Looking through the archives of 2009, I came across this image from the wedding of Jerrard and Diana, this was a grab shot taken during their reception. I just love the emotion of the groom’s face and his strong passionate embrace. Technically not the perfect picture as the focus point locked on to the hand holding the champagne glass rather than the face but this doesn’t bother me or my client and is a case where emotion trumps perfection.

In wedding photography, often is the case that you only get one chance, here I only had time to fire off one shot before another member of the family jumped into my frame. The challenge of capturing events as they unfold is one of the reasons why I love shooting weddings, it is partly luck but it seems the more weddings that I shoot, the more I seem to be at the right place, at the right time, with the right lens! This reminds me of a famous quote from Arnold Palmer, one of the greatest American golfers “It’s a funny thing, the more I practice, the luckier I get”.