the environment to be you know tinted with party, music, food, and all of that, which is which is understandable. That's their rules, yeah. But I think trying to go away from that will make your wedding day so much smooth when everything is in one, you know, one environment.

SPEAKER_00 4:47

I think it's more difficult for people like Catholic Church, like they don't I don't think the Catholic Church, like fathers, I know you're a Catholic already, like they will not ever do it, right?

When Church Rules Shape Logistics

SPEAKER_02 4:57

The Catholics, they will never come, like the priests will not come to eventually obviously because everything that you know the whole um consecration all this thing the everything that they do in Catholic Church is around the altar. Oh, okay. The environment. You can't move, you know. I think you've done we've done a few Catholic weddings. You cannot move that environment, that you know, sensitivity of that in that area to another place. There's no way they can do that, you know.

SPEAKER_00 5:29

Yeah, I agree. Like I think with Catholic churches, it's the more difficult. I think with the Pentecostal is much easier, you know.

SPEAKER_02 5:34

Yes, because pastors can move around, they can set up anywhere, but it's not the same with Catholics.

SPEAKER_00 5:39

Yeah, yeah. So we'll just say we're not saying you should completely ignore, don't do it to church. We are just saying that wherever it is possible. But even if you're using the Catholic Church and you cannot like your priests cannot come, they have to do it in the Catholic church, just make sure that your reception is close by. That's all we are saying. Okay, so that is very important. So, okay, let's get to the events itself. Yeah, so the event planner, right? So what do you have to say?

SPEAKER_02 6:08

Everybody needs an event planner or coordinator. I don't know how much I can stress this, and I know it's expensive, but weddings that have a wedding planner, my goodness, everything is seamless. Wedding planners play the biggest role in a wedding.

SPEAKER_00 6:35

Yeah, shout out to all the event planners around there.

Why A Planner Changes Everything

SPEAKER_02 6:38

Shout out to them. I think I should be a wedding planner as well, because they're so respectful, they communicate so well, yeah, they just they just like sync everything together, like all the teams. I mean, I'm that's what I'm saying. This is my opinion, my experience, my my advice, right? They know what they're doing, they understand what they're doing. This is what they're paid for. Oh my god, I can't stress it enough. If you can, oh my god, if you can do it, have a wedding planner. Yes, because the ones that we've had in the past, they'll reach out months before the wedding.

SPEAKER_00 7:27

Exactly.

SPEAKER_02 7:28

They will give you, you know, the list, priority of how the picture should be taken, blah blah blah, what's how everything's going to flow, what's the time, and I'm not saying everything actually goes to you know to a T, but you will see that there's some organization on the day with a with like a wedding planner.

SPEAKER_00 7:50

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I I think they are very important. Now, what if they cannot afford it?

Low-Cost Alternatives To Planners

SPEAKER_02 7:57

Well, if you can't afford a wedding planner, I think you can you should have at least I mean I can't say that for myself, but you should have someone that is close enough, yes, that understands your family, yes, understands your values, yes, understands your cultures, your traditions, that will be able to get the whole teams that are working for you, all the vendors, to work together, communicate effectively, and have a smooth wedding.

SPEAKER_00 8:25

Yeah, and to butters that point, we've had a wedding like that, that someone used their friend, right? Best friend, their best friend, and you would think that she's a professional event planner, right? We we got to know later that this is just their just friend, but the lady knew the importance of uh event planner, and because she could not afford it, she then had a talk with a friend and they agreed. But my oh my, she did a wonderful job.

SPEAKER_02 8:50

I think that was she stressed us out a little bit, but yeah, but I think that was one of our because I think at the end of the series we will talk about our best weddings and the ones that we learned a lot from, and the ones that we wouldn't review, but yeah, yeah.

