December 1, 2007

• We Now Interrupt…

  My Previously Planned Blogging…

  To bring you a few photos I snapped during a 20 minute engagement session
  with my Cousin Marcus and his then-fiance Misty this week. I’m currently
  typing this from Jacksonville, FL with aching feet and tired eyes after
  their wonderful wedding today.

  As a photographer, it’s always an interesting change of pace to be IN the
  wedding party, and subject to not just another photographer, but to all of
  the emotion that courses through the wedding party, and the attendee’s which
  we as photographers sometimes begin to tune out, in the name of capturing
  the artistic side of the images.

  And you know, I can understand why a lot of photographers feel so disconnected,
  but to be honest I just can’t bring my self to do that to the Bride and Groom.

  The emotions that are a part of a wedding day are incredible… Hope, Love,
  Fear, Worry, and Joy all come together into one short, sweet moment where
  things become very real, and very resolved for everyone involved.

  I’m rambling a bit, but this tired guy has a mind full of thoughts, lol.

  In Short:
  I truly believe that as a wedding photographer we HAVE to re-engage ourselves
  with the emotions that make a wedding day such an amazing thing. Far too often
  (as was the case today), I see photographers recording things without ever feeling
  them, and I think that such people can’t help but to capture images that PALE in
  comparison to their potential greatness!

  I plan on posting one of my private blogs soon with a better explanation of what
  I’m talking about here. Until then, only potential Brides get to see what I mean

  </end rant>

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  My Cousin Marcus is just two years my senior, and from the time I can remember,
  up through the time I moved out of State, he was my closest friend. We were flying,
  driving, and riding buddies and we had all sorts of crazy adventures… Though many
  were perhaps eclipsed by our rampant aerial cow tipping.

  Shortly after he moved to Jacksonville where he serves in the Air Force as a crew chief
  on an F-15 he met his neighbor… The beautiful Misty.

  The hilarity?
  We actually spoke shortly after they met… He told me:

  “Ya man you have to come visit, we have an awesome place and my
  neighbor is GORGEOUS!”

  He was right, and two years later they’re married!

  
  
  Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Hinshaw

  

  “Better Together”

  

  Something was funny…

  

  They’re quite cute together…

  

  Loved this tree… And Marcus got a kick out of the fact that
  he got to/ had to touch Misty. Too funny!

  

  Once she got up there though, he looked longingly without me even asking him to.

  

  He didn’t stay put for long.

  

  See?

  

  Tada!

  

  And so ended our brief photo shoot.
  I’ll be working to update you all on many, many other such events,
  and I might even post some photos of today’s festivities if you ask me to

  As always, I’d love to have your thoughts on the photos and content of my
  posts, so leave me a comment and let me know which photo was your favorite!

  I’m going to be spending some time in St. Augustine with my family tomorrow
  before I fly back to California on Monday… Should be a blast!!

  

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  P.S. If you’re interested in having truly unique images at your wedding,
  or you know someone who might… Drop me a line! We’re currently
  booking for 2008 and 2009 with prime dates being snapped up fast,
  so don’t miss your opportunity… I’d love to capture your special day!

  Email:  Eric [at] BlueShoePhotography.com
  www.BlueShoePhotography.com

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