A few months back, I was asked by some friends to be the photographer at their wedding - I'd just bought my Nikon D70 and wasn't yet overly familiar with it, but if I didn't do it, then they weren't going to have a photographer. So, I did it, and got some rather nice photos that I'm still quite happy with.

Last week, M (my fiance, and one of the bridesmaids at this wedding) and I went out to dinner with the couple, and some friends of theirs - all of whom were at the wedding.

None of them recognised me. It's not that they didn't remember my name, or my face, it's more like they didn't register my individual existence. By virtue of carrying around a camera taking photos in the role of 'photographer' (as compared to the role of 'guest-with-a-camera'), my individuality disappeared.

I don't think it's the photographer part by itself - it's more the 'hired-help' part. By exactly the same token, I remember nothing about most of the wait staff (apart from one guy, whose mannerisms struck me as hilarious in a 'Manuel' (Fawlty Towers) type manner), and it's reasonable that I be remembered in the same way.

As a (future) photographer, I don't really want people to remember me from events - I want them to recognise my/our company logo, which will be all over any company vehicle (hey, a moving billboard!), I'd like to think that they'll see the photos, and be impressed enough with my work to ask someone for my contact details - but at the event itself, I want to be invisible - except when I want people to look my way, of course.