Makeup Trials And Camera Readiness

SPEAKER_00 9:06

So, but we we will encourage you if you cannot pay for a professional one, get a friend to do it. You need someone to organize the day. Couples try to do this by themselves, it is not possible, it is not realistic. Please, couples, you can't do it, and don't say I don't have anybody that can do it. So, how do you how do you want your day to go just like that? You must have a brother, you must have an uncle, you must have someone. Yeah, you just have to let them know ahead of time, and you have a series of meetings with that person, and just make sure you have one, please, please have have have one, okay? For sure, makeup artists.

SPEAKER_02 9:47

Oh my god, where do I start? Makeup artists. We love you, yeah. But please, makeup artists, please, please, please. It takes the longest time to do makeup on a bride, right? I feel like that's what I've noticed. We can the bridesmaids, blah blah blah, they can be done boom boom boom boom either way. The importance of choosing the right makeup artist, the benefits of having the right makeup artist is that you will look flawless.

SPEAKER_00 10:32

Exactly, flawless, but you know on camera. Sorry to I just want to say something on different lighting.

SPEAKER_02 10:40

I don't know why, and you stand the test of time your whole wedding day.

SPEAKER_00 10:44

I don't know why people want to like pay cheap on the on their makeup on their day.

Respecting Timelines Across Vendors

SPEAKER_02 10:50

I don't think it's about paying cheap, uh cheap or um I think some people t p pig t pick for um makeup artists based on recommendation. Now, I'm gonna give you guys a guide on picking the right makeup artist, okay? For you to have an amazing makeup experience on your wedding day, what you need to look out for. The makeup artist should have a complete makeup trial session with you. Why do you need a trial session? They will understand your skin, they will understand your skin tone, they will understand how the flash photography will work, will be on your skin once the makeup is on. So I believe every every bride, 2026 brides, please always make sure you book a makeup trial session, yeah. And that doesn't have to be one makeup artist. You can choose three makeup artists, and I know it's a it might be an expense, but it's an expense well spent because at the end at the end of the day, not only will you have a natural, timeless, brighter experience, your confidence in the camera will just be right. The photography on for us, for us, the photographers, we'll be able to edit you smoothly, okay, and there'll be color balance. Please, you have anything to add on that?

SPEAKER_00 12:20

Yeah, so what I wanted to say is that you see, your makeup will affect the output of your pictures and video, the quality, it will like you. I will see people trying to look for affordable uh wedding uh makeup artists, and they'll go and get these makeup artists that will do uh all these pink, uh maybe orange, and your face will be looking like uh I don't know, I don't want to say it. But look, one thing you want to go cheap on is your makeup for your wedding. It's just your wedding. I know people will say, Oh, I don't want to go, I don't, I don't want to. I mean, I I don't think makeup makeup is so expensive that that you cannot afford it, and especially for women. I know men, you know, they're not gonna do any makeup anyway. So please, women, choose the right makeup artists that understand your skin. And you also need to understand whether you want to do like a soft glam or you want to do like uh what's the second one?

SPEAKER_02 13:21

I think weddings are always like soft, yeah, soft glam and neutral, yeah, glam. It's just something very soft, and it takes a long time to achieve, but it will just blend so smoothly with your skin. You know, we you don't want harsh tones on your face on your wedding day, it has to be very not simple, very natural, natural, and just has everything has to be brought together into one set, like things should not be out of place, you know.

Decor Choices And Filming Space

SPEAKER_00 13:55

Yeah, it's very important. It is very important. So, and saying that, okay, uh, one thing I also you know, in our next series, we want to go into how much time is enough for photos and video and all the things. We'll we want to talk about that, you know, how much time you need to allocate for your video, for your photos, all these things. But one thing I also want to highlight is we we've witnessed this in a lot of weddings, right? Whereby what happens in most cases where makeup artists takes the longest time?

SPEAKER_02 14:26

Everything is missed. The important things are missed, okay? Um, we're going to talk about choosing the right photographer, but when everything is delayed by makeup and hair, yes, you're not going to get your first look, you're not going to get your session with your bridesmaid. You know, when you pay your when you pay your photographers, you want them to give you the full experience.

