Jock and Pam Hall Photography

Our Philosophy

Weddings may seem ubiquitous and ordinary to the outsider, but not to the ones getting married. Such drama. Such intensity. And such joy. They are rare events. To the photojournalist there is hardly a more potent subject for compelling imagery than a wedding.

Unlike some professional photographers, we don’t consider 'shooting weddings' to be a pejorative. In our own earnest way, Jock & I like going to weddings. I am a witness to an intimate, watershed event in a couple’s life. I take to heart the weight of responsibility to document the moment, respectfully and non-obtrusively.

So this is our philosophy. We are privileged guests at your event. We feel honored to be the designated witness, the documentarian. For a few hours, we will be in your periphery, probably more than any other person there. We had better be easy to be around, especially with all those cameras around our neck.

We work simply. You have us for the time you’ve chosen. We shoot as much as it takes. You get a disc of hi-res images after you get back from the honeymoon, and I get to watch you swoon over the results.

Most of the time Jock or I am hovering in the vicinity of one or the other of you, starting as early as you want. It’s less intrusive than it sounds, people generally forget we’re there and wonder where all the photos came from. We leave some time for the mandatory family shots, but these are the only posed photos of the day. We leave once we feel everyone and everything is captured. And then our work begins ……

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

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