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When I first started photographing weddings I used to say I was the
"Reluctant" Wedding Photographer.I didn't decide to become a professional photographer to do weddings. I wanted to photograph world class sports and breaking news, to travel the world and document stories with my pictures of exotic places and people, of action and excitement, beauty and innocence, grand landscapes and minute details. I wanted to feel the rush and the pressure of having only one chance to get it right, and the satisfaction of my editors looking at the images and saying, "Wow, I feel like I was there". I wanted my subjects to see the photographs and tell me, "That's exactly how I was feeling at that moment." Then, as is inevitable once you proclaim you are a Professional Photographer, I was asked to photograph a wedding. I wanted to say no, but what could I do…it was my brother. So I did it, and it was fun, and everyone liked the photographs. Then it was my Sister-in-law, and my Wife's partner's niece, and my other sister-in-law, and another brother. Before I knew it, in between the World Cups and special assignments for Associated Press, and the news stories and portraits for the newspapers and magazines, I was photographing more and more weddings, and actually liking it! When I looked back at the weddings I had done, I discovered that all of the things I was looking for as a photojournalist, were compacted into every wedding I did. So if you ask, "Do you photograph weddings in the photojournalism style?", I'll tell you, "No, I am a photojournalist that documents Wedding Celebrations." I am a photojournalist….I am a Wedding Photographer. next > |
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