SPEAKER_00 14:55

Yes, and do their job well.

SPEAKER_02 14:57

But we don't get to do our job well. Because not only the makeup artists take free hours, they want to do content, they want to do their own content, we want to do our own content, and that's why I in the in the first episode I spoke about um choose the vendors that respect each other's time. Because a makeup artist that respects a photographer's time will know when their time is done, will respect that the photographer now needs to take over, and then we can also do our work. But all in all of this, I would say when you have a wedding planner, yeah, the problem is usually mostly solved when you have a wedding planner, they will make sure everybody runs with time and understand the importance of time, yeah. Okay, yeah.

Pre-Event Vendor Coordination Call

SPEAKER_00 15:55

So so so that's that's important uh in the scheme of things. Now that's makeup. So we love our makeup artists, you know, we work with a lot of them. We can recommend makeup artists to you, you know, if you want to, you know. Um, okay, the next people are the decorators, you know, we don't usually see them all the time because they will have they've just decorated the hall in most cases, and um but it's just important that they they choose the uh someone that will decorate the hall in in with a theme or the color that they want, and they should not go for all this weird. I mean, do whatever you want, like I know it's your wedding pick, you know, but I think the the ambience matters a lot in terms of the decoration, right?

SPEAKER_02 16:33

Yeah, it does, but then at the end of the day, I I really I can't speak too much about that because excuse me, everybody has a choice. I as in people have the they know what they want.

SPEAKER_00 16:44

Yeah, in terms of course.

Photographers And Long-Term Value

SPEAKER_02 16:45

But what I what I won't lie to you about as a professional is that I'm not going to what I don't want to hear at the end of the wedding days, oh why does the whole look scattered? Why does why do the pictures look scattered? I'm so sorry, that's not my problem. That is your your vendor's problem. If you have, if you pick the right vendors, and please, every like I don't know, like but I I you know I've never done like a very big wedding, I don't know what the concept is. I mean, I I decorated my hall for my wedding, right? But I'm just saying, um have the right team, have a look at their work, you know, tell them, communicate exactly what you want. And if you have somebody that's helping you talk to these vendors, let them put a plan in place that actually aligns with what you want. That they're not going to just freestyle, that they're going to do your colours the way you want them, the table centerpieces to be as as you want them. We've been to weddings where you know everything looks right. Like the centerpieces are magnificent, the table set is well done. You know, get the right people in place, and your wedding will look amazing. We we can't create magic, honestly. As photographers, this is one thing that's I think my biggest frustration is that clients will expect you to produce what you have not seen. Yes, you understand, like I am not going to magically even AI can't do that.

Budgeting And Booking Order

SPEAKER_00 18:33

No, I think the only thing I will add to that is make space for especially videography, you know, and photograph, because usually if a videographer, when I'm you know, um when I'm doing my job, I expect that they should have, especially for the decorators, they should have a space whereby the videographer will have their tripod. Now, to because usually videographer that is capturing weddings, we normally have a minimum of two angles, that is two cameras and then three, right? But some people have more than that, right? But the switch spot is between two and three at least angles. Now, one of them will be stationary, it will be a tripod, like the camera will be on the tripod, and it will be placed probably you know on the aisle or something like that. So the decorator needs to kind of think about that and say, okay, we you know, uh, because we've seen decor uh you know all being decorated, but there's no space to even put a tripod or put anything. Like, okay, how are we meant to capture these things, you know, without any space being left, you know, and that is why also this I always want to say, right? T, I want to say this. I feel couples at least should try once before their wedding day to bring all the vendors together and now even this is a zoom call for 30 minutes, right? Even if it is 30 minutes, I think it's very I know in some cases it's not possible, right? But if you can bring all your vendors together and let everybody say what they want and what they need from each other, and also it's like a meet and greet, right? And they kind of like meet and greet, and we get to know each other. Not that everybody is meeting everybody on the same day, and we are just trying to get to know each other.

