I finally shot my first wedding 2 weeks ago!  It was for my sister’s best friend, Tukta and Jerome.  I was kind of nervous since the only photography experience I had prior to this was shooting one of my friend’s engagement session.  I asked my friend Letty to come along for comfort and for the experience.  Even though our skill in photography were around the same, it made me feel better there would be another person covering shots that I could potentially miss, plus I knew Letty had lots of natural artistic talent.

The day started out pretty hectic with Tukta still needing to buy her wedding shoes an hour before the ceremony began.  It was funny to see the faces of shocked sales clerks when we were inside the shoe stores.  We end up arriving to the ceremony 30 minutes late only to be greeted by the wedding host who was pretty annoyed.  She kept rushing us off the property after the ceremony was over, hardly giving us any enough time to take pictures even though we had 30 minutes remaining before the agreed upon departure time.

Regardless, it was a lovely and wonderful day.  The weather couldn’t be nicer.  Jerome and Tukta handled the situation perfectly keeping the atmosphere upbeat and joyful.   Both Letty and I had TONS of fun.  Who knew being a wedding photographer was so physically draining.  I was sweating the entire time and my legs were sore.

This event was so fun that it inspired us (me and Letty) to pursue it further.  Even though our pictures are miles away from the real professionals, we learned a ton and had a blast.  Thanks Jerome and Tukta for having faith in us.

Okay enough of me talking… here’s the set:

Slideshow:

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Wedding Book: