I’ll be honest. I am no great writer. In fact a lot of the time I cringe at the things I say and type. Lately though I find myself increasingly inspired by the people around me and these people have somehow given me the confidence to just go with it.
I started a blog once before but quickly gave up on it because I seemed to just keep writing about how lovely the couples were. Yes they were lovely but there’s got to be more to it than that, right? Well yes.
The more I continue to work as a wedding photojournalist, the more comfortable I feel with the words “I’m a photographer”. On Saturday 16th April, I shot my first wedding of 2011. I took a deep breath and followed my mantra:
-Find the light
-Find the composition
-Find the story
When I first met Amanda & Rich, one of the things they said to me was that some of my photos reminded them of those taken by Martin Parr. For those of you who don’t know Parr’s work, he is Magnum photographer whose documentary photography is intimate, anthropological and often satirical. Don’t get me wrong, I have no delusions of grandeur, but for someone who is as voyeuristic as me, those words were music to my ears. Just knowing that I had met a couple who could find the same enjoyment from the weirdly wonderful that often occurs at a wedding gave me the confidence to shoot, for the first time, without any inhibition and with complete confidence.
