Drawing with light
Extracted from wikipedia: "The word (photography) comes from the Greek words φως phos ("light"), and γραφίς graphis ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφή graphê ("representation by means of lines" or "drawing"), together meaning "drawing with light." Or painting with light.
One of the greatest challenge to a wedding day photography specialist is having very little control of light. We need to be mobile and thus have to keep out equipment lean, so can't carry those huge external lights. The events are so fast moving that we won't have the time to set them up anyway. We also work under very dim conditions a lot of the time, and very unfavourable conditions such as backlighting subjects.
But all these challenges only make the satisfaction even sweeter.
Having the lighting conditions work against us would mean a lot less photography opportunities. But that has also honed our sensitivity to light, such that when it's favourable to us, we already waiting in anticipation for the moment to happen under that light which we want.
I have realised how available light and external can help in my interpretation of each photograph. I have to admit I used to shy away from shooting some of the more popular subjects (such as shots of shoes, rings and what nots) because I was trying not to be cliche just for the sake of it. Meaninglessly trying to avoid creating 'common' photographs. But increasingly, my work and my choice of 'painting' is guided by how to use the light to best interpret the subjects the way I want in my painting, so that each photograph adds emotions, memories and meaning to the final album for the bride and groom.
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