The Wedding Photographers

The past few days have been a bit miserable due to some sort of cold I've contracted, but there's a high note as Laura has finished putting the gallery together of our final pick of shots we took at our good friends' Joe and Cassie's wedding.

This was really new and different from both of us, as I've never taken pictures in any sort of professional setting before. 'Professional" is used loosely here, as I was approached to do this out of my friends' desire to keep the wedding costs down. Nevertheless, Laura and I were determined to do the best job we could with these, despite our lack of experience.

I think it turned out rather well in the end. Laura and I both took hundreds of pictures each, though we ended up going with many of mine by virtue of my bounce flash. (Laura has taken just short of worshiping it.) Being able to split up and cover different angles worked as well, and her pictures of the bride getting ready are the best of the set.

She also did most of the post-processing work. I've never been good with Photoshop, and having someone who knows their way around it is a huge help. I got to introduce her to Lightroom in return, and while I think she prefers Bridge for organizing photos, she says the ability to quickly tweak photos without having to individually open every one in Photoshop is a huge help.

So here's the gallery. Enjoy.