Weddings aren’t about perfect light. (I can hear the critics now….How can you call yourself a photographer if you just said that about light….thats terrible! Guess what on wedding day God and mother nature control my light not me) Weddings aren’t about getting published or winning print competitions or perfect lighting. Weddings aren’t about proper posing, or making something different, or impressing your friends. What is important when you are a wedding photographer? Weddings are about having fun. Weddings are about moments. Weddings are about taking beautiful photos with what you have in that second. Weddings are about being able to show the next generation how ridiculous the last one dressed. Weddings are about relationships and family. Sometimes being a photographer is hard because you are hard on yourself. Its personal. You want to make incredible photos not just beautiful ones. Its hard to remember what really matters sometimes. Being a photographer means getting hung up on the light being wrong, or the hand in the wrong place….or the horizon in the wrong spot…..but being a wedding photographer you have to remember that you are making memories in seconds. We are documenting what is happening—what is there—who these people are and who are important to them. What about that means I need perfect light, or proper composition? Nothing. This past Friday it down poured all day long…..I mean side blowing crazy windy rain storm. It was the first time in five years I had experienced weather like that on a wedding—a wedding that I considered to be very important—the people were special to me and I wanted to make the best pictures ever! It was really hard for me because I love the coastal Maine landscape…..I love getting my clients out on the rocks and showing the amazing backgrounds of Maine….and I couldn’t. But you know what…..when we got them into the reception the weather didn’t matter….what mattered were the moments…..the party, the fun, and the time they got to spend with their family and friends. That’s what my job is to capture. My job is to help them remember this day forever. So for all of you wedding photographers out there who are hard on yourselves like I am….stop. Stop and remember next time you wish you had better light or a better detail remember what our job really is and what is important.