Let Go and the Moment Appears

Can you ever be too technical of a photographer? Does focusing on perfection keep you from finding emotion in your photographs? Where and how is your time better spent? As photographers, these are questions we have to ask ourselves as we evolve our styles. 

I for one find that when I let go, defining moments appear. Yet when I try to control light and focus on the technical, no matter how real, there is something missing in the eyes. So, we have learned and trained ourselves to let moments flow through us onto the paper. We don't create moments. We capture them. Being fully in the moment and behind the lens is a rush that we can't explain. In many ways it is spiritual capturing real people breathing, thinking, loving, and living. 

As a bride you should be aware of the questions that haunt photographers. The truth is, photographers can't be all things. Simply put, there are only so many minutes in an hour and the human brain can only think of so much before it is in overload. The heart of the moment is missed when the artist's focus is too much on perfection. 

For those musicians out there, you know what I am talking about. The notes flow through you and not from you. You have to let go, and stop thinking about technique to be in the zone. 

If it seems like I am thinking out loud, then I am. It is just an observation and perspective I wanted to share.

This is why we take a minimalist approach to weddings and events. We carry very little in regards to lighting which allows us to work in a more freestyle and in the zone way.  A recent article stated that Maring's photographs make the ordinary... Extraordinary. That is such a kind statement. All I can say is that we feel that when an image has truth it has soul. It's not perfect or Godlike. It's human and that is in itself perfect enough.