I awoke with a bit more energy than the day before, and I was going to need it. This was phase two of the Wedding Photography Adventure: Picture Day. With luck we’d spend the entire day driving around scenic spots in and around Taipei having wedding pictures taken.
Luck wasn’t with us. After days of perfect weather, today it had settled into a steady rain. We spent the entire day confined to the studio, we didn’t even have time to leave for lunch; however, a catered box lunch was included in the package. It would have been totally inedible had it not been for the fact that I could neither smell nor taste anything.
An all-day picture shoot would be exhausting at the best of times, but with my sinus problems, I was constantly blowing my nose. This tended to wipe off the make-up, so they had to have someone powder my nose between every shot. Also, my ears were so clogged I could barely hear anyone speak, but since the photographer only spoke Chinese, I couldn’t have understood her anyway. Hand gestures didn’t help much either, since I was wearing fake glasses with no lenses in them.
From 9 in the morning till after 6 at night, I was blind, deaf, unable to smell or taste. The only way they could accomplish the shoot was to have the photographers assistant powder my nose and pose me like a mannequin between each picture.
Strangely, by 6:00PM I was beginning to get my strength back and so we went for a steak dinner. I was able to eat the whole thing, but was still unable to taste anything.
When we left the studio, Chu-Wan discovered something unpleasant. During the elaborate make-up job they did on her, one over-eager make-up girl shaved off 50% of one of her eyebrows.