The Best Part About Being A Wedding Photographer

I love being a wedding photographer. Every year I love it more and more. Can you imagine having a job where someone pays you money to make them happy and love everything you do?

This has been the best career choice I could have ever made. When I shoot weddings there is also a second bonus. I get to spend the day with my beautiful wife! Thats right! She is my second shooter, and partner in the business. I can't think of anything that makes me happier than spending time with her and making a client happy simultaneously! That is some serious business/family multitasking at it's best!

Anywho, the best part about being a wedding photographer happens after the wedding. Maybe I'm a sentimentalist, but when I design images for the review session (when the bride and groom get to see their images for the first time) I go straight for the heart strings. First I show a series of my personal favorite images of the day, and those are always the most intensely emotional images. I give the newly weds the best experience possible for viewing their images for the first time, and they always love it.

There is nothing better than seeing a couple get excited, laugh, and cry tears of joy when they see their images on the big screen. It is so emotionally rewarding, inspiring, and motivating to have someone like what I do enough that they have a tear of happiness - I love this part of my job. Thats what keeps me motivated to continue as a wedding photographer, try new things, and expand my business reach.

I guess what I love about being a wedding photographer is really... love!

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