The Pressure to Make It ‘The Best Day of Your Life’
There’s a phrase that gets repeated constantly during wedding planning: “It’s going to be the best day of your life.” And while I understand the sentiment, truly, it can also carry more pressure than we realize. And for many couples, it quietly turns what should feel joyful into something that feels performative, stressful, and impossible to live up to.
Being a Bride Has Made Me a Better Wedding Photographer
There’s a specific kind of weight that comes with being a bride in the wedding industry. When you’re surrounded by weddings for a living, people assume you’ll know it all. That your day will be effortless. That nothing will go wrong. That it will be perfect because you’ve seen it all before. Yet the feeling of it being your own is entirely different. In living it firsthand, I learned things about weddings that no amount of experience behind the camera could have taught me.
Finding Your Voice and Style as a Photographer
Finding your style as a photographer can feel like one of the biggest, most important parts of the job. When you’re starting out, it’s easy to believe that everyone else has already figured it out or that they’ve found their look, their niche, their signature. And you’re just… experimenting. Trying. Wondering if your work is good enough or recognizable enough or “you” enough. But here’s the truth: style isn’t something you pick overnight.
I Hope We See More of This at Weddings
I’ve stood in over a hundred beautifully styled rooms. Rooms where every detail has been carefully considered. From the napkin colour, the font on the place cards, the chairs swapped out because those ones didn’t quite fit the vision. I’ve watched couples overthink their linen colours and panic about whether their tables feel “finished enough.” And yet some of the most meaningful weddings I’ve ever photographed looked nothing like what the internet told them they should be.