On December 29, 2006, my niece got married in Eagle Pass, Texas. It was a great time to get together and see the relatives we live far from. We had a great time and got lots of great pictures. I took less photos that usual because I spent too much time talking with relatives every time I got up to take photos. In the photo the music is loud, the people are louder, couples dancing, children learning to dance, everyone has a smile on their face. For a few hours while the music plays, there are no money problems, no school problems, no worries.
I like slowing down the speed on the shutter and getting some motion blur. It conveys the movement and action of what is happening on the dance floor. While walking around I came upon the table where my brothers and sisters were talking. It was a good time to get a photo of us together. I don't know whom I handed the camera to, but it must have been someone I trusted. Anyways, they took a very nice picture of Lupe and Juan Almaguer's children.
This is Erika Mauricio Ramirez and Adrian Ramirez. They are doing the "La vibora de la mar". I don't know the purpose for this at a wedding. It is a game we use to play as kids, but it was so long ago I don't remember why. Anyways it is fun to watch.
These get togethers are the right time to get the photos of our families with our uncles and aunts. This is how we are able to teach our younger children whom is related to whom with in the family. Family history is passed on with such photographs. At the weddings a group would form and someone would start taking pictures then another relative would get up and take a picture and then join the group and someone else would come up and take a picture of the group and then join in the group. It is a beautiful phenomenon to see developing.
Ah, then there are the formal family photos with the bride and groom. This is the brides side of the family. It takes anywhere from ten to twenty minutes to get everyone in and as many as five to eight photographs to get everyone in. You take the first picture and then someone remembers that we are missing someone else, and they go call them, then someone else is missing, then they remember that the photographer is also family and needs to be in the picture. Everyone has lots of fun taking this picture, except the photographer.
And this is the grooms side of the family. The photos are the best record of which members of the immediate family where at the wedding.
This is my favorite photograph of the night. The wedding party was waiting to toast the newlyweds. You can see the anticipation in everyone's faces, yet everyone is relaxed and acting like themselves. No one was expecting to be photograph. It is a very normal moment in a very exciting event.
These photos will be viewed over and over again, whenever we get together with other family members.
I like slowing down the speed on the shutter and getting some motion blur. It conveys the movement and action of what is happening on the dance floor. While walking around I came upon the table where my brothers and sisters were talking. It was a good time to get a photo of us together. I don't know whom I handed the camera to, but it must have been someone I trusted. Anyways, they took a very nice picture of Lupe and Juan Almaguer's children.
This is Erika Mauricio Ramirez and Adrian Ramirez. They are doing the "La vibora de la mar". I don't know the purpose for this at a wedding. It is a game we use to play as kids, but it was so long ago I don't remember why. Anyways it is fun to watch.
These get togethers are the right time to get the photos of our families with our uncles and aunts. This is how we are able to teach our younger children whom is related to whom with in the family. Family history is passed on with such photographs. At the weddings a group would form and someone would start taking pictures then another relative would get up and take a picture and then join the group and someone else would come up and take a picture of the group and then join in the group. It is a beautiful phenomenon to see developing.
Ah, then there are the formal family photos with the bride and groom. This is the brides side of the family. It takes anywhere from ten to twenty minutes to get everyone in and as many as five to eight photographs to get everyone in. You take the first picture and then someone remembers that we are missing someone else, and they go call them, then someone else is missing, then they remember that the photographer is also family and needs to be in the picture. Everyone has lots of fun taking this picture, except the photographer.
And this is the grooms side of the family. The photos are the best record of which members of the immediate family where at the wedding.
This is my favorite photograph of the night. The wedding party was waiting to toast the newlyweds. You can see the anticipation in everyone's faces, yet everyone is relaxed and acting like themselves. No one was expecting to be photograph. It is a very normal moment in a very exciting event.
These photos will be viewed over and over again, whenever we get together with other family members.
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