Steve Giralt

I never wanted to be a wedding photographer. It’s just not my kind of gig, I much prefer other kinds of photography which are much more enjoyable to me. No matter what my feelings are on the subject, I am constantly asked to photograph friends or families weddings and constantly have to deny them of their wishes.

What I have come to learn is that people don’t think of the average photographer as a specialist, but much more as a generalist. You’re a photographer, hence, you photograph … what you photograph is not as important to them as to the fact that you’re good with a camera. Yet, at the same time these people wouldn’t ask a brain surgeon to do a heart transplant, it’s not what they do. The brain surgeon prefers working on the brain, not saying he may not be able to do the heart transplant, it’s just that the Cardiac surgeon is much better at that. So, why is it that someone would ask a commercial portrait, food, interiors, and still life photographer to shoot their wedding? Isn’t that what we have wedding photographers for?

What these people have learned is that I will take pictures at their wedding if they invite me to their wedding and ask me to bring my camera. What can I say, weddings are a good old fashion drinking and dancing celebration that I enjoy. While having myself a grand old time I will break out my camera and shoot pictures of whatever is going on. I can’t help myself, it’s my inner wedding photographer coming out I guess. It also helps if it’s the wedding of a photographer friend since they will usually understand my not wanting to be “the wedding photographer”.

These images are from some of the weddings I attended this year. My friends who got married were Jess Barnard, Andrea Thompson, and Whitney Dunnigan. The weddings were in Los Angeles CA, Holyoke MA, and Lambertville NJ. I must say, they were great fun weddings and the photographs show that. Enjoy!

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