Sean Scott Photography

For me, a wedding is my ultimate storytelling opportunity. It brings together family and friends, cultures and traditions. It's a celebration of more than just the marriage. It's where separate pasts and futures merge into one.

The most important thing I do at a wedding is to recollect the day for the bride and groom. There are a thousand things that take place at a wedding, and the demands on the couple can be intense. The bride and groom and their families are caught up in the moment, often pulled in a dozen different directions. It's easy for them to overlook or miss what's going on at their own wedding. Sometimes it's what was going on while they weren't looking. Flower girls playing with a basket full of rose petals. Dad wiping a tear from his eye during the vows. Sometimes it's what was in plain sight, things that consumed hours in the months and weeks leading up to the wedding day but went unnoticed in the excitement. The decorations during the ceremony and reception. The table settings, and food. The centerpieces.

Weddings are full of the uninhibited moments I love to photograph. I don't do too many staged photos, because I've found that people don't really identify with them later on. But... when people aren't thinking about having their picture taken, when they're smiling and laughing naturally, unconsciously... Those are the expressions that look and fit them better. It's how we normally see them.

I'm not going to show up and shoot your ceremony and leave. I'm usually one of the first people to arrive and last to leave a wedding. I take my photography very seriously, and I've been doing it for a long time.