No two
people are alike.
We have
all heard that statement. It also applies to snowflakes and fingerprints.
However, it also applies to weddings! This wedding season (yes, there is a
wedding season!) I have had the pleasure of shooting some truly different types
of weddings and it's been quite interesting. I have already written about the
Brown Wedding and how that came together. Each event brings a new and
fascinating aspect to experience and varied point of view. As the photographer,
my goal is to be omnipresence and to be unobtrusive as possible. As you can
image, those two beliefs don't always mesh with each other. I am always proud
when I see pictures from the guests of the wedding and I am in NONE of them! I
know I was there and I took a picture of the same thing that the guest did but
I managed to not be PART of the proceedings. It involves a certain amount of
stealth.
That
said, it is almost impossible to not be involved in what's happening. The words
of the officiant will move you whether you are single or married. If you are of
that faith, you find yourself mouthing the words of the ceremony, right along
with the cleric! The joy of the couple is infectious and you would have to be a
stone wall to not smile when the bride comes marching down that aisle. On top
of all of that, sometimes you get to capture images of the most spectacular and
beautiful settings. The last wedding was a good example of this. The couple got
married in one of the most simple yet ornate church's that I have been to. R
and J were married in an Anglican church in Brooklyn NY and you could imagine
stepping out from the doors onto the English countryside. It was gorgeous and
the couple took full advantage of the beauty of the space. So did I.
If you
have ever attended an Anglican or Catholic wedding, you know that there is a
mass included. Translation: the ceremony is long! I guess that's the trade off:
Protestant and evangelical churches have long services on Sundays but short
weddings and Eucharistic churches have short services on Sundays and very long
weddings! But the length of the wedding allowed me to fully shoot the church,
the wedding party, the guests, and all the little details that I would have had
to rush with a shorter event. R and J were a regal couple and emanated a love
that with carry them forward and that, coupled with a great setting, made for
excellent images (or at least, I think so).
My hope is to one day be the photographer for an Indian or a Greek Orthodox weddings! Those are spectacular visually!
I wish
them well and pray that their relationship will always be housed in beauty in
the same fashion that their wedding was housed in a beautiful house of God.
Staying
in focus...on to the next frame.
Greene Light Photography would like to thank the Pearsons
for permission to images and descriptions from their wedding for this blog.
