For me, wedding photography is about humanity and simply put, people, being people. Of course, it’s about the love between the couple, but it’s also much more than that.
Contextually, there is so much happening at a wedding. “Love is all around”, someone said once, and I truly believe that – at least “moments are all around”. As a wedding photographer, it is my responsibility to capture those moments….I like to call it “curating memories”.
It is not my responsibility to make moments happen, it’s simply my responsibility to photograph them.
I don’t want my clients overriding memory of their wedding spending hours with the photographer. I want my client’s overriding memory of their wedding spending all their time with their friends and family.
People, being people…..at weddings. This is something I’m really quite passionate about.
I’m sure we’ve all been to weddings where the photographer has spent hours with the bride and groom to the point that the guests don’t actually get to spend any time with the newlyweds. My take on wedding photography is very different from the “traditional” style.
I like to think that my clients actually hire me for my eye, for my observation technique to a certain extent, rather than as a “camera operator”. Of course, it helps to understand aperture and all the technical elements. Back in 2012 I was the first official Fujifilm X-Photographer in the Wedding Photography arean and have spent time all over the world giving talks and workshops on the documentary style of wedding photography.