Brooke, Jason and Mackenzie

31Jan08

During these slower wedding months, I’ve been going through a lot of my work from last summer’s season and really critiquing it—I’m finding the shots that I love, trying to eliminate the cliches, and honing in on my skills technically. What I’m finding, is that I’m really loving harsh light situations. Two years ago, I would have steered clear of anything that might have cast a harsh shadow on a face, or would choose to shoot with the sun always behind me, instead of shooting into it. But looking at some of my strongest images, I’m realizing that this harsh light is what I’m drawn to in some of my better images. I’m seeing that it can actually create more drama in the image, making it that much more emotional.

At Brooke and Jason’s wedding on Saturday, I really tried to step out of the “safe box” and shoot into situations that were a bit riskier light-wise. I wanted to showcase just how emotional this particular wedding was. Maybe it was because Brooke’s 5 year old daughter was just as much of a part of the day as Brooke and Jason, or maybe it was the way that Brooke and Jason could look at each other and say so many things using no words at all, or maybe it was the friends and family who gathered in love for the couple, but it was a simply perfect, moving wedding.

Brooke’s daughter, Mackenzie was pretty much thinking this was her day—-heck, it was her day! Brooke even let Mackenzie choose the flower girls, instead of Brooke doing it. I love that Mckinsey shared her big day with her two best girlfriends. This is an image of Kinsey’s friends watching her “being crowned”.

….it was a long day for Mackenzie, none the less.

Jason said vows not only to Brooke, but to Mackenzie as well. So sweet….

This moment in particular really grabbed me, and I love the mood that the light creates.

The Brown Palace is such a rad place to shoot!

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