SPEAKER_02 20:16

I know, and it just makes the job so hard, really, because everybody wants to like outshine the other. Have you noticed that at weddings? That's what I don't like. I said to couple calm down, we're not doing the same thing. Sometimes we're not doing the same thing, all here for one cause. Yes, for the couple, for the couple, please.

SPEAKER_00 20:36

Let's not the makeup artists want to do more, the photographer wants to do more, this one wants to do the it becomes we, it becomes them, not about the couple, yeah.

Venue Lighting And Technical Needs

SPEAKER_02 20:47

And I yeah, and you know, with weddings like that, you will see it. You will see it in the you know, in the production, it will show somewhere in the in the videography, you would see that something went wrong somewhere. But let's like this is just a general message to all vendors. When we come to someone's day, this is you know you cannot repeat weddings. Like the wedding is one day and one day only. You cannot repeat it. So let's all try and make sure that we are working for one cause, and that cause is the couple. Yeah, this is to the vendors, and you don't want the couple to remember the little tips, the little arguments the vendors were having.

SPEAKER_00 21:32

Environment for their day, yeah, and that's why it's good to have a uh event planner again. Wedding planner, you know, because you know they they they then they they listen to everybody and make sure that everybody is you know in tune with the whole uh wedding.

SPEAKER_02 21:50

Yeah, so our next vendor would be uh ourselves, yeah, the photographers and videographers, yes, okay. Just quickly say this, yeah. Photography is the only element that increases in value over time. I know I keep saying this, but I know what I'm saying, okay? I've been in photography for what five years now? I mean, you've done more than ten years, obviously, but the I appreciate so much of the memories that we have created for our family through photography.

SPEAKER_01 22:24

Yeah.

Come Prepared To Consultations

SPEAKER_02 22:24

You know, from the day that our babies were born, we've got everything. First birthday, second birthday, fourth birthday, like everything that they do their first day of school. You know, photography is so important and it tells a story, you know. You have a story to choose the right person. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 22:43

It's very important. Like, but like I said in the last series, um couples, the first thing on their mind is about money, right? They don't care how their photos and video look.

SPEAKER_02 22:55

I don't think they don't care. I just feel like some people don't understand the importance of having light. No, it's not they don't value it. I feel like generally people don't think photography is a big deal.

SPEAKER_01 23:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 23:08

Or they just care. Oh, are my people going to have food? Is there a drink? Is there this? Is there that? But food, drink, flowers, all of that is is finished after the wedding. Like in our in two to three hours, all that is done. The only thing that remains, and the only vendors that work after your wedding is the photographer and videographer. Everybody else signs out at the night at the end of the night.

SPEAKER_00 23:34

Yes, that's it. You know? That's it.

SPEAKER_02 23:37

So I'll just ask you you've been doing this for so many years. Why, what should somebody be looking for in a photographer?

Photo Lists And Digital Schedules

SPEAKER_00 23:46

Yeah, so the the first thing I think is first of all, you need to like the way they work. Right? You need to look at their work and see the quality of their work, whether they align with what you want. Uh, secondly, you need to also look at, you know, like we said in the first series, the type of wedding that you want. So if you want like something that is like uh maybe uh destination or natural wedding, or sorry, natural uh photography and things like that, if you want things like that, you need to make sure that this photograph can, even if you have not seen it on their page, right? But if they can show you that, or they can assure you that they can do it. But what I'm saying is that they must have a conversation, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 24:24

But then I think that's where the you know the pre-wedding shoot comes in place, doesn't it?

SPEAKER_00 24:29

We'll come back to any because we have a topic on pre-wedding photo shoot, yeah, yeah, yeah. Why it is important now, guys. Watch out for that. We'll talk about why pre-wedding photo shoot is important, where when you should do it, when you should not do it. We'll focus on that. And so we don't want to go too much into that, but it is very important. Like, don't I don't want you to I I want to repeat this. I'm not saying money is not important. To be honest, money is and we don't want anybody to go into debt because of wedding. No, you shouldn't. But at the same time, don't go and just just go and employ any photographer because no, but I think they just need to and be realistic about their budget.

