Wild — Natasha Shapiro

This is where all of the important stuff is so don't skip any of this reading!

Your wedding photography is more than just hiring someone to show up on your big day and snap some pictures and call it a night. This is YOUR day. If you want a vendor to show up at your venue with a camera and start snapping away, then I'm probably not your gal. I want to experience your day with you.

Remember, you are going to spend more time with me than anyone else at your wedding.

So by the end of the night I'm not just going to be your photographer, we're pretty much going to be best friends.

What we create together won't just be photos, but the memories that you will carry for the rest of your lives together. When the lights fade at the end of the night, when your done stressing about where your sister put the place cards and whether your center pieces are going to be placed right, you are going to have your wedding photos. Five years from that day, ten years from that day, you will have your wedding photos. And you aren't going to remember the posed awkward photos you took, you're going to remember that point in the night when you were laughing so hard you were afraid you were going to pee your pants, you're going to remember the feeling you had when you saw her coming down the aisle, when it was getting late and you swayed to the music wrapped in each other's arms. Those are the photos that you will have. Your wedding bouquet will wilt, your cake will get eaten, but your wedding photos are what last. And as your love grows and deepens through out the years, those photos will only gain in value.

You have to be okay with being your true selves, and making time to capture those moments. When he farts in front of you I want to see the crying laughter that ensues! This will be a reciprocal relationship of trust. You have to be okay with me capturing the messy, silly, imperfectly perfect you moments. Let's make time to romp on the beach, let's hike down a dirt road or up a mountain in your wedding dress to see a sunrise.

What fuels your love?