Wedding Tip or Trick of the Week
Last night I shot my friend, and former college roommates', wedding. Being at the union of these two wonderful people really taught me something about the weddings I photograph - I love knowing the couples I work with.
You see when I arrived at Sarah and David's wedding I already knew many of the people there, who arrived early to help setup. I was greeted with warm smiles and thoughtful "It's been a while, how are you?" greetings. The "moment catching" (aka. photo taking) began almost instantly as inside jokes and stories from the previous night's mishaps flew around the room. No awkward tense feelings arose as the "photographer" came in. None. Just old friends hanging out, and one happened to be taking a lot of pictures.
As I was later photographing Sarah as she was peaking around the corner to watch her friends practice their solo one last time, it struck me that I had been almost waiting for this moment. I noticed that Sarah, as usual, was so excited that her friend's would be singing at her wedding she couldn't help but bounce around with joy. So it was a natural response for her anticipation to spill over and cause her to peak for just a few moments as they practiced. I don't think it was luck that allowed me to catch that precious moment (and a few that followed). I believe it's because I'm friend's with Sarah.
And, because Sarah knew me, she was comfortable in expressing and responding to and in her excitement.
That's a moment you want to remember forever.
Knowing a person, or a couple, allows you to almost predict some of their most quirky or intimate emotional responses to situations. You can catch that glance across the room - or the knowing look of "I love you" - it becomes natural to anticipate a priceless exchange about to take place when you know who those people are.
Knowing the couples we work with also makes the wedding day that much more exciting. They know they can ask me for just about anything; and when I tell them it's time to go take their couples shots it's a moment their excited about.
So whether I've known you for five minutes, or five years, understand that my goal is to get to know you and your fiance so I can so truthfully and beautifully represent your love.
You see when I arrived at Sarah and David's wedding I already knew many of the people there, who arrived early to help setup. I was greeted with warm smiles and thoughtful "It's been a while, how are you?" greetings. The "moment catching" (aka. photo taking) began almost instantly as inside jokes and stories from the previous night's mishaps flew around the room. No awkward tense feelings arose as the "photographer" came in. None. Just old friends hanging out, and one happened to be taking a lot of pictures.
As I was later photographing Sarah as she was peaking around the corner to watch her friends practice their solo one last time, it struck me that I had been almost waiting for this moment. I noticed that Sarah, as usual, was so excited that her friend's would be singing at her wedding she couldn't help but bounce around with joy. So it was a natural response for her anticipation to spill over and cause her to peak for just a few moments as they practiced. I don't think it was luck that allowed me to catch that precious moment (and a few that followed). I believe it's because I'm friend's with Sarah.
And, because Sarah knew me, she was comfortable in expressing and responding to and in her excitement.
That's a moment you want to remember forever.
Knowing a person, or a couple, allows you to almost predict some of their most quirky or intimate emotional responses to situations. You can catch that glance across the room - or the knowing look of "I love you" - it becomes natural to anticipate a priceless exchange about to take place when you know who those people are.
Knowing the couples we work with also makes the wedding day that much more exciting. They know they can ask me for just about anything; and when I tell them it's time to go take their couples shots it's a moment their excited about.
So whether I've known you for five minutes, or five years, understand that my goal is to get to know you and your fiance so I can so truthfully and beautifully represent your love.
Labels: Wedding Tip or Trick of the Week
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