Here we go, again…my love for grainy black and white photos. This photo was from a wedding I shot this past summer. The venue was a small, old church in North Tonawanda, NY. The ceremony was in process and I couldn’t use a flash so a high ISO was necessary. You also could not walk between the outside pews and walls. There was a center aisle only. I looked around the church during the ceremony searching for attendees with interesting facial expressions and noticed one of the flower girls. She looked as though she was deep in thought.
This was one of my favorite shots from the entire wedding. For me it captures the emotion of the moment, her moment. I wonder what she was thinking. You know, thoughts like, “Boy, it sure is warm in here. When will we be done?” On the other hand there were so many people who saw this photo and told me “it would have been a much better picture if you could have seen her face.” That was the point I was trying to achieve. I didn’t want to see her full face. I didn’t want the “I had better look at the camera fake smile.”I wanted assumptions to be made. To me, her face says it all.
This is the essence of my photography and of my wedding photography. My ability to capture emotion. I try to find the shots that will bring tears to the eyes and a smile to the face of the person viewing the photo. Enjoy!
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