Everybody Dance Now!

I’ve found that there is a presumption that the wedding photographer is going to evaporate after the ‘first dance’ has been danced. The number of DJs and venue managers that have asked me if I’m staying to the end of the first dance is amazing.

Full On Dance Floor Photography

If I’m covering the compete wedding day then I want to tell the story of that day – and it doesn’t end when the couple ‘open’ the dance floor in the evening. That is quite literally just a beginning. 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.

For me it bookends the story of the day very nicely. Quite often I’m there for the build up of the wedding – with the bride as she’s getting ready and photographing that sense of anticipation – and the release of everyone piling onto the dance floor is the perfect counterpoint to that.