Details took me a long time. I was a “portrait” photographer and forcing myself to take pictures of flowers, shoes and cakes didn’t seem natural at all. But the details play a very important role in telling the story of the day and showing what things make the couple unique. I’ve spent the past year really tweaking my approach to details and finding ways to capture the things that a couple worked on and planned for a year in a memorable and interesting way. This shot of a cake is very recent and absolutely one of my favorites. I had the time at this wedding (as I was one of about 8 photographers covering it) to set up the 4×5 and take some really (I think) beautiful details in a way that I love to shoot. Finding ways to make things like the details more fun to shoot makes them turn out more beautiful and helps me keep things interesting.

Photographers…how do you make details interesting on the wedding day?