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One of the most common questions I get from a potential client deals with the hours I work on their wedding day. I think people are automatically trained to think that photographers only work 5 hour days. It’s really a shame that this has become typical of wedding photographers as many of the best moments from a wedding are captured early in the morning while everyone is getting ready.
I made it a practice early on in my career that I would put in 12 hours at every wedding. I don’t sell packages of blocks of time. How a photographer can claim to have a photojournalistic approach to weddings while they force you to do everything in five hours just doesn’t make any sense to me.
This wedding was unique for me as the bride let me know that she had three sets of grandparents at her wedding that she wanted me to spend some time photographing.
As with all weddings I started out the day early and then something beautiful happened.
I met this woman…..
I spent the better part of five minutes just staring at her with my lens from far away.
The way she steamed one of the dresses for the wedding just about made me cry.
These hands…..
Beautiful…..
My favorite ring shot of the day.
I did not have the privilege of my grandmother being able to attend my wedding.
This wedding made me long for mine.
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