A Mother's Hands

A Mother's Hands
Originally uploaded by Bill Miles Photography

As a wedding photographer, you must be an artist. There are a plethora of things to think about as you prepare and execute your plan to capture a bride's wedding day. Intertwined with that is the need to be the artist you are.

I am a believer in the digital revolution. It has given me many tools over the past 12 years, including the ability to take my photography in a new direction with new workflows. My vision for each photo plays through my head as I prepare for the shots. With wedding photography, that process has to be quick and decisive.

A Mother's Hands was a shot I took at a wedding in Prescott, Arizona. As I sifted through my images for the first time, this is one I pulled to start off with in post-processing.

Where is the emotion in this photo? That is what I ask myself at the processing stage of each image. After that, I process the image in a way that enhances that emotion, either through color, contrast, crop, diffusion, etc. Again, try to be quick, or else you will never get your client their images.

The payoff for all the image work is the bride's face when she see her photos for the first time. Usually, they get somewhat emotional. That emotion is my reward.

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Bill Miles Photography:  Think. Create. Evoke.