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The Wedding of Brett & Alyssa by Adi
by Axioo
Updated on 05 June 2017
My wife has been working in advertising industry for half of her life. She made sure that the baby featured in her ad looked cuddly and interracially lovable. She could sit in front of Photoshop for days working on a single picture of sliced oranges, editing every single pulp so it looked like it was going to burst into sweet soul hydrating juice once poked with a needle. I remember she got annoyed because she couldn’t achieve the right drops of dews on the apples, the right drops of dews that would make you believe that the apples were picked from a happy farm where the fairies dwell. I remember shooting for her projects, too. The time I thought I finally captured a photo that would win her heart, she disagreed and thought that the model’s hand position looked uneasy. She edited it by stitching a more-easy-looking hand from a different frame. So were the model's legs, the hair, the shirt buttons, the belly button, and the cat’s shadow. At the end of the day, she combined about 15 photos to create one that looked perfect every inch of it. She’s a delightful magician, I never doubt it. Sometimes when she got bored, she would slide her chair closer to mine, observe me working, and start pointing her magic wand at my wedding/pre-wedding photos. “The clouds should be less pointy,” she said, or, “add more leaves to that tree so it looks fluffier.” I’d reply, "No, wife. Not on my photos, please.” I know her magic could make my photos ten times more dramatic, with flawless sky and dreamy trees, but I want to keep my photos honest. If the grass was not evenly spread, then so be it, I’m capturing the couple's tenderness bloomed on beautiful grass that was not evenly spread. If there are slight wrinkles on the bride’s veil, that’s okay. I am documenting love. Not perfection. I’m not trying to sell dresses, nor to convince markets about the sensual scent of the groom’s perfumes. I’d like to have my photos speak of the moment, and embrace sincerity. A second shooter was not present to help me cover Brett and Alyssa’s wedding day. My heart was racing as I ran back and forth from Alyssa’s to Brett’s villa. I worried I could not cover everything appropriately and was heavily tempted to give up and leave a huge editing work to our editing team. But, no. The happiness extracted from Brett and Alyssa’s loving smiles were too true to be digitally manipulated. The gestures they shared to each others were so simple yet real, something that would lift up my spirit and ignite my energy. I hope you can feel how precious and honest their love is, as how I felt it in their big day. Cheers, Adi
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