Facedown Photography Blog

My old college friends Alex and Eve got married a few weeks ago. They invited me to be a photographer at their wedding. It was a lot of fun seeing people I went to college with and old faces I haven’t seen for years since moving out to San Francisco. I think because I was photographing my friends I had a lot of fun.

I have a lot of respect for wedding photographers. I am in no shape or form a wedding photographer. I enjoy photographing my friends. But to do it as a profession. It doesn’t appeal to me. I was shooting pretty conservatively since there was a hired wedding photographer. With rehearsal shots and shots from the actual wedding I ended up with a image count of 740 pictures. Out of all those only 231 photos made the cut.

I realized more and more I enjoy children’s photography/portraiture. I often hear wedding photographers enjoying their chance to get to know their clients and engage in a way that they become part of each others lives. Which I think is a huge key to success in building any sort of business. I on the other hand I enjoy getting to know children. I enjoy having talks with them, watching movies or cartoons with them, or playing video games or hanging out at the park.

I simply have fun. Which makes photographing them so much more enjoyable. Don’t get me wrong wedding photography can be very fun! Just check out photographers like Mike Colon or Kenny Kim. They enjoy their job. They have a passion and excitement for their industry that amazes me. My joy comes from taking photos of kids.

Anywho I’m about half way through editing Alex and Eve’s wedding photos. I haven’t had much time lately but I hope to have them finished in a few days. Once they are done I’ll post them up here.

Until then here is a collage I made of the groomsmen to act as a teaser. Enjoy!