Until a few years ago the idea of photographing weddings had only occasionally crossed my mind. Those thoughts were quickly extinguished by my own mis-understanding that wedding photography lacked creativity and could easily be compared to snapping photos at the DMV for driver’s licenses – a long, boring day.

VERY far from the truth! One day I was looking at other photographer’s work on the web and a picture caught my attention; It was a shot of a bride and groom in the middle of a dance floor with everyone looking on… the lights were low with lighting only on the newlyweds.

The photo was taken by Justine Ungaro, a Los Angeles based photographer. After a few additional clicks into her portfolio all of my thoughts about wedding photography had quickly changed. Feelings of lack of creativity were replaced with seeing that there could be art captured in every moment with the result that wedding albums could become an artistic story book that friends, family, complete strangers, event the couple might want to gaze upon over and over again.

I have enjoyed wedding photography since then and will not forget the picture – or the photographer – that changed my perspective on the subject.

You can see the work of Justine at her website and featured among other award-winning photographers at the Wedding Photographer Journalistic Association (WPJA) website.

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