Love Is Just Two Days Away

On Saturday I’ll be going up the coast to Big Sur to photograph a wedding at a small boutique hotel on Pacific Coast Highway. They were students in my photography class about a year and a half ago and asked me to photograph them up there. It’s a long drive up and back, and would have totally stayed if the next day I didn’t have a newborn shoot, a birthday party and then I’m photographing my friend proposing to his girlfriend. This photo is obviously staged. I’m under this large oak tree about 100ft away yelling at Jimmy & Jennifer “Dip her, come on, put some back into it!” and she just naturally threw her arms up in excitement. But why do these situations need to be created? The best feeling in the world is new love, but why should that wear off? Are walks on the beach at sunset something you only do while dating? Love breaks down when one or both of the participants stop trying. So raise a glass and toast to everlasting love, may it captivate your soul forever.