As the father of the groom I was expected to dress up, show
up and shut up. Knowing my passion for all things photographic I was also told
to stay out of the (professional) photographer’s way and not to take pictures,
“Don’t even bring a camera!”
Well, clearly that was not going to happen! I did dress up
and show up, but I stashed my diminutive Nikon P-300 in my coat pocket and when
no one was looking “shot the shooter” as well as a few other choice
compositions.
The ability of this little gem of a camera to take fantastic
pictures, especially in low light situations never ceases to amaze me. Could I
have gotten better photos with one of my other cameras? Certainly. In this particular instance however, that
would have been inappropriate. Besides, sometimes a small point & shoot you
can slip in your pocket is simply the best tool for the job.
In any case, the “stay out of the way” point is valid and I
can say with all honesty I don’t think the photographer even knew I was there.
Only a few friends knew I had a camera with me and only because they happened
to be near when I whipped it out for a quick pic.
I
took a total of 47 pictures that day. The photographer however was relentless.
She was everywhere, taking hundreds of photos with two Nikon DSLR’s sporting
two huge (meaning fast) zoom lenses. One DSLR carried a serious flash but she
was clearly favoring available light whenever possible. Her “second” was almost
as unobtrusive as I was popping up here, there and everywhere, with a smaller
Nikon DSLR taking candid shots and generally catching the peripheral action. I
would be surprised if at the end of the day there weren’t at least a thousand
photos to pick from for the wedding album. Clearly her work has only just
begun!
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