My very first wedding...

I was digging thru pictures the other day in an effort to organize and found these. This was our first try at wedding photography. We weren't the official photographers but rather the camera crazed cousins with high end equipment they had no idea on how to use!

We definitely lucked out on a bunch of shots! So much so that many of these (and others) are posted on the walls of my cousins house! There's something to say about being free!!:) Still, it's an honor to have our images grace her walls!

This was my (and Mark's) first experience with indoor photography and didn't have a flash (nor did I want to use one during the service). I knew a little about ISO and aperture so with that I just tried lots of stuff! Some the images looked better after post processing but some, like the one above, actually were okay right out of the camera!

I definitely learned alot that day and the following months and weeks as we explored our camera further and did a lot of trial and error. I know i'm still learning with every shot I take and now understand how 20 years of experience is really needed to truly be an expert. For now, I'm just an amature.

Although, funny story, I delivered the DVD for the wedding we just did and forgot to give the bride a release for the photos. I guess Sam's club thought they looked good enough to require one before she could take them home (after they printed them...go figure...).