Here’s just a quick post with a favorite image from yesterday’s wedding while I get prepped for today’s wedding.
I love what I’ve been doing lately with brides and grooms and wedding parties. I feel like I’ve grown quite bit and become more comfortable using creative lighting, energetic posing, and off-road locations. I still have a pretty strong mix of photojournalism in my wedding photography, but I’ve grown more confident in the area of formal/creative portraiture on wedding days.
Although I really like that I’ve grown in that respect, usually at every wedding I get images that remind me why I love photojournalism so much and just how powerful it can be. Yesterday was no exception.
Moments like the one below are the reason why I stay with the bride and her dad until the very last moment they walk down the aisle. I love the connection between Shannon and her dad – some last minute planning about how they will walk I think. I love how real and genuine it feels, and the image is important to me here on the day after the wedding. But just think of how important the image may be to Shannon and her dad. Not just today, but in five years or fifteen years or longer.
How cool is it that as photographers we’re able to create something that you know will be important to people for so long? That’s why I love what I do. The image below is why I love what I do.
Cheers, and happy Saturday!
