Comments on: What’s Original, Anyway? http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/11/whats-original-anyway/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Never teh Bride http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/11/whats-original-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-348706 Never teh Bride Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:29:58 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=2181#comment-348706 Great point, La Petite Acadienne! All of my favorite ceremony and reception photos from my own nuptials are the ones that look natural and capture people doing things (as opposed to people just staring into the lens of the camera). Real spontaneous laughter really does make for some wonderful snapshots! Great point, La Petite Acadienne! All of my favorite ceremony and reception photos from my own nuptials are the ones that look natural and capture people doing things (as opposed to people just staring into the lens of the camera). Real spontaneous laughter really does make for some wonderful snapshots!

]]> By: La Petite Acadienne http://manolobrides.com/2009/03/11/whats-original-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-348641 La Petite Acadienne Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:18:49 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=2181#comment-348641 Besides, the originality tends to come from those spontaneous moments that arise due to the personalities of the bride and groom. Those are what make your wedding different and memorable. With regards to the photographs, very few posed photographs CAN be original, and if you try too hard, then it just looks silly. If you want original photographs, then just be yourselves and let the photographer capture that. One of my fave photos, which I think was fairly original, was when the photographer had us posing in front of the Nuts 4 Nuts in Central Park, and I jokingly reached over and patted my new husband on his...well...you get the idea. The photographer didn't get a picture of that, but he did get a picture of the two of us laughing hysterically immediately after, me leaning forward on my husband's shoulder because I was so weak from laughing. There might be a couple out there somewhere who has the same photo, but they might not have the same backstory behind it. So to me, what is "original" is the <em>meaning</em> behind the moments. Besides, the originality tends to come from those spontaneous moments that arise due to the personalities of the bride and groom. Those are what make your wedding different and memorable. With regards to the photographs, very few posed photographs CAN be original, and if you try too hard, then it just looks silly. If you want original photographs, then just be yourselves and let the photographer capture that.

One of my fave photos, which I think was fairly original, was when the photographer had us posing in front of the Nuts 4 Nuts in Central Park, and I jokingly reached over and patted my new husband on his…well…you get the idea. The photographer didn’t get a picture of that, but he did get a picture of the two of us laughing hysterically immediately after, me leaning forward on my husband’s shoulder because I was so weak from laughing. There might be a couple out there somewhere who has the same photo, but they might not have the same backstory behind it. So to me, what is “original” is the meaning behind the moments.

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