A question that always seems to come up when I’m meeting or talking with couples is “Why do you like shooting weddings?”

It’s not that I like shooting them, I love shooting them! I know that sounds a little on the corny side Photography in general is something that I just really love to do. I’ve done lots of other type of photography work, but to be completely honest - wedding photography is the most rewarding. I enjoy getting to know couples and working with them to make the photography on their special day, well… really special! I’ve done plenty of weddings in the past when I was just starting out where I didn’t meet the bride and groom prior to the wedding day. I always just showed up and was like, “Hi, my name is Andrew and I’m going to photograph your wedding.” How totally uncomfortable is that? It’s like inviting a stranger into your house and letting him take pictures of family’s Christmas dinner.

If you think about it, your photographer out of all the vendors at your wedding, will be someone that you most often will talk with and work with well before and well after the wedding is over.  It’s very important to establish a good working relationship.  For me that’s part of the fun of shooting weddings…  Getting to know and work with a bunch of awesome people and couples that more often than not end up feeling more like “friends” rather than just clients that have hired me to provide them with photographs.

That’s why I love shooting weddings!

-Andrew

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