A few weeks ago, I spent two most unusually warm May days learning the secrets of wedding photography from Justin & Mary at their Sydney Walk Through a Wedding workshop. If you haven’t been to their website yet you must go and see it now: http://justinmarantz.com. These guys are the most open-hearted, warm, experienced, willing to share their wealth of knowledge and help others to grow, wedding photography teams I have ever met. Things they do for the industry are generous and game-changing. Their passion and dedication to what they do, how they live their lives (and you can read all about it on their blog), their professionalism and their photographic vision are my inspiration every single day. Mary blogs daily, and one of my most favourite things during my mornings is to make a cup of coffee and immerse myself in her witty and cozy writing.
Learning from this team was one of my dreams (and goals for 2012) that came true. Those two autumn days were so full-on and action-filled that my head and my notebook were both exploding with all the priceless information that Justin and Mary shared with us.
But my favourite moment of the workshop? It was when all us were sitting in a circle crying our eyes out while sharing the stories about what the most cherished picture in our possession was. Why? Because great photography is exactly that – capturing precious, full of emotion moments that might never ever come back, never be repeated, that are a part of our life and our present that are very soon to be our past.
And I am forever grateful for meeting a group of beautiful Aussie photographers who attended the workshop. We shared laughter and tears and plenty of pizza with over those days. Ladies, you are amazing, and I am looking forward to connecting with all of you again. And our gorgeous models (and real life newlyweds), Kellie and Nicholas, you guys rocked.
Justin and Mary (and Julia!), I would like to express my deepest respect to you for every single thing you do and how you do it. Thank you.
And a couple of photos from behind the scenes:
