But a lot has changed since then(obviously). A couple of years ago, i was just your average Nigerian dude with no particular interest in wedding photography, to me wedding photographers just made up the numbers at weddings. So much so that when i was to get married it wasn’t even in my budget, my parents offered to take care of it and i was glad they did. They got this old looking dude to cover the event and i couldn’t even be bothered at the time, to me it was free, so it was ok, i just smiled into the camera when i was asked to and prayed the flash from the old dude didn’t blind my eyes.
The wedding pictures came out a few weeks after and they were ok, i didn’t make any fuss about bad composition, bad lighting, the harsh flash and the blurry images, to me i had an album for my wedding and that was all that mattered. I didn’t even touch the album again for months to come.
Then i was online one day and met a guy called Mike Colon,a wedding photographer, OMG !!!!, my whole life changed, this couldn’t be wedding photography could it? Simply speaking i was blown away. I spent the next few weeks going through the works of Mike, Joe Bussink, Bambi Cantrell, Yervant and instantly i knew i had found my calling.
I wanted to be a wedding photographer for the rest of my life, i couldn’t see myself doing anything else, i began to invest in books and DVDs and became friends with the top wedding photographers in Nigeria, the Body-Lawsons, Emma Ologeh, Mike Iyang and a few others, i began to learn from everywhere and everyone, i even traveled out of the country a few times to rub shoulders with the big boys internationally.
Why do i write this post? Well a Fan just posted a comment on my Facebook fan page and i thought i take it from there.
You need to get a proper photographer to cover your wedding, you need to take out the time to fall in love with photography (if only for just that one event) trust me you will thank me later for this tip, i look at the beautiful albums i turn out for clients now on a regular basis and compare them to what i have from my own wedding and its almost an irony.
A bride recently changed her wedding date, so she could fit into my calender, that tells me she knows what she wants for the main day, she can’t afford to get it wrong the first time, for weddings there is no second chance.
Xsightn would love to shoot your wedding, its what we do best.
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And because a picture is worth a thousand word, here’s a sneak into what i am currently working on.
A gorgeous Nigerian bride and groom
Have a great day.
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Couldn’t have said it better………….
Nicely said! Great Story…
Well said. It feels good to answer your calling, doesn’t it?
Wonderful story! Thanks for sharing
The colors are so beautiful.
Very true, we have the best job in the world for satisfaction!
You can say that again, getting paid for what we love doing. Life is good !!
Such a nice post. I like that you have been honest with your expectations of what wedding photography is. Though it does raise an interesting point about the number of people out there like you who don’t know about this world of photography. It’s easy to dismiss what is an art as just formality these days.
@ Jide, well said
i wish am goog like you in this job, continue with it nice jobooooo.
Mike Colon is the Bomb! Also love Jerry Ghionis.
You are doing well here Bro. Good Job! Your photography is professional.