Catering Quality And Hot Food

SPEAKER_02 25:07

Be realistic about your budget and what it can influence, okay? So as a photography business, we have different packages, right? And so should every other photography vendor. They should have budgets and uh different packages. So depending on what you are able to afford, there's a package for it, but that does not mean you should just you know go with any, you know, Tom Dick and Harry and expect the best experience because you're not gonna get it, and you're not gonna get the quality you're looking for. You know, it takes time to give good quality, it takes time to have good storytelling, it takes time to um be able to uh give the right you know the right product back to you as a as a client. So when you are sitting down and doing your budget, um I don't know how to stress this. Let photography not be the last thing on your budget. If most let it be after because without photography, without you can have a venue, but without a photographer, nobody's gonna capture anything. Do you get what I'm saying? So I think you set your date, you sit down with your partner, decide on your budget, but the first thing you should book is your photography and your videography for the day. Because they are the ones that are going to capture every single thing else that will come into the day. Without them, there's nothing. You've done the wedding fine, but there will be no memories, nothing to look back on.

SPEAKER_00 26:52

And let me let me add to that. Yeah, why it is important you book them first, also, is because they can help you even with choosing the right venue.

SPEAKER_02 27:01

Guiding, guidance, okay.

SPEAKER_00 27:02

They can guide you in choosing the right venue because they can tell you, like some people have they have at least they have like three or four different choices of what they want to use, but they just because the couples don't know what is good or what they just think uh this all is looking good, it's it will be better. No, there are some all that's you know, lighting is very important, right, in photography and videography, right? The type of lighting you have inside the hall that you're choosing, and also the general ambience of the hall is important. So it's only the photographer and videographer that can really, really advise you on that as well. So if you have the opportunity of paying of choosing somebody first, choose them first and do a consultation with them in terms of where you're using places like that. But don't go to a photographer where you know what I don't like is people coming without no idea of what even where they want to use or haul or they don't even have anything. We say, uh, do you have a haul yet? No. Do you know when you're doing your wedding? No. Do you have a date? No. But then you come to a photographer and a photographer to book.

Sound Levels, Bands, And DJs

Reliable Pros Protect The Day

SPEAKER_02 28:04

So and then and it and I just to say this, yeah, sorry to cut you off. Um our consultations are free. Yes, but they are this is our time, okay? This is our time that we're giving you with our experience and knowledge and guidance free of charge. So the least that you could do is come halfway prepared. You know, we don't want to waste your time. Imagine if you book a consultation and the photographer is like, um, so alright, you ask the questions like, so can I see a bit of your work? And they're like, you know, I don't have any work ready, but you know, you go go check out my Instagram and or they send you some pictures taken on their phone, you're not gonna take them seriously. Do you get what I mean? Like, you are going to expect for us to come correct. So I would urge the clients as well to come correct. You don't have to know everything, not everything has to be pinned down, but the basics should at least be in place. Yeah. And you should have already had the ball rolling on what you have, what you want, where you want it, what kind of um we can guide you on what kind of portraits to take and all of that. But again, this is gonna be in the series, having the right wedding planner. I don't know how much I can stress this, or a coordinator or a friend that can coordinate the whole wedding. Well, you create a list. You and your husband should be able to create a list of what pictures you want. Because people have different traditions. You get what I mean? Like, we want to respect everything, but how are we gonna respect everything when we don't have a clue? We've been to a wedding where we're like, okay, so who's next? You know, nobody knows, nobody understood, there was no communication with the guests how the pictures are going to be taken. I mean, come on, yeah, it just makes the joke so jarring.

