Tired hands, happy hearts; wedding on film AND digital
Jackie had reached out to me (I believe) a month ahead of time- her usual second/film shooter had a prior engagement, and she wanted to know if I was available. "Second shooting on digital, but also bring some film for the ceremony?" (I'd later misunderstand this as "Aaron bring ALL the film you have" [Jackie this is a joke].)
(Above: gallery of early-morning details + groomsmen, edited by me.)
I arrived at the 'getting ready' Airbnb at about 10am, knowing my day wasn't going to be over until close to 12 hours following. And as this was still in my 'pre-harnass' era, I basically spent 12 hours double-fisting cameras: my 5d Mark IV, and my Canon EOS 50. This whole day was spent cataloguing a beautiful love story, but my hands the next day(s) only cared about how heavy the cataloguing was.
(Above: all 'getting ready'/color film is Cinestill 50d.)
But more than heavy/difficult, it was fun. My favorite part about second shooting (which is all I've done for wedding as of the writing of this blog) is the fact that I have the energy to dedicate to being the hype man. The "you look great" (to literally every member of the bridal party) man. The "you're doing a great job" to ALL the vendors guy.
Another nice aspect of second shooting has been (at least of what I can post) the ability to not need to edit the pics I take/important into Adobe Lightroom. I just deliver RAW files (or in this case, scanned negatives). This is a good thing for the quality of the edit as a whole! But... it leaves my personal editing style something to be desired.
(Above: first look, reading of vows, and some stuff from the ceremony, edited by me.)
Which has a dual effect- it makes me feel (and honestly probably makes reality reflect) that my film shots are higher quality, and it makes me re-examine my edits of the digitals from days like this and realize that I probably could still practice editing.
(I have more that are on the gallery page for this wedding.)
(Above: all 'ceremony'/color film is Kodak Portra 400.)
This day was exhausting. This day was fun. This day provided me the best dichotmy of 'work I can do right now' with film and 'MASSIVE areas of improvement' with digital. Some lessons I'd learn sooner. Some took some time.
Moral of the story:
Armand and Tiffany are a beautiful and lovely couple and I wish them nothing but the best
When Jackie says "I need help", you help.
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