When I have time it’s always fun to second shoot a wedding with friends. This weekend I spent in Solothurn with Jeanine & Philippe. Although it was a rainy day for once, we were still lucky to enjoy a mostly dry morning with the couple shots in the city. Being the 2nd or even 3rd photographer at a wedding is a great experience. You can always pick up something from another photographer. And as you’re not the principal photographer to cover the event, you can get a different view on the day.
The weather in Switzerland was great for a couple of weeks now. Sunshine every day. Warm. If not hot. Days of summer. How could that go on like that for another week? I was hoping that the weather change – that had to come one day – would not come this weekend. The weekend Julia & Peter got married in Weggis, at the Lake of Lucerne.
There was no reason to be concerned. It was a beautiful day. And even if some unexpected organizational problems showed up the night before the wedding, everything worked out fine at the end. Having followed many weddings in my life, I know that always something goes wrong. It’s good to be prepared. But then you have to let go and be open for another way.
Julia & Peter enjoyed a wonderful day with their families and friends. It’s great to see how everyone comes together at a wedding and celebrates the start of a new family. As a photographer it’s an honor to be invited to follow the couple and capture this day. It’s wonderful to capture life.
It’s this time of the year again. December. Christmas coming soon. Time to spend with your family and friends. Time for traditions.
One tradition I started last year is to invite my wedding photographer friends from all over Switzerland for our annual Christmas dinner in Berne – the Wedding Crashers Switzerland Xmas Splash ‘10. We spent a wonderful evening at the restaurant Altes Tramdepot Bern with good food, some drinks and a fun little Pocketbooth app on our iPhones ;-) The freshly baked cupcakes we did with the Cookie Chicks Jeanine, Nadja and Karin at the pre-event were delicious and so were the home-made roasted almonds from Stephanie - yummy! I’m very happy to see the network and friendships grow. It has been a great year, thanks ya’ll!
In the picture (or not), in order of appearance: Nadja Oeler, Andreas Feusi, Philippe Wiget, Richard Overtoom, Katharina Wernli, Urs Anderegg, Ruggero De Pellegrini, Tobias Schmid, Daniel Daeppen, Stephanie Greter, Karin Näf, Jeanine Linder, Colette Dewan, Karin Vonow, Ildiko Varga, Daniel Knecht, Ilsuk Sun, Matthew Anderson
It is a very special moment if a wedding photographer is invited to the wedding of a friend. Especially if your friend is a very talented wedding photographer herself and you are invited as a friend and not as a photographer. Of course I did take a camera to the wedding yesterday in Begnins and Luins in the Nyon area anyway :-) But as I was not the official photographer I was in “freestyle mode” with just one lens (Canon 50mm/1.2L), no flash and was shooting my Mark II all day long at ISO 2500 and f/1.4. A bit risky, but if you nail the focus, you get stunning images. Here’s my favorite image of the day, a fleeting moment on the dance floor.
Congratulations Colette & Curt! You’re a wonderful couple, it was awesome to spend the day with your families and friends! Your wedding was hands down my favorite wedding ever! If I leave the wedding party at the very end and arrive back home at 5am, you know that I liked it ;-)
Check out Colette’s website here: COLETTE Photography
