The unposed and the composed
Why we shoot both, and how the two share one day.
A wedding is two kinds of picture at once. There is the day as it unfolds, and there is the handful of frames you will actually hang on a wall.
We make both, on purpose, and we keep them apart. For most of the day we are unposed: close, quiet, in the room but not in the way. For a short stretch, usually twenty minutes, we are composed: we pick the light, choose the place and give a few small directions.
Why not just one?
Pure documentary can miss the portrait you wished you had. Pure editorial can feel borrowed. Together, the candid frames carry the feeling and the composed ones carry the craft.
A few frames composed. Everything else, exactly as it happened.
What it asks of you
Almost nothing. You do not need to know how to pose. We will tell you where to stand and then leave you to be yourselves.
If you would like to talk it through, write to us.