The details of the wedding day are import. It grounds the day in the specific – I think it’s important to reflect the choices the couple have made. A lot of time can go into planning a wedding and all those little details make up the texture of the day.
I was asked recently to write an article for the fantastic This is Reportage wedding photography site explaining my approach and thought processes behind the photograph above.
One part of the day that is rarely different is that one partner arrives second to the ceremony. In the British wedding tradition the Groom is at the church (or venue) first and waits for the Bride to arrive.
More often than not the bride’s speech gets to the heart of the day. I hear bride’s talk about love, I hear them talk genuinely about the joy of everyone being together and mostly I hear them speak from the heart.
If it is a party crowd that piles onto the dance floor straight after the first dance I’m not packing away my kit but getting into the middle of the party mayhem.
I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity but honesty. It is eye-witness photography.