Some images from a weddding assignment

bdcolen

They're not your typical wedding photos - I hope - because I try (as much as clients will let me) to avoid shooting typical wedding photos. I try, instead, to document the wedding day, preparations, etc., as I would any other event. I see each wedding, each day with a family, as a day in which I get to play a cross between Margaret Meade and name-your-photographer.

Anyway - enjoy.

B. D.
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dustin32

Love your shots, I think you nail your stated goal perfectly! The B&W is very nice IMHO.

bdcolen

dustin32 wrote:

Love your shots, I think you nail your stated goal perfectly! The B&W is very nice IMHO.

Thanks, Dustin - If left to my own devices, I'd process virtually everything in b&w. Having started shooting Tri-X at about age 12 50 years ago, it's tough living in a colored world. Additionally, I am a firm subscriber to the old saw - "When you shoot people in color, you see their clothes. When you shoot them in black and white, you see their souls." Well, forget the soul part. But I really do believe that shooting people in black and white puts the focus on the subject, rather than on the colors. I view color photography as being more about color than it is about subject. But then that's just my person view.

B. D.

rutt

The bride's family should love these as a whole as a wedding day document. I especially like:

http://bdcolen.smugmug.com/gallery/8438912_veHkq#554580979_UEBrA
http://bdcolen.smugmug.com/gallery/8438912_veHkq#554580987_xMJKU -- Very funny
http://bdcolen.smugmug.com/gallery/8438912_veHkq#554580738_Lxa87 -- Thought twice about the hook and decided I liked it.
http://bdcolen.smugmug.com/gallery/8438912_veHkq#554580729_9iJSu
http://bdcolen.smugmug.com/gallery/8438912_veHkq#554580926_uxTZa -- Speaks volumes
http://bdcolen.smugmug.com/gallery/8438912_veHkq#554580931_UXcUd

This is a unique approach to wedding photography, at least in my experience. Very cool.

Richard

Hey BD,

I moved this thread to the Weddings forum.

Cheers,

Khristen

"When you shoot people in color, you see their clothes. When you shoot them in black and white, you see their souls."
B. D.[/QUOTE]

Love that!!!

Great images! It's refreshing to see different angles!