Candid moment after their wedding at the First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque
Surprise wedding to everyone in attendance!
Like many professional photographers just starting out, I photographed weddings. Dozens and dozens of weddings actually, but after a couple of years I switched, for several reasons, to being a commercial photographer. Now, I still photograph a wedding every now and then, but mostly only for friends or friends of friends, and in this case, a networking friend, Sarah. There was something about this wedding that was a first for me, with a wedding being the surprise conclusion to a renovated event hall at the First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque. So my challenge was to be inconspicuous with two large cameras and lenses on my person, in a room full of people who knew each other but not me, so as to not spoil the wedding finale surprise! I am happy to say I did not, and the wedding was a complete surprise to everyone in the hall except me.
Despite the hall not being setup for a wedding in particular, I still managed to find space to get a light set up off camera with a 42” soft box on it to make a few formal photos for Sarah and Carla and their family. Then it was all about getting some candids.
Thank you Sarah for choosing me as your wedding photographer!