Closing, Contacts, And Feedback

SPEAKER_00 30:04

Like, and I will one tip I want to give to couple is that when you're doing a wedding, can you try and do you don't have to print a physical copy of your program of the day, but have a digital copy whereby everybody can have a link that they can go to and download it. And download it for sure. The reason why I'm saying this is because in that uh uh uh uh order of the day, photography should be there in terms of order of photography. That's right. That's right. Like send it to send this link to people ahead of the wedding and tell them that look, I want you to look at maybe page two where we have order of photography. Please, everybody should know when they're taking their photos because oh now we'll get that into that next uh in our thing in our next series. So I don't want to get but but all I'm saying is I have a program, you know, that people can look into, all right? So is there anything you want to say before we go for today?

SPEAKER_02 30:53

Um, just I think just to round up, like oh, we're not talking about one more window. Well, the K Ras.

SPEAKER_00 30:58

Yes, please, they are very important. Can we have one food?

SPEAKER_01 31:02

Ah, oh my god, yes, yes, please, please. Oh my goodness. Don't get me started on that.

SPEAKER_02 31:17

Don't demo like we love your food, guys. Ah, the wood venom is really good. There's one wedding we went to, I think it was in Preston. Yeah, oh my gosh, shout out to that chef.

SPEAKER_00 31:31

It's one of the best food we've ever had in our in our entire life.

SPEAKER_02 31:34

I cannot forget your food, like that that chef's food. You don't even like anything now, you don't even have anything. I don't even eat I don't even like outside food, I don't like Africa. I don't like African food, but I'm not really somebody that eats like I'm not heavy on African food. Because between your also it's just about my lifestyle, health lifestyle, and all of that.

SPEAKER_00 31:52

You eat healthy.

SPEAKER_02 31:54

That food, yeah, up to now. Oh my god. I don't even remember her name, but you know who you are. If you ever come across our podcast, you are the you are the chef of the chefs. As my son says it, you are the goat, mom. You're the goat. But that chef, yeah, and everything was on like all the food ought, you know, like food came out on when it was when they said it's food time, everything came out right. Like the food was hot, the food was hot, it was tasty, the spices were just enough, not overdone. It was so seamless.

SPEAKER_00 32:33

It was good. Oh my god, it was good, right?

SPEAKER_02 32:37

I don't remember that chef's name, but my god, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:39

I know I know she followed us on Instagram. She's a Nigerian chef, but my goodness, she's good, she's good. Everything I remember you you love the porridge as well. The yam porridge.

SPEAKER_02 32:49

Like, I'm not somebody that goes for seconds, but because I don't eat like I remember that wedding, I was actually unwell as well, but that food just brought me back to life. We finished the wedding very well. Like, yeah, I was shivering, but when I ate like, was it the yam porridge? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that was amazing.

SPEAKER_00 33:09

Yeah, so guys, what we're just saying is that one of the most important things is that listen, guys, at a point in my life I was a chef, right? What you cannot do to people is give them cold food. It is it is it is criminal. It's a criminal offense. My goodness. You cannot organize a wedding, and then when it's time to eat, some of the food or most of the food, they are cold. Remember, I don't want to mention the wedding that went to their food are cold.

SPEAKER_02 33:37

Yeah, people don't for people don't forget that. Like, please, warm food, and even in the summer, I don't care what time of the season it is, please, warm food is important. The only thing that should be cold are the drinks, the champagne and the salad, every and fruit salad and everything else, please, it should be hot food. It should be hot food, please, please. Because the you know, these clients are paying for a service, a service well done. You know, I always say to people, like, even us when we do events, even if it's for like somebody that we know, right? We always make sure that we give our best. If we're doing a photo shoot for like a family friend, it doesn't matter that they're a family friend, we are giving them the best. Because that's the quality we want outside. Because these people are going to post these things, people are going to talk about that, and you you can't tell me people won't remember a photo that was cold, they will remember, yeah. Like, oh my gosh, at that wedding, that feed was so cold.

