I shot another wedding in Cali last weekend. I just love it there. It was great to be with family and friends, and to cool off a little. The wedding was for my cousin Amy and her husband Brian. It was a ton of fun. I was a little worried about the pictures since Brian has a hard time with the whole PDA thing, but with the encouraging words of family & friends, and my persistence ever since the engagement shoot, Brian warmed up to the idea of kissing Amy for the camera, and it went great! I flew out to Cali on Wednesday and got to go to the temple with my family that night. Then, it was up to girls camp Thursday where we picked up my mom. Friday, my mom and I went out to LA so I could scope out the temple grounds to find good picture spots (and Joseph drove out to Cali), Saturday was the wedding, and Sunday Joseph & I came back home. What a busy trip!
The one thing I am finding is a challenge when shooting weddings, is that the family wants to spend a lot of time doing family pictures, but then don't leave much time for the bride and groom to do their shots. I get a lot of pressure that luncheons are starting so to try to hurry
it up. I walk away feeling like what I have done is good, but also that I could have done so much more. There are so many other ideas in my head! Maybe as I do this more often I will figure out how to help other family members see that they will want these bride & groom pictures just as much (and the bride and groom especially will want them). And... I'll probably get faster too. But, here's a little taste of what I was able to do. I'll post more on my photo share site when everything is edited. Enjoy!
I shot another wedding in Cali last weekend. I just love it there. It was great to be with family and friends, and to cool off a little. The wedding was for my cousin Amy and her husband Brian. It was a ton of fun. I was a little worried about the pictures since Brian has a hard time with the whole PDA thing, but with the encouraging words of family & friends, and my persistence ever since the engagement shoot, Brian warmed up to the idea of kissing Amy for the camera, and it went great! I flew out to Cali on Wednesday and got to go to the temple with my family that night. Then, it was up to girls camp Thursday where we picked up my mom. Friday, my mom and I went out to LA so I could scope out the temple grounds to find good picture spots (and Joseph drove out to Cali), Saturday was the wedding, and Sunday Joseph & I came back home. What a busy trip!
The one thing I am finding is a challenge when shooting weddings, is that the family wants to spend a lot of time doing family pictures, but then don't leave much time for the bride and groom to do their shots. I get a lot of pressure that luncheons are starting so to try to hurry 
it up. I walk away feeling like what I have done is good, but also that I could have done so much more. There are so many other ideas in my head! Maybe as I do this more often I will figure out how to help other family members see that they will want these bride & groom pictures just as much (and the bride and groom especially will want them). And... I'll probably get faster too. But, here's a little taste of what I was able to do. I'll post more on my photo share site when everything is edited. Enjoy!
3 comments:
These are beautiful! I'm glad she hired you again!
These are looking beautiful! You need to hurry and come back to Provo so we can play together!
Those look great! That's something we still deal with. Most families are good, and we get done within a half hour. But a few weeks ago, everyone and their dog had a camera, and insisted on getting shots. Unfortunately it took an hour, and the bride and groom only had a half hour. The couple had told me when they came out that they wanted to do family shots quickly, but they encouraged and suggested more shots. So i guess the best thing would be to establish with the couple that it's only a half hour, and tell them, only time for 2 more combos, etc. Just like when their time is up, you stop shooting, you can set limits on fam shots. We'll see if that helps me.
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