Documenting a Photographer's Bridal Self Portrait
The past year I’ve been saying yes to opportunities that normally I would question or instantly think of reasons to say no to. Putting fear aside, I decided that saying yes would lead to growth and if anything, an experience you wouldn’t have had the opportunity to experience if you said no. A few weeks ago, I received an email from photographer, Susan Sabo that simply asked if I was around the following day to help her on a shoot. We’ve been facebook friends for a while and I’ve only met her briefly one night but I didn’t think twice to say yes without question. I didn’t know what she wanted me to do or what the shoot was about but I figured that if she reached out to me, she needed the help. After I said yes, she told me she was working on self portrait series for the following year titled, “be the bride 2011.” She’s a wedding photographer and wanted to step in the shoes of brides she shoots to understand what it’s like to actually be the bride. She asked me to meet her at...