B.Whitlock PhotoblogThe words behind the pixels.

Being experienced in photographing weddings, how can you NOT photograph a wedding of a long-time friend and his future wife? Exactly. You can’t. So I did.

Dan and Ellie make a great couple and I wanted to do our friendship justice by making memorable photographs of the start of their lives together.

The end of the dress, and photographed the way that it is, references and reminds me of the instance that a wave reaches the end of its push towards the shore. The foam sits there for half a second then retreats back into the ocean. The angle of this photo with the wavy pattern at the end of the dress lend it to that observation. It’s a metaphor I haven’t tried to connect before – a wedding dress and the ocean. I suppose their both only visible for a relative instant.

Close detail on the back of the dress. There’s something about the “getting ready” shots that lend themselves to the nostalgic black-and-whites.

Chances are you wouldn’t make this connection without my help, but that’s Ellie’s blurred reflection in the mirror on the background. You can make out a rough head, but that’s her.

Call me young, but of all the weddings I’ve photographed, I have yet to see an embroidered Ring Bearer’s pillow like that. Classy.

This is one of my favorite photos from the whole day. Ellie looks somewhat dazed in the freshly complete wedding ensemble, gracefully touching her veil through which you can barely make out her face in the myriad of translucent white. It’s touching, subtle, and humbling. Congrats, you two.

And finally, a big “rockstar” photograph of the two of them. Backlighting is a dramatic technique I enjoy working with on events like this. It glorifies the subjects, hoping to make the photograph represent the day’s importance and presence in their memory.

So, that’s that. I propose a toast to you, Daniel and Merielle. May you both enjoy and prosper in your lives together.

If you’re interested in viewing the whole day’s worth of photographs, contact me at ben@bwhitlockphoto.com and I can direct you to the proper website.

Tags: friends, wedding

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