The second of my “double header” weekend recently took me to another venue close to home and one that I’ve worked at many times now, Airth Castle, for the wedding of Gillian & Michael. And, as a bonus, both the bride & groom are getting ready here, meaning that not only can I cover off the bridal preparations as usual, but also some of the groom’s prep as well.
I do sometimes get asked why I work on my own and don’t, unlike a lot of other photographers, use a second shooter who, amongst a few other things, can always cover the groom’s prep shots, regardless of where they’re taking place. Well, my answer to that is always the same – I want your wedding day to be just that, a wedding day, and one of my strengths is blending into the background and hardly being noticed at all, apart from of course when we shoot the family group shots and the bride & groom photoshoot. Using a “second shooter”, for me, turns things into a photographic production, becoming far more noticeable and obtrusive and going against the way I shoot. So, yes of course, there will be some shots (such as groom’s prep shots) that do sometimes need to be sacrificed, but for me that’s a price worth paying to keep to the style I believe in :-).
