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OK, some people may ask why I would shoot a candle or why I even would post such a pedestrian shot. The answer is simple, I like it and I think details and shots of the surroundings are essential to telling the day and moving the story along. To 99% of people this is simple a nicely lit trio of candles. To the couple this is a shot of the unity candles used in the ceremony uniting both families.

What’s the most meaningful image of the day? I would dare say for most people it’s the group shot. Is it the most beautiful or artistic image of the day? No, but for some people the images of mom and dad with the bride, or the two brothers standing together will sometimes be the final documentation of that family before the loss of a love one. A photographer I admire very much talks about his beautiful imagery in a talk I attended and then abruptly changed direction and popped an old black and white of his family at his wedding. Not long after the wedding a fire struck the family home and destroyed all photographs that they had. The image of him with his family is the ONLY image he has left. I want to give every bride beautiful pictures, but I also want to give them something more as I will painstakingly work through formals and group shots because I remember the story of that one B&W photograph.

I Like to document the church with a signature wide angle or fisheye shot from the back of the church. I do this so that there is a perspective of the entire church, congregation, wedding party, basically everyone that’s there. I also do it as I think it gives a unique perspective on the ceremony and allows the bride and groom to be in the seat of a guest watching their wedding. I will alows shoot wide open when taking these shots and in New England you can get some beautiful churches.

I love shooting kids. They are WIDE open and have no fear of the camera. Hey, we all have to pick our nose sometime don’t we?

I love shadows and silhouettes. They are moody and they really allow a photographer to have some fun with interpreting a scene and how they want a photograph to develop.  In this instance the best man and his son where outside the church on the lookout for when the bride would arrive. I was watching this scene and I knew I wanted them to be in shadow and preserve some detail in the church. I waited and when the little guy turned his head to check out what was going behind him it was a simple click of the shutter. I think it wamkes the photgraph much stronger than to be looking at their backs.

This image was made at a recent wedding and though this type of shot seems ordinary to some it’s something I feel I have to shoot so that I have a complete record of the day. The bride and groom had a violinist perform at the ceremony and I wanted a shot that would convey the atmosphere of her playing without being a standard PJ shot of her. I am always looking to shoot something that seems ordinary in a different fashion without being obtrusive to the people around me.