Moments by Paula Wedding and Portrait Photography

Here is my favorite shot from a wedding I was 2nd shooter on this month. I'm really into the photo journalistic wedding style. Not all clients want that exclusively, and I agree. I think a blend of journalistic and traditional images are best for the bride and family. How often is everyone dressed up and happy!? ha So those posed images of all gathered together are wonderful to have as well.

Here the bride has 5 bmaids, and the getting ready process was a bit long. So two were bored, having nothing to do. Yet, this group were really about having a wonderfully happy day. They decided to start running circles around the bride and other bmaids. It was great, didn't last long a couple laps and they were through having had a quick giggle. Yet, the image I caught was so well balanced, with flow and stilled motion, and even numbers of the women. I just felt I had a real lovely shot, that even someone not part of this occasion would want to ponder this moment.

These are the shots that I try to grab, achieve, reach for. It's harder than one might think, yet that is also why I love to be there for events in peoples lives, because the odds of such a capture go way up when you put yourself in the midst of beauty.