Some weddings are just tough to shoot

My brides father died unexpectedly less than 3 months ago. She asked if we could stop so she could give her dad a rose. The reception was an emotional roller coster for everyone. Her uncle, The fathers brother, stepped in and took dads place for the Father daughter dance. There wasnt a dry eye in the building. Its what we live for as wedding photographers, but wow, tough to shoot. Gonna spend a little time is post to make these look awesome. Straight offs for now.

Both incredible shots Mike.....you did a fantastic job and my heart goes out to her.
Edit--In post I would consider blurring out the tombstone in background.

wow, that's is a heart breaker for sure. I would have been trying to shoot through tears. Im sure these will be a treasure to her forever!

That 2nd shot will stick with me for a while and I was not even there. That is a powerful image. I looked through the rest of the images on your Facebook page and it appears that there was also a lot of joy at this occasion. You did a great job of capturing the full gamut of emotions on this day.

Wow. What emotional pictures... heart goes out to the family.

Love the shots and sad story. not crazy about where the watermark is placed though

Touching.

Great job. It really takes a pro to be able to capture all those emotions.

Excellent shots from a tough job. I once had a father-of-the-bride who died the night before the ceremony. I got the call just before midnight from her uncle (a friend of mine). The first thing the priest opened with was "Ladies and gentlemen, a dark cloud hangs over today's wedding...." as he said this, the bride and half the guests burst into tears. Don't think I've ever felt like hitting anyone as much as I did that priest!

A little morbid to be honest!

a bit on the morbid side. lookin forward to the post. i would have gone with a diff angle on the first one. something more intimate and not showing a bunch of headstones of random people. it should be her and her dad.

Sad story for sure. Lost my farther 2 months ago. First one is way too much (I am also Danish) last one is spot on. Tells the story without the obvious grave.

I see what you were going for with the first one, but yeah, the other grave is a tragedy too, kid was 18. I would find a way to blur out the entire area in the back of the focal plane.