{"id":54,"date":"2025-05-19T13:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/why-i-no-longer-photograph-weddings-and-still-love-the-ones-i-did\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:51:53","slug":"why-i-no-longer-photograph-weddings-and-still-love-the-ones-i-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/why-i-no-longer-photograph-weddings-and-still-love-the-ones-i-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I No Longer Photograph Weddings (And Still Love the Ones I Did)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the questions I get asked most often\u2014right after \u201cDo you Photoshop wrinkles?\u201d\u2014is whether I photograph weddings.<\/p>\n

The short answer? Not anymore.
The long answer? Let\u2019s talk about it.<\/p>\n

For years, I had the absolute joy of documenting weddings. I got to witness teary first looks, dance floor shenanigans, and that magical moment when two people say \u201cI do\u201d surrounded by their people. I loved it\u2014really, truly. And if I was your wedding photographer at any point, please know I carry those memories in my camera bag-shaped heart forever.<\/p>\n

But over time, I realized that the way I show up<\/em> for a wedding\u2014fully focused, fully committed, and a tiny bit (okay, a lot) perfectionist\u2014was no longer sustainable for me. Weddings are intense. They\u2019re beautiful, emotional, and sacred… and they\u2019re also 12-hour days packed with prep, travel, timelines, family photo lists, low-light stress, and a whole lot of caffeine.<\/p>\n

You get one shot\u2014literally. There are no do-overs when the rings are exchanged or when Grandma leans in for a kiss on the cheek. And I take that kind of responsibility very seriously. Maybe too seriously.<\/p>\n

As a mama of two young boys, I started to feel the weight of what I might miss at home in exchange for the pressure of never missing a moment on someone else\u2019s big day. And honestly? That kind of pressure made me a little less of the photographer\u2014and person\u2014I want to be.<\/p>\n

So now, I focus on the kind of photography that lights me up and<\/em> lets me be present for the messy, magical chaos of mom life: portraits. Families, seniors, headshots, small business branding. The in-between moments that make up a life\u2014without the stress of missing the bouquet toss while simultaneously fielding a toddler meltdown at home.<\/p>\n

If you’re someone planning a wedding, I\u2019m cheering you on SO hard. And I have some truly incredible wedding photographer friends I\u2019d be happy to recommend. Seriously, they\u2019re amazing. (And probably still carry emergency bobby pins and granola bars in their camera bags like I used to.)<\/p>\n

So yes, I used to shoot weddings. I loved it while I did.
But now? I\u2019m exactly where I\u2019m supposed to be. And that feels like a perfect fit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One of the questions I get asked most often\u2014right after \u201cDo you Photoshop wrinkles?\u201d\u2014is whether I photograph weddings. The short answer? Not anymore. The long answer? Let\u2019s talk about it. For years, I had the absolute joy of documenting weddings. I got to witness teary first looks, dance floor shenanigans, and that magical moment when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/honest-red-wombat.50-6-7-78.cpanel.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}