I found myself in Tagaytay again recently – once again covering a wedding.  The bride & groom, Alex & Via, had already hired another team to cover the wedding, but decided to get me to give them a different set of images.  I let the other team take the lead – there were, after all, six of them (photographers & videographers alike) working while I was shooting solo.  I let them direct the action while I stood back and watched things unfold.  In other words, I was almost purely a photojournalist.

I say “almost purely a photojournalist” because I still staged a set of formal portraits as well as some images of the rings (including the image you see to the left).  I also took a few group shots at the end of the day because the couple asked me to.  Otherwise though, I tried to stay as unobtrusive as possible.

I realize I try to do this with my usual wedding coverage, but this time, it was even easier than usual because as I’ve already mentioned, there were six other people tasked with covering the events of the day.  I didn’t need to go from table to table taking group shots – that’s not what I was there for.  I was there to give a different perspective – so that’s what I did.

Now, the set of images below is a small sample of what I’ve given Alex & Via. It is also composed of only black & white images.  Why?  Well, while I was processing the images, I found myself converting a lot of them to black & white – it’s that simple.  Somehow, I ended up with so many of them – enough to fill up an album – that I decided to make this post completely in black & white.  I’m sure I’ll be giving them both color and black & white images for the final album, but I think this set looks pretty good despite the lack of color.

So, what do you think?

To Alex & Via, I hope you enjoyed this little album.  I’ll be dropping by again soon with another album – this time something you can actually hold in your hands.

• Luis • 24 December 2008 •