Crinkle Photography

Friday, October 26, 2012

Derek and Emily

Friends sitting on a couch, snowed in for the day. Stolen glances, finger grazing each other...Derek and Emily went from being friends to being in love.

I love when I get to become friends with a bride, it is pretty much the best but on occasion I am allowed a great honor of being a part of a friends wedding. Derek and Emily's wedding was one of these rare occasions.

I met Derrick years ago in College. Year past and inches of hair grew (on his end) and where hacked off yet again, till one day he came over elated. "She's fantastic" he announced to Chris and me. We met Emily not too long afterwards and we fell in love too. Her beauty and contagious laughter were enthralling to all of us. She and I became fast friends and I teased Derek, "If you don't marry her I will." He didn't need my tease to know what he had found and not too long he found himself on his knees in the mountains declaring his love.

On the day of the wedding Emily was as beautiful as ever, calm and waiting for the moment when she got to marry the love of her life. Excited laughter filled the girls dressing area just moments before the line up began.

By Raleigh Wedding Photographer

Sunday, September 9, 2012

A wee bit lost...

I like to pretend I have arrived. When people ask me what I do I proudly respond, "Wedding photographer" and that's what I am in my heart. I have a passion for people; I love to spread joy. But I often portray myself as more "together" than I am I think. In my mind if I am as confident as a peacock then I'll start sprouting feathers I guess?

Truth be told, much like a lot of you, and nothing as moving or as powerful as those before me, I have a dream. Each day I get up and I think over what can I be doing to move closer to that dream. Don't get me wrong I am particularly there I do get the joy of shooting weddings but not as often as I would like.

I don't know about the rest of you but I read so much about my dream; all the blogs, articles and what not I can find about wedding photographers/wedding photography you name it and I get to see so many different people's perspectives. I get lost in it at times. I get the idea that there are "lots of right answers" but sometimes my head spins with the differences of opinions or I just don't even know where to begin.

In whatever it is you are passionate about, under water basket weaving if you will: do you ever just get lost in it all?

By Raleigh Wedding Photographer

Friday, September 7, 2012

Randomocities

Confession time: I have a weird connection to celebrities. Not what you'd think. I don't pour over tabloids or even really read anything about them. My connection is that I have a deep sympathy for them. When I am buying my groceries and read about so and so split, custody battles or whatever I'm sad for them. I mean I'd be sad for anyone but I am all the more sad for celebrities. Why? I know they have fame and money but I think their troubles become sport. Not only do they have the same struggles (I'll be it at a completely different price bracket) as us but their pain is used to cause intrigue. Their pain is splattered across headlines, cemented into journalistic history. On top of everything else I wonder how many true friends they have. I hurt at the loneliness I imagine. Yes, we all have or have had betrayal in our past or soon to come but could you imagine never being able to trust anyone... and all for something as trivial as money... or fame?