06/3/10

A Shift?

I don’t do colour wedding photography. Not much anyway. That’s what I tell everyone. Pigs’ll fly before I shoot lots of colour.

Thing is, is that really true?

Looking at some of my latest work, I have to ask whether I’m experiencing a shift.

Take these photographs from a recent wedding, for instance. It was only after I’d uploaded them on to the blog (originally with the intention of running them without text) that I realized half of them were colour pictures.

Is it a blip? Or the start of a bigger development in my shooting style? Should I even care?

Maybe not. But in light of what I’ve said about colour photography in the past, all I can say is that if you are a pig farmer you’d better go and check your livestock are still on the ground.

Wedding guest at the bride's house, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Wedding photography of a bride getting ready on her wedding day,  Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Sign to a church in Co. Cork, Ireland
(c) Roger Overall 2010
Flowers at a church in Co. Cork on a wedding day.

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Father of the groom on his son's wedding day, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Bride arrives at Coomhola church, Co. Cork, Ireland on her wedding day

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Bride and groom lighting a candle on their wedding day, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Priest forgets the bride's name during her wedding ceremony, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Bride being kissed by a guest on the receiving line on her wedding day, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Little girl watches champagne being poured at a wedding reception, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Little boy at a wedding reception, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Guests laughing at a wedding reception in Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010

Guests laughing at a wedding reception in Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall

A bride inspects her wedding cake on her wedding day, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall

Bride and groom enter the dining hall on their wedding day, Co. Cork, Ireland

(c) Roger Overall 2010