Scenes from a Wedding

I worked recently as the second cameraman for a wedding video.  (Yes, I will do most anything for money.)   However, I couldn't resist shooting some stills of passing scenes.

I often say that I'm not a wedding photographer.  I've only shot two over the years, one as a favor for a friend.  I found the disc of pictures for her the other day, while looking for something else, and while I thought some of the images were a bit overprocessed, I was pretty happy with the product.  Perhaps I should post a few as an example, as I shot it with Leicas and black-and-white film in a photojournalistic style.

This time, again, I used the camera I had rather than the one I would choose.  Though I carried my Leica M3 with me to the job, keeping it slung around the neck while working a video camera can be tricky at best, so I left it with the other equipment where we staged and used the iPhone.  Then I processed the pictures via PS Express on the phone, generally removing the color, working a little with brightness and contrast, and adding a border.

There is usually some serious dead times around weddings (although if you're the bride or groom, you'll probably not notice), so I had the chance to snap these without hindering my real duties.

However, that means there aren't really any pictures of central events.  Also, it occurred to me that -- especially for the purposes of this blog -- the subjects might not enjoy finding themselves suddenly cast out on the internet, so I've chosen the images of the quiet moments away from the people.