I liked the Idea of posting something cute for the weekend so I think I’ll make it a regular item if the last post of the week was something other than eye popping photos.
So for the first “official” Friday Favorite I bring back my future second shooter. I must admit there’s something cute about little kids and cameras, but this one peeking at me over the top of the camera is my all time favorite.
Getting ready to pull these off to the archive drive and while I’ll do a bigger post next week I wanted to share a few more special photos from Joe and Audrey’s recent wedding at the Phipps Mansion Tennis Pavilion.
Of course one of the greatest things about my job is some of the wonderful people I get to work with that are also in the wedding photography business. Dain Linder of Photography by Dain always being one of my favorites. He’s a shot of my friend and more often than not shooting partner knocking out a few shots of the bride and her father.
Now despite my love of black and white photography there are some images that just need to be in color. This amazing wedding cake with rings of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries is among the later.
During the ceremony when the focus is often on the bride and groom there’s often a wonderful shot just waiting on the sidelines. Here the father and mother of the groom look on at the start of the ceremony.
Earlier this year I had the amazing privilege to attend a talk in Denver hosted by one of my greatest photographic inspirations, Joe Buissink. He gave a quote during that discussion that really had me thinking. This probably isn’t exact but it was along the lines of “It’s not about the perfect image, it’s about the perfect moment”. And it’s these moments that I love the most.
Here Audrey and her father during the father daughter dance. Only the two of them know what was said to make her laugh so, but when she looks at this image ten years from now she’ll be brought back to that moment.
Henri Cartier-Bresson once said, “We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.”
This above all else is what I strive to give my clients on their wedding day, not just the beautifully posed portraits but more importantly capturing the fleeting moments and emotions of the day.
Until next time,
Mark
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Just wanted to post something cute and colorful for heading into the weekend. A little side capture during the formal photos from Joe and Audrey’s recent wedding at Phipps Mansion. The flower gardens on the grounds are just breathtaking there and made for a magnificent backdrop to the days formals.
Here a young flower girl, in the Phipps mansion flower gardens, is caught looking at the world through the white gauze fabric of the bow on her dress, probably imagining the veil of her dress on her own wedding day.
Honestly shots like this that are happening either on the side or in between the big formal shots are usually my favorite.
Until next time,
Mark
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Just wanted to share a couple of images from a few weekends ago that go a long way towards showing what I do. Being more of a wedding photojournalist than a traditional wedding photographer I find myself always observing my surroundings, watching for bits and pieces of the days story to unfold. Such little moments can be easily missed but if seen and captured are lovely additions to the days story.
Until next time,
Mark
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This weekend I had the pleasure of working with Dain from Photography By Dain, a great area wedding photographer. This weekend it was Audrey and Joe’s wedding held at the magnificent Phipps mansion tennis pavilion. But the beauty of the venue had nothing going over that of this young couple. Here’s just a sneak peek of a few shots, more should be available in a few weeks.
The gardens at Phipps mansion made the perfect backdrop for not only the formal pictures but the couples romantic shots as well.
The first dance is always one of my favorite moments, all the forced smiles and posing is gone and just simple emotion remains.
Until next time,
Mark
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