Today is the one year anniversary of Heather and Joe whose wedding I photographed last year. It is also the anniversary of the first half-marathon I ever ran, the Santa Cruz Half Marathon and 10K and finished a few hours before their wedding. It was the first, and to date the only wedding I ever photographed the same day as a major race (over 6 miles).
In some ways the start of a race is like the start of a wedding day shooting assignment for me. For each I try to mentally go over key parts and strategies for the day, and I’m filled with an excited energy.
I had already signed up for the race before I was asked to shoot the wedding, yet they were far apart enough in hours that I knew even with a slow finish time, I could easily do both time wise. Running helps me think of creative ideas, in fact I’ve had some of my most creative ideas while running. So when I showed up at their home, where they were to have a small backyard wedding, I was ready for an amazing day of capturing images.
As I was presenting the images to the couple they asked if I had any particular favorites. This was definitely one of them, and soon became one of their favorites as well.
A photo of me running my first half marathon just hours before the wedding. (Tomorrow there will be a special one year anniversary of my first half marathon post on the blog).
Heather and Joe met at JJ’s Blues, where I had worked as House Photographer for two years. By cooincidence I ran into them there around their sixth month anniversary with my (then) new Flip Video camera. We got to talking and they made a testimonial video for me:
Heather and Joe Wedding Testimonial from Danielle Stolman on Vimeo.
by Danielle Stolman
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