REAL photographers

You know - professional photographers.  Not those folks like me who like to play with their camera and who have saved some money for a decent body and some decent glass.  No, I'm talking about those folks who make "money" with this art form.  (I use the quotes because, let's face it, it's a tough way to make a living!)

We just returned from a super, fantastic, beautiful, FUN wedding that just happened to star my youngest brother and my precious new SIL.  They hired a wonderful, wonderful photog for the event.  Here is his website.  Go read his bio, if you get a chance!  As nice as it makes him sound, he's WAY nicer in person.  And the assistant he happened to have with him that day was super awesome too.  She is the mother of 4, and pregnant with her 5th and was on her feet ALL day.  (Also a homeschooling mom!)  But she was as sweet and as kind as the "head dude" was.

ANYway, I have a point.  Truly.  These days, EVERYone has a camera at the wedding, at the reception, at the EVERYthing.  (I did too - no stones flying out of my hands).  These professional photogs have a lot to deal with.  They have to deal with people buzzing all around them snapping snapping snapping.  They have to deal with the likelihood that some of their good photos won't get purchased because someone else had something "close enough" that their cousin's neighbor's hairdresser took on the fly.  Even harder, though, is figuring out a way to take a decent picture when there are so many flashes going off it looks like the space shuttle was taking off a mere 50 feet away.  For example:

Yeah.....  none of that light came from my camera!  And I *know* Emanuel was trying to take his photos while the eleventy other flashes were going off.

Am I criticizing all of us who were also taking pictures?  NO!  No no no no.  Not at all.  It is what it is.  I just wanted to share how NICE and kind and supportive and giving Leah and David's photographers were that day.  They were so nice to everyone, even though we were futzing with their good photos!  And I bet that he still got a good shot, even with all the lumens.
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I'd hire this team in a New York minute.  Just another superb choice that was made with the wedding and the reception/party afterwards.  Great, great weekend!


P.S.  I'll share more of my non-professional photos ;-) of the weekend as I can.  Probably in spurts.  Cause I have a hard time deciding which ones to share.  So I want to share lots.  Just another clue that I don't do this picture-taking thing for a living!