I’ve nothing against weddings, I just don’t want to photograph them. In fact, I avoid them like the plague, at least as far as being the official photographer.
I love a well shot formal, but I'm always wondering what I'm missing elsewhere!
I’m often asked why, and I have a single, admittedly selfish, answer. Simply put, shooting the official wedding photographs means I can’t capture the other moments that happen on the periphery of the ceremony, the fleeting vignettes of life that you rarely experience at any other single gathering; the approving (and occasionally disapproving) glances between some family members, a young mans admiration for a bridesmaid, a bored child’s distraction, the misdemeanors of an inebriated relative, and numerous other equally fascinating tableaux.