SPEAKER_00 34:36

Exactly. Yeah, yeah. One more person before we go. Who? Musician and DJs.

SPEAKER_02 34:42

Oh my god, leave that, leave that for another day. I cannot, I cannot stress enough. It does not have to be loud to be good music, please.

SPEAKER_00 34:51

I beg you. If it's loud, it's even okay. I like loud to intense people. Sounds is too outrageous.

SPEAKER_02 34:56

The sound the headache I have at most events, it's unexplainable. I come without a headache, I live with one. Uh please, can we just manage our sound a bit better?

SPEAKER_00 35:10

You know, we don't want to talk too much about the DJs and the and the uh musicians because some people use live band.

SPEAKER_02 35:16

Yeah, you know, lifeband is okay, but again, it's just too loud sometimes.

SPEAKER_00 35:21

Yeah, you know. I think when you are having a wedding or we we understand the way Africa is that like especially African weddings, that you know, you these things are meant to be singing, but it doesn't have to be crazy loud, okay? So speak to them before you know, like it should be okay loud but not excessive, you know, right?

SPEAKER_02 35:41

Okay, just to round it up, yeah. Just just one thing I'd say is that you know, choosing experienced reliable professionals and MC.

SPEAKER_00 35:50

Oh, let's go buy MC.

SPEAKER_02 35:51

No, no, no, I'm not doing the MC business. Please add no no, I'm not doing the MC business. Please, guys. No, no, no, it's fine. They did let them do their thing, but if you're not like if it's not like a profession for you, please do some research or watch some videos or just go on YouTube and see how people do things. MC Max. And I'll just leave that, I'll just leave it on that note. Yeah, um, just to round off basic um, just as I was saying, um, choosing the you know, experienced and reliable professionals, the benefits are unlimited, right? You have peace of mind if you have a wedding planner, smooth and well-timed wedding if you have good photographers and videographers, beautiful and timeless memories, and that will be the decoration, the whole, the guests, and everything. And just always remember the right vendors will protect the wedding's experience, beauty, and legacy.

SPEAKER_00 36:45

Yes, yes. Yeah, that's a wrap. So, uh, thank you guys for joining on on today's uh uh um episode. One thing that's important is I would like you guys to share, download, you know, share with people.

SPEAKER_02 36:59

And subscribe. We have TikTok. I think we have a TikTok account, don't we? We have a TikTok, yeah. We have a TikTok account. Leave us a comment on um like a review on Apple podcast because I think we're on Apple, we are on yeah, we are not platform like all platform style.

SPEAKER_00 37:15

So, and also guys, if you have any topic you want us to discuss, discuss, or if you have any question you want us to, you know, you always we'll uh you know our email is info at gookyphotography uh dot com, isn't it? Yeah, so you can always, or if you go on our Instagram, you can drop us a message, you know, at Gokipotography. Uh you can see us there as well. So we'll like to hear from you guys and we would like to hear some positive uh some feedback as well to help us make it.

SPEAKER_02 37:41

Just make the podcast a bit better, yeah. Um, so guys, so all in all, we are not against you having whoever you want at the wedding, whatever vendor you pick. Yes, at the end of the day, this is your day, but we are just giving you our you know our own opinions and experiences of what we have seen and how you can make your day smooth and successful. To all the couples, the 2026 brides and grooms. If you are looking for a photographer, videographer, we are Goke Photography Limited, we are Goke Photography on Instagram, TikTok, and our email is info at gokephotography.com. You can reach out to us, you don't have to choose us, but you know, we can give you an experience of a lifetime. Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_00 38:38

And if you just want a consultation, we'll be glad to do that.

SPEAKER_02 38:40

Yeah, we do consultations and our consultations are free. Yeah, we take our time, we guide you, even if you choose that we are not the right team for you. That's fine. At least you've got the right information going forward.

SPEAKER_00 38:51

That's that's all I did.

SPEAKER_02 38:52

And until next time, guys, stay blessed.