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UK Documentary Wedding Photographer - Personal faves of 2017 #5 of 100 by Paul Jarrett

Cheshire based UK Documentary Wedding Photographer on tour in Italy

Here's one of those wedding pictures that just takes itself, honestly there's no magic involved, just pressing a button.  The thing about being a Documentary Wedding Photographer is you just learn to observe, nothing fancy, just watch and take pictures without drawing attention to yourself and disturbing a moment.

This one's from Madeline & Rory's magnificent wedding on the shores of Lake Como, Italy (I had to endure a week with them over there, poor me or was it the other way round) taken at Villa Passalacqua a lovely Italian wedding venue

Wedding photographs with context

No matter what I'm taking pictures of I have a keen desire for my pictures have context, context gives pictures meaning, a story or lets them form part of a set of pictures that go together that tell a story - a story of a wedding.

I love this picture because it's just one of those times you're in the right place at the right time for something like this to happen - was it pure luck, do we as photographers create our own luck or is there something more to it ?  Who knows, but here it is, a perfect combination of moment, light, luck and whatever other descriptive terms you want to use.  Oh, and it reminds me of some fantastic days spent with a bunch of great people too !