So, Cara and John are good friends of ours who were planning their wedding all by themselves. Rachel, my wife, worked along-side Cara to help plan the entire event, since our wedding was also very DIY. Cara's vision for the day envolved deep "sangria" reds and peacock feathers. Well, I'd say they made it happen! :)
Cara asked if I could do the photos, since they didn't have anyone lined up as a photographer yet. Now, I'd never photographed a wedding before (remember - I make my living filming weddings...not photographing them!), but I couldn't turn down the chance to help tell the story of their big day! Anyways - after a little prep and a couple of nightmares involving just about every thing that could go wrong on my end, the day went off without a hitch! The whole event was at our little church (The River) and everyone enjoyed themselves!
As much as I enjoyed being able to take a walk on the "stills" side of things, I have to say I don't plan to move towards the title "wedding photographer" any time soon! (Although, it defintely was nice not to have to carry 50lbs of gear or worry about capturing audio throughout the event!)
My best wishes to Cara and John! I hope you enjoy!
-Aaron
4 comments:
These look great! They must have been thrilled with them. I've been assisting some photogs lately, not because I plan to get into photography but because it's interesting and a good exercize in shooting. As you said, there are certainly some things that are just SO much easier!
Really nice stuff! Really cool to see that your compositional eye translated so smoothly to stills. I should post some of the video I attempted a couple of weeks ago. I think I prefer still work though.
Beautiful photos. I love the colors they picked out for their wedding! The peacock feathers make it really original and beautiful.
You are still one of my favorite ("photojournalist," "not really a pro" photographer)photographers Son! Good eye and great work.
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