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April 26, 2011
The Lineage of Love
Let us not forget what it’s about.
It’s not about the trendy Shoot Sac we wear on the wedding day. It’s not about our Coach tennis shoes that offer fashion and comfort. It’s not about finding a way to shoot the dance floor from above during You Make Me Wanna Shout. Nor is it about getting that really terrific angle of the wedding party jumping in the air, because apparently randomly jumping in the air IS in the job description of a wedding party…
No, it’s about something much greater.
Something that will affect generations to come. Something that evokes such a strong emotion and inspires reflection on the past and present.
History.
It’s about history. Posterity. And the Lineage of Love we, as photographers, have the most incredible honor to document.
My own Lineage of Love that makes me well up with tears at first glance:
My mother’s parents and their wedding party. July 24th, 1928
My father’s parents on their wedding day: July 13th, 1938.
My mother and father, who never had the opportunity to have a wedding portrait made. Taken in 1967, three years after their wedding.
Let us not forget what wedding photography is really about: the documentation of the love that two people share that really does stand the test of time…
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This made me cry almost as much as your photography gives me goosebumps. I love it. Beautiful entry Rene.
So true!
Great post lady! :)
beautiful photos Tate! I actually just got my hands on a huge shoebox of old family portraits, you’ve inspired me to dig on in! :)
Fantastic, as usual. Absolutely beautiful.
Rene, thank you for posting this. It is so very special to have this lineage to look back on and learn from. I can’t wait to share mine (and Matt’s) with our family and friends on our wedding day.
Loved this post a lot. I’m so grateful to have wonderful examples of strong marriages in my life, and I pray Chris and I will be that example for Noelle and others.
It’s amazing how different, yet beautiful those photographs are from your style.