One of my friends recently got married in Middleburg. I know what you’re thinking and I didn’t know where it was either. When he got back after his honeymoon, I naturally did what any wedding photographer would do, I asked to see the photos.

Long story short he pointed me at the relevant photographer’s site and I went to have a look. While we were looking through the photos, which were nice in a traditional-gazing-at-the-sky-kind-of-way, I pointed at one where he was squinting into the camera and he laughed and said “Its hard work posing for photos … its like, look at <name deleted in the interest of being invited over ever again>, smile, look serious and then they reflect light into your face … so you end up squinting.”

I can’t imagine many things worse then spending an hour being told to smile, stare at the sky, touch the tree. If you read this blog regularly then you have heard me mention many times that looking natural and relaxed in the photos comes from being natural and relaxed. However, my bias against stiff posed wedding photos aside, your wedding day shouldn’t be hard work.

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This entry was posted Friday, September 15th, 2006 at 11:09 am and is filed under Opinion.