Weddings

I don’t advertise that I do weddings and have actually referred some weddings to other wedding photographers in my area before. But when Cathy asked me to be there for her wedding day, I couldn’t turn her down. She’s the sweetest lady.

The reason I usually don’t do weddings is, not because I can’t shoot them but because of fear. Here’s the story…

Let’s throw it back to August 20, 1999. It’s my wedding day. The photographer shot my whole wonderful day with a broken camera. This left me angry and sad for years. All I have now are some snapshots from relatives. Including this one. I think it’s my favorite.

It would have been nice to get those professional looking images but it just didn’t happen for me and I’m afraid that one day, I might be that photographer with the broken camera (or SD card or whatever) and all they get are snapshots from relatives. But when I’m asked to do a wedding, I know I can deliver the shots so that the couple can remember the details and, more importantly, the emotions from the day. It takes all that’s in me to just do it. When I’m there though, I love it!