We realise that this is one of the most important days in any couple’s life. This day is about celebrating your love for one another, and the celebration of two families coming together. It’s a day for laughter, joy, nerves, tears, love, friendship, family, hair… and of course the drunken cousin who uses this day as an excuse to make a fool of himself. These are the moments we are there to capture.
'Don't Say Cheese' aim to portray the HONESTY of the day, the moments that actually occur and don’t need setting up.
Of course we also take photos of the wedding party; the bridesmaids, groomsmen, parents and flower girls are all integral parts of the wedding. However, we either do it artistically, or as a fly-on-the-wall, capturing real moments that don’t exude cliché.
When photographing the couple, we do so creatively and with minimum fuss.We scout the area first, and then make sure we get the perfect picture without “How about here?” or “This might look nice”. The final product will be an artistic and beautiful shot, which lends itself to canvas prints as well as it does to a framed enlargement.
Alternatively, if you have already organised a wedding photographer, 'Don't Say Cheese' can provide the invaluable service of a candid/second photographer. With the pressure taken off to capture ‘the kiss’, ‘the cutting of the cake’ and other necessary wedding shots, we are free to move around the ceremony/reception and take more personal shots of friends and family.
A second photographer gives you the added documentation that many weddings lack, such as the reactions of the family and little moments that that may go unnoticed to a wedding photographer, but are undoubtedly precious to the married couple. These are the pictures you look back on and truly cherish, as they portray the HONESTY of such a beautiful and important day.
