I mention this quite often, but I absolutely love Texans!  John and Kristin are a couple with such amazing chemistry and we had a great time working with the two of them on their wedding day at Juno Garden in Caesar’s Palace.  A photograph is much like a movie, play or book, in that there is an imaginary ‘fourth wall’, through which a viewer immerses themselves in the world of the movie/book/play characters.  By keeping that imaginary wall between subject and viewer in place, a photograph can be used to convey feelings and actions, making it a very powerful storytelling tool.

I often tell folks that the secret to improving a photo is simply to forget that the camera is there, but this is in fact a very difficult challenge to accomplish well.  We’re told from a very young age to always look into the camera and smile, or always wait for instruction from the photographer.  One of the biggest challenges to photography is tearing down a lifetime of preconceived notions about the nature of a photograph and teaching subjects to build that fourth wall up and focus on their surroundings, or emotions or each other instead of the camera and take the initiative to switch a pose or laugh without cue. 

With John and Kristin, that was no challenge at all and from the very first photo we took of them together, it was clear that they were on fire for each other in a way that I rarely have had the pleasure of witnessing! 
After a lovely ceremony at Juno Garden, we shot a few photos poolside (thankfully the pool was closed and we had the whole place to ourselves!) before ending our day at B.B. King’s in Mandalay Bay.  While our time was short together, I will always remember how natural and comfortable they were together and hope that our paths will cross again soon!