Thursday
Nov 5 2009

So Close, No Matter How Far

As promised, I have returned and here is the latest wedding.  This wedding was really tough to shoot.  First- it was really hot the day of the wedding.  Second- there were three photographers.  The more photographers, the harder it is to get a good shot because you have less angles to work with and they got in very close a lot of the time.

This was a traditional church wedding, which you don’t really see too often any more, so it’s always nice when you come across one because most people seem to get married at the reception location now.  Since the day began at church, the video starts there.

This is the bride’s arrival to church.  She took a couple of pictures when she came out of the limo, then the ceremony started, so I did not get a chance to shoot much footage of her prior to the ceremony beginning.  Maybe about a minute or so.

I wanted to do something interesting, so I cross-cut her arrival with the groom walking out to his place in front of aisle.  It’s kind of short, because like I said, there was not a chance to get much of the bride.  I kept the groom’s part just long takes and the bride’s short, quick shots to help differentiate between them and give some sort of contrast.

Here is it…

I like it. It’s short, but effective.