Acacia's little obsession

As most of you know (two or three of my 4 readers lol) I was asked to come and take some pictures at a wedding this weekend. I'm not going to lie, I was nervous. Only because I really want to take good pictures no matter if I'm doing it for money or not. And I felt a little pressure to take some pics that were great if I ever want peoople to actually want ME to take pics of them. I know, I know...I've only had my camera for 2 months and as of now I'm 100% self taught...not that I know alot yet but what I do actually know is all from trial and error. And it's safe for me to say that this experience, shooting pictures for a wedding, was FULL of trials and errors!!! I'm VERY interested in taking pics at weddings on a perfessional level someday and I've read ALOT about what it can be like being a wedding photographer so I thought I was prepared to have some crazy moments...moments! Not a whole crazy day lol!! The wedding was short and sweet! The bride was beautiful and made an easy subject, when she was smiling. But between squinting into the sun and being a little overwhelmed it was hard to snap a candid moment when she didn't look totally po'd...she wasn't of course but looks can be decieving! So the sun was one obstical I was prepared for but what I wasn't prepared for was the difficult task of positioning a group of people into "better light" when everyone else was also trying to take pics at the same time. And since I wasn't a hired photographer I didn't feel the right and/or obligation to over ride everyone else trying to get the same shot. So needless to say another obstacle that I wasn't prepared for was EVERYONE else and having to work around them. I didn't have an outline of the day (and I don't think the bride or groom did either lol) so another thing that was a little difficult was trying to be in all the right places at all the right times so as to not miss a special moment or a great shot. At one point the bride had requested a break from pics and so I went off kind of doing my own thing getting some shots of other people and things going on...only to look over my shoulder not 10 minutes later to see the bride and groom about to cut the cake. AHHHHHH...WAIT!!! I got there and got some shots...phew!! All in all it was a good day and a great learning expeience and something I look forward to getting better at in the future!! Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day!!

The sun was so bright so this is the only picture of her walking down the aisle where she's smiling...but I think it's a good pic!

Praying

I was so glad I caught this tender moment between the two of them...she was a little overwhelmed and he was making sure she was ok. It was really sweet!