Weddings – often made by the Kids.

I have the pleasure in being asked to photograph and record many weddings, and every one is unique and memorable.

However one theme that is common across all of them – is the interaction of the children. Children do not understand (and nor should they) the etiquette or deeper meanings of weddings and often behave the most naturally. They are sweet, endearing, a breath of fresh air and create some amusing moments.

It is not always possible to capture these moments, but I always feel rewarded to get at least a few in each Wedding. I recently photographed a Wedding for a couple that had two small boys (aged nearly 2 and 3).

Here are a few images from the day of those lovely little chaps.

The Bride and Groom chose the words from a well known song …. “I want to grow old with you …” Again very emotional and another couple of lads were to read this together. The younger one clearly affected by the emotion of the words, started to falter during the 2nd verse, his brother took over and hid him without any fuss.

Anyhow back to those two boys ….  still enjoying themselves.

… and a cuddle for Dad.

They were even part of cutting the cake:

Here are some of my other favourite children from other Weddings.

These two were asked to hold the veil up and then run … I think this made a more memorable image than the intended final shot!

Sometimes later in the evening it becomes too much.

And when we are young enough … we can do what we want really.

 

Web Site: Peter Duce Photography

Email: info@peterducephotography.co.uk

Tel: 07836 738032

Peter has been a photographer since his early twenties and he has been operating for nearly 10 years in Somerset. He is based in North Petherton and ideal location close to the Quantocks. Peter specialises in Portrait and Wedding Photography, delivering to clients across the South West. If you are interested in  images to last a lifetime please contact Peter through this link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kids expressing themselves …so cute

 

Pictures of Kids abound these days, probably all parents have hundreds of pictures of their precious ones –  showing the fun, laughter and perhaps a few tears, that we all enjoy as they grow up.

Whilst the humble iPhone (or Android) are not quality cameras they do allow capture in an unobtrusive way – and children quickly become less aware of them.

Whilst it is still possible these days to have more formal shots of children and families (there is a place for these, for sharing with loved ones and later generations), the spontaneity of the little person in their environment – allowing their personalities to show through, are the most precious.

The downside to the phone camera though is that it lacks any sort of controls and in any less than favourable light, images can be lacking in definition and punch.

The advent of the smaller and lighter mirrorless cameras (Fuji in this case) have made capturing children by professional photographers in their environment so much easier. Often using large cameras would make anyone being photographed very conscious and inevitably the image if not posed, looked awkward. Now with these small cameras, with all the controls of their larger brothers (DSLRS) and some superb lenses – it is much easier to get natural looking sparkling images.

I moved to Fuji mirrorless camera last year and for me this has opened up a much easier way of capturing these kind of images (all images here are from my Fujis). They are much lighter than my DSLRs and boy that is a boon for me at Weddings. The most important aspect for me is that they are so unobtrusive that my subjects are not intimidated and the live picture view on the screen, means I do no have to have the camera to my face to take an image – thereby maintaining eye contact and relationship with my subject.

Moving to Somerset 10 years ago has opened up so many locations for suburb images, right on my doorstep. Never looked back – but that is for another blog sometime,

Web Site: Peter Duce Photography

Email: info@peterducephotography.co.uk

Tel: 07836 738032

Peter has been a photographer since his early twenties and he has been operating for nearly 10 years in Somerset. He is based in North Petherton and ideal location close to the Quantocks. Peter specialises in Portrait and Wedding Photography, delivering to clients across the South West. If you are interested in some images to last a lifetime please contact Peter through this link.

 

 

 

First blog post

I have been a Portrait and Wedding Photographer for nearly 9 years, but have been reluctant to blog – confidence in writing something that was interesting and had value. This is my first post and welcome constructive feedback.