TODAY, I MADE A PICTURE. I should really entitle this post something like "Why do we do what we do?" One question I'm often asked by my workshop students, as well as colleagues, is how I stay motivated at my weddings. I've been doing this a while, I stay quite busy, yet the passion for what I do never seems to wane.
The answer, for me, is simple. I go into each and every single wedding with the hope of making a picture. A picture that I can honestly look at and say "i really love that picture". I make it for me. The byproduct is that the client will also love it. But I make it for me. It may not win any awards, but who cares.
Now, I may only make three or four images per year that I feel this way about, but they all seem to have one thing in common. They're real moments. Perhaps it's my roots as a photojournalist. I love some of the more creative portraits that I do, but they wont impact me as much as these real moments.
Today, Amy and Bob let me capture a very intimate moment they shared immediately following their ceremony. Bob's grandfather was buried in the cemetery of St. Joseph's on the Brandywine church. After they're recessional they paid their respects to his grandfather.
For all of those photographers out there who read this blog, please keep in mind, we're only as good as our clients!!
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