One photographer at you wedding or two? That’s the question of the day. One of the reasons we always suggest having two photographers at your wedding is so we can capture multiple angles and be in different locations at the same time. This is particularly true during your ceremony.
For example… Imagine the moment when you walk down the aisle. You and your girlfriends have spent all morning getting your hair done, your makeup put on, and your selves into fantastically beautiful dresses. Of course you want photos of your big entrance! So as you turn the corner every eye is on you. You’re radiant! You glance around at all your friends and family who have come to see you get married. But in the end, you only have eyes for the man at the end of the aisle. He’s stunning! Handsome! Crying! Wait what? Oh yes ladies, as a wedding photographer I’ve seen them all. It usually starts with a loving gaze. He’s thinking, “How lucky am I?” Then it moves to, “She said yes to me… someone loves me enough to want to spend the rest of their life with me and she’s walking down the aisle to me right now!” Then the lip quivers just a little… and the smallest tear slides down the cheek.
Greg and I have photographed weddings for 14 years and just about half of our grooms get a tear or two by the end of the ceremony. Many of them start during your walk down the aisle. With two photographers at your wedding, Greg and I can capture all the action, from your turn of the corner and the walk towards your wedding, to the guest’s expressions, to that single tear as it slips from his eye. How do we do it? It’s simple. When we are photographing a wedding on the beach, Greg will normally stand a little ways back behind your groom and officiant. That way he can capture your walk down the aisle almost as if you are walking right towards him. Where I will stand off to the side until you pass me, and then I will follow you a little ways back. I can chronical the expressions on the guest’s faces in a wide shot and then switch cameras and peek over your shoulder to catch that fantastic look in your soon-to-be husband’s eyes.
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