The best portraits come from situations where people are unaware and caught up in their own reality at the moment I snap the shutter. The entire day, I and my team will document the event and look for continuously unraveling candid moments that are impactful, warm, and always a surprise. The purpose is to tell a story, and to do that, I must all write these words with cameras. Like a writer uses vocabulary, I use the vocabulary and language of the scene in front of me. That is the beauty of new york wedding photojournalism: I have so many opportunities to paint a portrait of that beautiful event, using my lens, camera and film as a portentious canvas.
