After watching this short video of John Chiara, it really makes you think about things. I mean yes, the man has a camera the size of a trailer and setups the camera for 1 photo. Did I mention too that he manually exposes the image himself? To think of all of the thousands of photos we take, image if you can only take 1 photo. There would probably be a lot more thought into lighting, composition, etc. I joked with a bride that yes I take thousands and thousands of photos, but I was only going to give her one photo. This all made me think about every time you take a photo, is it that 1 photo you were only able to take? Meaning, can you look at that 1 photo and appreciate every aspect about it? Yes I know we’re all not perfect to shoot 2,000 amazing photos every single wedding, but I try really hard to make sure that every time I push the shutter, that photo is the 1 photo, 2,000 times. This idea goes back into the film days. I didn’t know this till recent, but Helen’s father was a wedding photographer too. And I’m sure back in those days when he was shooting and where he was shooting, they maybe shot 2 rolls of film the entire wedding. I guess the moral of this story is, when you’re firing away photos at a wedding, think about composition, light, etc. Are you making that photo, the 1 photo? Well checkout John Chiara’s video and be inspired.
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