My first wedding photography experience

Unfortunately, there are no photos right now to show you, but on April 16, 2011, I was fortunate to be my best friends personal photographer.

My childhood friend Mohamed el Ali got married to his fiancée and asked me to be his personal photographer. He had already hired a professional photographer but wanted me to be there and capture the emotional moments only a good friend could see. We've been friends forever and know each other like we know ourselves.

I was a bit nervous, but got very relaxed when the wedding started. I tried to keep the photos to a minimum, selecting only the beautiful moments, those moments that spoke to me. I hope when I process them, they'll be a keeper and photos to cherish forever.

I hope I didn't mess up this one, because this is the wedding I'll never forget in my life. It's the wedding I've been waiting to see for a decade.

I wish him and his beautiful wife, all the best in life!

Update:
The photo's turned out just as we both wanted, but unfortunately, Mohammed didn't want to post them on the Internet, I'm really sorry, had to respect his wish.

6 comments:

  1. Hi there M, what a fantastic honor and experience! Wow, this is phenomenal and I'm sure that you captured some astounding photos. If by chance you can share a few please do, I'd LOVE to see some of your work!

    I hope all is well with you, you're missed here by me for sure and I'm sure a few others. Stay safe and take good care my friend! Cheers. :-)

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  2. Hi my dear!

    It was a fantastic honor indeed and a great experience. I think I learned a lot, but the other photographer was curious about why the quality of my photos where much better.

    I will post some of the photos, but it will be in the near future as I'm don't have any medium to download the photos to at this moment.

    I really miss all of you and hope to be frequent as I used to in the past.

    How are you? Hope you're doing well! Please forgive me for not checking your blog since I came to Lebanon, but I'll do that as soon as I can.

    Have a wonderful day.

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  3. Hello once again M,

    The other photographer most likely doesn't have the same passion as you do. I have come to believe that shooting photos, awesome photos that is, requires passion and patience. Knowing when "the" shot is there and capturing it in the blink of an eye. I love the feeling of knowing I got "the" shot, it's such an ahhhhhhh feeling! lol

    You are missed here, in time or when it's meant to be you'll be back up and running. And I am doing well, I'm currently taking a wee bit of a break from my last final, it's a take home which I'd like to get done today, tomorrow at the latest. Then I'll be plunging into two correspondence courses which I'm aiming to have done in maximum 3 months, then another course in July for 2 weeks, and I'm aiming to have August to myself, no books for a month... I'm hoping! One more year of this M, just one more short year and I can go out to work!

    Take care and no rush, you'll be back when you can. Have an awesome day my friend! :-)

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  4. You're right, the other photographer is just doing his work.

    I wish you all the best in your studies and I sure you'll end up with the job of your life!

    Thanks for always checking on me!

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  5. Congratulations on your first wedding gig. I hope you had fun.
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