The Kiss

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This is one my recent favorites.  First, the kiss of the bride and groom was totally spontaneous as they left the church and was not provoked by klinging of glasses or chants by the crowds.  It felt real and very natural.  The other reason is there are three other photographers capturing or trying to capture the moment.  The two older gentlemen on the left of the image one camera ready by the eye and the other inspecting his results.   The third photographer on the far right of the image is actually the first photographer for the event.  I was lucky to get the exact moment...actually I like T. Jefferson's quote "I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." and the excellent coordination between myself and the other professional photographer allowed us to get multiple views of the kiss.  Another example of why I like to have two photographers shooting a wedding (see below).    I also like the picture because we know it was at Saint Elizabeth .... Church.

Finally, it captures a small bit of our modern times: a camera in everyone's hand.  An image like this 20-30 years ago would have been very unlikely, but today it is pervasive.  If not a point and shoot camera then a cell phone camera.  And I wonder what happens to all those pictures and even more so why do so many of us feel the urge to 'capture the moment rather than experience it.'

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