A picture of uneasy happiness

Choosing a wedding photographer should be fun, so why do I feel I'm being ripped off?

'Sign your name. We're already 40 minutes past closing," said the saleswoman. Yet still my wife kept asking questions. "So that's all the photos we'll get? Can you throw in an extra photo album?" she says. "Well, OK. Only for you," came the saleswoman's response. "Now sign your name."

Question, sign your name, question, sign your name, question, sign your name; the conversation was beginning to sound like a Buddhist mantra.