Time for another wedding Wednesdays...

Just in case you missed it you might want to check out our first "Wedding Wednesday".

Each week I will post a couple images from wedding I shot during the 2011 "season" and explain why I like them, how they were shot, and (on occasion) what I might have done differently.

Here are this weeks images.

This image is from the "first dance".


I know some people will look at it and think that I cut off too much of the groom, but let me explain why:

1. There was light hanging down behind the grooms head.

2. There was a guest standing very close over the grooms left shoulder.

Had I left those two things in the image they would have been huge distractions that took away from the bride and groom and have your eyes wandering all over the place.

Look at the brides face, if ever there was a "look of love" this is it and I didn't want your eyes to wander away from her because THAT was the photograph.

Image two runs contrary to what I usually do, I don't like "posing" photographs, I try to take a journalistic approach when shooting a wedding.

(clicking on either image will open them larger and in a new window)
But this shot is an exception, the bride had lost both her parents and her dog, so on her bouquet she had a locket that contained images of her mom & dad from their wedding day and at her table was a picture of her dog.

So while she was away from the table I opened the locket, set the bouquet near the framed picture her dog, then grabbed this shot.

I thought it made much better memory for the bride.

An important point with this image was that I knew about the locket because during the day I listen to everything going on around me, it allows you pick up on details and insight that you otherwise would never have known about, allowing to capture some important details, creating better memories of their special day.