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Bahamas · May 2022

Shooting a wedding without a shot list.

Jesse and Calder asked me to document their whole week with no shot list, and to be there for all of it.

No shot list

Be there for all of it.

I don't call myself a wedding photographer, but Jesse and Calder asked anyway. Instead of handing me a shot list, they asked me to be there and capture the week the way it happened.

  • Five days behind the camera
  • Welcome party, rehearsal dinner, a spikeball tournament and the wedding
  • With no list, you watch who's laughing and who's about to cry.
Aerial of the island marina and turquoise water
Couple laughing together at a beach bar
Shaggy dog standing on a sunny beach by a hammock
Father holding his young daughter under palm trees
Groomsmen laughing together under the porch at the welcome party
Guest grinning while taking a phone photo
Family kissing a toddler on the deck by the ocean
The wedding

The day

Guests laughing around the rehearsal dinner table
Groom turning in his chair, laughing during toasts
Overhead drone view of a spikeball game in the sand
Player diving for the ball during beach spikeball
Groom and groomsmen raising a toast before the ceremony
Father walking the bride down the aisle
After

The party

Thank you, Jesse and Calder. And congratulations.

Bride laughing beside the groom at the altar
Bride smiling up at the groom during vows by the water
Newlyweds walking hand in hand down the dock at sunset
Couple doubled over laughing during the first dance
Bride and groom cutting the cake together
Guest singing along under party lights on the dance floor

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I don't pose people. I show up and document what happens.

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