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I always believe that you need to take time to experiment. Ninety percent of the time these experiments are failures, but it keeps me fresh and the creative juices flowing. I love miniature photography and have fallen in love with the work of Grace Weston and Matthew Carden so I decided to try a couple of experiments using ring shots with their photography as my inspiration. This is my first experiment using my own wedding band on a picnic table as I watched my little son run around.

I’m as guilty as anyone for doing ring shots on flowers when I’m under the gun to get them done on the wedding day. I look at these little miniatures as props that fit into a pocket and make a ring shot infinitely more interesting.

Cailyn and Nick’s wedding was Saturday the 27th in Rehobeth, Massachusetts at the Five Bridge Inn. It was a location close to home, but unknown to me so it was a real treat to shoot there. The Inn and grounds are beautiful and Cailyn and Nick really took the time to take care of the small details that make each wedding unique.

The Nonantum Resort is a wonderful venue in Kennebunkport, Maine. I arrived early and stayed late and got some wonderful shots of their grounds and the schooner arriving with the couple.

I always feel like I’m moving at 100 mph at every wedding, but I always try to get 5 minutes to sneak off so I can take a photograph of the venue where the bride and groom have their ceremony and/or reception. I think it’s important to document ”where” of their day as well as the who and why. It really help to put the setting in context in regards to telling a story through their album.

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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.

The Stonehill College and the Milton Hoosic Club were the sites of Julie and Pete’s wedding and reception. The Stonehill College Chapel was appropriate as Pete and Julie met as undergrads and where there romance began. The Milton Hoosic Club is a beautiful reception site and is located on the South Shore. This was my first time shooting there and I look forward to many returns! They have a wonderfully helpful staff  they really made it a special evening for the couple and all their family and friends.

Some people hate detail shots and see them as fillers to an album or slideshow. I have shot quite a few weddings this past summer as a second shooter and I shoot the details because I want people to “feel” how it was to be there. If I show 100 detail pictures of the church, flowers, cake, table settings, dress, corsages, tuxedos, and other surroundings and NOTHING else then I want the observer to tell me that he it felt like to be there even if he never saw a picture of the bride and groom. I think documenting the day in this manner as a second really adds value as the pictures and albums are meant for generations. I wish my wedding photographer had added these shots to our coverage because as the years roll along it would be a gentle reminder of that special day.