I was in my dear cousin Danielle's (who I ADORE) wedding this year, when she married the wonderful Josh fox. She had hired a friend to shoot her wedding, because she wanted me to be able to be a bridesmaid without the stress of shooting, as well. So while I wasn't her main photographer, she did say she whould love for me to shoot when I could (if I wanted to), when it wasn't a pain, or wouldn't get in the way of my 'bridesmaid duties,' and I got some awesome images from her wedding. This is one of my very favorite. We were all getting ready, and I can't remember what happened but she just started busting up. That's when I captured this shot. It's one of my very favorites from the entire day; I love the feeling of movement, and that you can really tell that she's cracking up; the motion and the joy -- it doesn't even matter that part of her face is covered by her hair, because you can see the action of her laughter, which I absolutely love.
I presented her with an album of images from her wedding for Christmas and she and my aunt both cried over them. They have yet to get their shots from the photographer they hired, so these were the first real images they'd seen. It was so great to get to make them both so happy -- it's what I love about shooting people, giving them images of themselves that they love.
