kiss the groom

what a beautiful, stunning book! Congratulations Elizabeth, but comes as no surprise considering how truly talented you are! Your work is stunning and the book wouldn't be complete without your images in it.

I would love a copy..I'm a photographer and for me photographing weddings is pure bliss. there is something so lovely about two people committing themselves to one another for all of their lives. to remain true and faithful to someone is the most romantic gift anyone can give another. to love and to be loved, well there is nothing like it in the world and to be that photographer to capture that love on that day is a blessing. i smile every time i am behind the camera as the bride peers nervously around the corner catching a glimpse of her soon to be husband standing at the alter, i smile when they say "i do" vowing to honor and love one another and i smile and at times cry as they exchange that first kiss as husband and wife. to be able to capture those moments for someone, those images that someone will hold on to forever, that will become passed down to their children, that will bring a smile to their face years from now, i feel like the luckiest girl in the world. that is why i love to photograph weddings.
xoxo
warmly, erin

I can't wait to see the book and all the beautiful photos!

I love photographing weddings because I get a little teary every time the bride walks down the aisle and can do nothing but smile on a packed dance floor. I love the challenges and rewards of photographing such a special day and all the wonderful people I have come into contact with. I also love being in a field full of such talented people that inspire me everyday.

Thank you for sharing your lovely work. The blog is fantastic!

Jocelyn

Wedding photography is, in my opinion, the most important element of the day. The reception hall, the church, the favors, all of that is all well and good but your pictures are what you have with you to remember the day by forever. For me this is an especially important thing. My relationship with my fiance has been documented in photos from the first day we met. And sad to say it, thanks to a long distance relationship, most of the pictures we have we took ourselves (you know, those sad, outstretched arms pictures). I'm SO looking forward to having this amazingly special day documented for us by someone else, and someone who shares my vision of what I want to take away from the day in photos.

Every time I am behind my camera at a wedding, I tear, but the one part of the day that you are guaranteed to see me tear is when the groom says, "I will love you for all the days of my life", or the couples version of those words. That is the moment I tear. Absolutely. It reminds me of when my husband said those very words and how much my wedding day meant to me, and what those words me in life. I want to remind people of how much their big day meant to them, of that very moment they vowed to love eachother for the rest of their lives and I am lucky that I am the person that captures those memories for them so that they can relive it, for the rest of their lives. I love coming home after a long day and running up to my husband to tell him all the details, and tell him that I love him so so so so much. Those are the reasons I love photographing weddings. I am a hopeless romantic.

this book looks like it will be amazing to go through -- so much talent in one spot =)!

wedding photography is meaningful to me because it's something that is timeless and irreplaceable. trends and fads may come and go but photography really does last forever! this is one of the main reasons we invested money in an excellent photographer for our wedding day...when we're old and we look back at our wedding day, we will gravitate to those images, and savor those captured little moments in time =). this is how i've relived the other important moments of my life up to now, not through video (we couldn't afford it when i was younger!), but through carefully preserved images in stacks of stacks of photo albums, lovingly taken with carefully documented dates on the back. i can't imagine reliving my wedding in any other way!

I am amazed with the talent in this book! I am an amateur photographer hoping to shoot weddings one day. As a bride myself I did not know what I was doing when I picked a photographer. Being on a budget, I picked a local photographer whose pictures were technically good and nice enough. After seeing the finished product I realized I did indeed have a vision, and the photos in my hand were NOT it. How I wish I could take that decision back!

Now I know better and want to give brides the look I was craving, the look of pictures by the likes of you, Elizabeth, You are such an inspiration to me. I would love a copy of this book to learn from, and relish (I love that word).

Kristen

Oooh...I have to pick one of these up! The list of photographers are among some of my faves in the industry...you included Elizabeth! One thing I always stress to my clients is the importance of having fabulous photography. I am sure this will be an inspiration for my brides when they visit our studio! Thanks for posting ;-)

my mother has a wedding portrait from distant family members taken during the turn of the last century, i want just one photograph like that, so someone in the distant future will look back and see how happy and beautiful it is to be in love.

why do i love photographing weddings?...for the love, the details, the love!

i'm a photographer ...its so hard for me to define why I love photographing weddings so much. I think it's the same reason that I love to take pictures...just to capture moments and have them last forever. A wedding is filled with so many of those moments that you want to freeze. There is so much joy, laughter, tears....all the emotions that you want to freeze. I get to do that for someone at the start of their life with someone else. It really is a powerful thing to be able to do that for a person.

I'm a bride and I would LOVE a copy of this book.

It's hard to explain just how meaningful wedding photography is to me, but I'll give it a go. Bear with me here. So, you know how you can imagine things in your head? Mental visual imagery? For example, if I were to ask you to imagine a red square.. or a wedding dress... or a beach.. anything.. you'd be able to see something in your head? I can't. As I noted, it's incredibly difficult to explain this to someone who doesn't experience it (and I've never met anyone else who does, though I've read of others on the good ole internet)... it's hard enough to explain this in person, nevermind via a short comment. But--that's it. While I know I have visual dreams, in my waking life, I have the inability to visualize in any way--be it a memory or thinking of inspiration or whatnot. It's a connection that I'm seemingly lacking in my brain.

So what does that all have to do with wedding photography? My inability to visualize makes my memory much worse than I imagine it would be otherwise. For goodness sakes, I can't even visualize my fiance (the only reason I can tell you the color of his eyes is because I have told myself over and over again what color they are... and this isn't because I don't love staring into them!). So on a day as important as my wedding, I want to be able to remember... the emotion, the sights, the people, all of it. I want to be able to see this as I won't ever be able to bring back the visual memory in my head. And that is why wedding photography is so remarkably important to me.

[I hope this makes sense... as I noted, I always have trouble describing this to people and it usually takes many hours of explaining and them asking me questions for them to get it...]

I honestly cannot wait to obtain a copy of this book! I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS and this book will be such an inspirational treasure with the fabulous photographers and especially the likes of your work, Elizabeth, who inspires me everyday to such a passionate level!!!! Now how would I get my copy signed by you??!!!

Photographer here...
What's not to love about photographing weddings? All day I'm surrounded by beautiful elements, happy people, and love. It has to be one of the most fantastic jobs in the world!

I love to photograph weddings for the breathless moments of joy and unanticipated slivers of nuance.

I am a bride-to-be who has decided that my wedding photography is THE most important element of my wedding (other than the intangibles like the beauty of the vows, the presence of dear friends, etc) for several reasons. There is SUCH MAGIC in a wedding, and quality photography is the only element that can even begin to capture and preserve this... people attending the wedding (including myself and my beloved) will only vaguely remember the meal they ate or the color of the flowers or the sound of the band... but as they look at the photos in months and years to come, their mind will suddenly be suddenly transported back to that magical time and place... what other medium can claim to perform such a feat?!

Wedding photography not only fuels the imagination and memory for years to come, it is an artistic element itself that goes beyond the image it captured to "frame" and "present" moments of magic... and these moments can be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates beauty (not just those who attended the wedding or who know the bride or groom... that's why I love browsing good wedding photo blogs online - the work is truly art... and it's capturing the magical essence of a singular celebration!).

For these reasons - and many more - I would love to be selected to win a free copy of Jacqueline Tobin's "Wedding Photography Unveiled."