Nervous hands (groom far left)
I went to a wedding on Saturday, the first one this year in fact. I think the last proper wedding I went to must’ve been back in July 07, which really is quite a while ago, no wonder I’ve been feeling rather less poor this year.
This wedding has to be one of the cutest weddings I’ve ever been to, and not in a bad way either. I knew/know the bride who is just one of those people who you tend to not have to hang around much to feel close to, one of those who you meet every so often and is just an inspiration. There was a recurring theme throughout the whole wedding that revolved around her ballet shoes and his trainers, and it really worked very well even though initially I thought it was a tad cheesy. But there was a real amount of creativity that went into the whole ceremony, such as dancers who lined the aisles and danced rather nymph-esquely to open the doors for the bridal procession to enter.
Anyway, I got a few shots here and there, didn’t want to impose on the official photographer’s territory (there’s something about [certain] wedding photographers that sometimes is just so uppity, but oh well). I tried some unconventional shots of the groom and his best men (or rather, of their hands) which I’m not entirely sure worked…and I think they would’ve worked better in monotone, but hmm… They say that a man’s hands say a lot, which I would have to say is true. Over the years you learn to control your facial expressions, but somehow nervousness makes your hands do the weirdest things.
The groom is the one fiddling with his right hand…
The best man showing how to do… something?
strange that you’re 5th even though i’m still 4th…anyway, went to this archaeological photography talk the other week…so many cameras they have! It’s amazing! =P
do they have special equipment for archaeological photog? sounds interesting :P
the things that people do unknowingly. hahahaha!
i love the hands captured. so interesting!
they have the lighting and the set ups, latest camera using canon digital slr ;)
but he took a lot of old analog ones to show us…filled a whole table full of them!! Oh and he sets it off from the comp so he doesn’t have to worry about memory space…they even have their own dark room…2 or 3 I think there were.
I have to say for the upteemth time…YOU ARE SO GOOD!!!!!!! It’s fantastic that hands can express so much through your creative lens! Ok, ok, if Im doing my wedding ALL OVER AGAIN, I will employ you as the official photographer.
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Happy Lunar New Year, Joe!
thanks :) i would think people prefer their hands doing things unknowingly rather than their faces haha… the bain of the photographer to others is capturing rather unflattering facial expressions hehe
haha you know i wouldn’t know the difference? and thanks for the very enthusiastic complement! you overrate me though (seriously) but thanks thanks thanks :) i hope you’re not planning on getting married again ;) HLNY to you too!
you too! :)
2-3 dark rooms?? im scared of film photography. too much skill involved haha
Implying of course that there is no skill involved in digital photography ;)
well, yeah, to a certain extent… :P
Overrated? Nah….it’s that moment, an extra touch that makes the shot speaks volumes :) Anyway, the first 4 characters are generic-æ–°å¹´å¿«ä¹ xin nian kuai le, i.e. Happy Lunar New Year, å¸¸å¸¸å–œä¹ chang chang xi le means joy in your heart, joy in your life, joy in everything and that, my friend, is my wish for you always.
Thanks jb, your encouragement is most appreciated :)