We just love the sneak peek dramatic kissing photo so it stays in the top three: it’s so well-framed, it has a bit of fun and a bit of passion in balance, the colours and depth of focus and… well, it was our wedding day and reflects how ecstatic we were about being married!!! It honestly will never not be our favourite.
The other two were hard to choose. We had a really difficult time agreeing on two that we BOTH felt were favourites now – whereas the ones from straight after we agreed on really quickly! People might think the choices are a bit odd, but after reflecting on why we chose them, we realised it’s because they’re more about the memories of the whole event. Who was there, why they were invited, things people said, how relationships with those people have evolved, changed, strengthened…
Now the shot of Kerr and baby Arya has become a favourite for a couple of reasons. It brings back tremendous memories of the time we spent with friends before, during, and after our wedding. For Kerr in particular it reminds him of how emotional he was when Arya left to head back home to Canada (complete with copious tears from Kerr) and how the experience of hanging out with her galvanised his desire to be a father.
The night-time shot, quite apart from being a lovely bit of art, helps show a bit of the party (including the pizzas!) and it was really hard to choose between that and the beautiful, warm, dusk one.
Overall we think the real difference between the two sets of choices comes down to this – immediately afterwards we were more wrapped up in how in love we felt and how damn well gorgeous we looked. As time has passed, though, we look back at our wedding day through a different lens. The pictures we like now are of our friends and family. Pictures that bring back more vivid memories of what the day was like, how we felt having so many of the awesome people we know in one place, how amazing it was to have a great wee party with a wedding on the side.
Already we have echoes of couples in our last post, the first favourites being reflective of that bubble you find yourselves in after the wedding all about beauty and your love. Yet now they make an interesting point about the shots they love, and the power of the photo of Kerr with their friend’s baby having so much meaning for him. Wow…