It is a useful process for me to look backwards and forwards once a year. Earlier in the week I posted part one of my
2014 refection with personal and portrait photographs. This is part two with my favourite from last years weddings.
This was another year of marvellous couples and their wedding days. I love the creativity people pour into their day and how much friends and family pull together to make things happen. I also really like the couples I get to work with; often laid back, often crafty with an eye for detail, often fun loving with a love of silly and unconventional. I do like being able to reflect back each couple's day to them -- even more so now that the nerves and anxiety that used to plague me has calmed down. Hurrah for that.
2014 proved tricky in keeping up with editing time scales. My business has outgrown the computer I use which wheezes and splutters when I make it cope with the number and size of files it has to digest. It slows the process down so much when I'm left waiting for the computer to function. So this year I am going invest in something whizz-bang to make the process a lot less painful to my patience.
As ever I will be limiting the number of weekends I do weddings on -- it's the only way to stay sane and connected with the people in my life. It seems to be an unwritten rule of the self-employed that you should take on as much work as you can get. That's never going to work for me and the life I want to lead so it's important that I keep giving myself permission to work in a way that enhances my whole life, not just my bank-balance or sense of busyness. 2015 summer season is already filling up with only a few available weekends left which is a lovely position to be in. But this time I'm making sure there is space for a summer holiday and some do-nothing-time too.
Here are some of my favourite wedding photographs from throughout the year. Thanks everyone for letting me be a part of your day.
All images ©KateCooperPhotography2014
