Baking the Wedding Photos One Batch at a Time

So with a "Wow Whitman, I'm totally impressed" I've got the go ahead from Wendy to release the photographs (link to a teaser slideshow at the end of this post). ... so to be honest, I'm not really set up for wedding photography, specifically my soon to be replaced laptop is straining under the load of processing 200+ photos in addition to the usual workload given my heavy reliance on Photoshop to provide clients a little extra punch to each individual photograph. So lately my evenings are a lot like a baker's, cooking up something special, one batch at a time. Here's the first batch - enjoy and don't forget to kiss the chef (and comment on my first wedding gig).

Steve was a blast to photograph. First, the man was down right giddy getting ready so we got some nice shots of that. But then we went outside and took the obligatory, "too cool" groomsmen shot. I've got one where the groomsmen are doing some jiu jitsu moves on Steve, but thought I'd save him the embarrassment (for now).

Wendy, was pretty kick-back with her entourage of bridesmaids which personally made me all the more nervous anticipating what photographs she might want. So I enlisted the help of her bridesmaids in what must have been the smallest dressing room (for ten) I'd ever seen:

Put the two together and you got a match made in heaven. I feel entirely blessed to have been given behind-the-scenes access to all the festivities.

The beautiful ceremony, of course, was the icing on the cake. It actually rained a bit before (and after the ceremony) so when the clouds briefly parted, I made a mad dash to the back for this one.

By the reception, my blood sugar levels were so low that it was difficult to determine which of the two brides I should focus on. I also pretty much stopped sweating. Michelle was nice enough to pump some of the tasty salmon into me. Anyway, there's a short slideshow at a wedding website I hacked together with beauty shots of the bride (and her bridesmaids), my sister-in-law showing off her moves, Aidan partying likes it's 1999, close-ups of the flowers and some cool candids. Congratulations to the Wendy and Steve! Thanks again in letting me celebrate your wedding from behind the lens. By the way who's doing your baby photography when you have kids?