Last weekend Month- I had the absolute delight of being flown out to Milford,OH to document the wedding day of Israel and Michaela Cruz. You may ask how did I end up in OH to shoot a wedding since I live in Concord,NH which is quite a distance? Almost 3 years ago I had been flown to Fla to document the wedding of Robbie and Beth Kohnen. Michaela’s sister Shelley was a bridesmaid in the wedding and we became friends. About 2 years ago, I went out to visit Shelley and her family for a week, and while I was out there, I did a portrait session with Shelley and her sisters, and also one for her boss Eric for his website-and thru the magic of Facebook, we have all maintained a long distance friendship. So when KK started dating Israel, she really wanted me to do her wedding pictures. I was honored to say the least, but she wasn’t sure it would happen as I was a much larger investment than the photographer both her sisters had used for their weddings. And this brings me to a little side note- good photography usually doesn’t come cheap. Its an investment. If you want your special day to be documented in a way that is unobtrusive, and beautiful, and that captures the real moments, and real emotions of the day, you need to hire a professional, and not have your uncle bob do it because he bought a really nice camera. It takes much more than a really nice camera to create beautiful images. Notice I said CREATE not TAKE. There is a difference. Anyone can TAKE a photo. It takes someone that understands light, and posing, and yes their camera gear to create -an image. You don’t necessarily need to go to school-I didn’t-but you need to have an eye for it. Sometimes that creative eye can be taught in a school, but I have seen photographers that went to some pretty well known colleges for photography, and honestly, they should find another line of work. Michaela did a few things to help defray the cost of the wedding -like making her own wedding cake. That saved a lot of money. I am saying this as a photographer, but I truly believe it-that sometimes you may need to cut the costs somewhere else in your wedding to afford a good photographer. After the wedding day is over, all you will have left are your memories and your photos. Wouldn’t you want to have beautiful images you can view for years to come?
Now without further ado here are a few of my favorite images. you can see a larger gallery here
