Two photographers for your wedding
I am a documentary wedding photographer, and some days call for two pairs of eyes. Lonata and I have been working together on those weddings for ten years.
Two photographers, as opposed to an assistant
The difference shows in the pictures. A junior second shooter follows the first and fills the gaps. Lonata directs her own shooting, chooses her own framing, decides her own moments. Two views of the same day, as opposed to a main view and its supplement.
We are two independents. Each of us draws up a contract with you and invoices their own work. Two separate contracts, two clear responsibilities, a direct relationship with each of us, for you and for your planner.
What having a woman and a man on the day changes
In the morning, the preparations often happen in two places. We cover both at once, and what happens on one side while the other is getting ready lives in the same set of images.
The moment the dress goes on is where this matters most. A male photographer steps out of the room, and everyone in it knows it. With Lonata there, the sequence carries on unbroken, and a bride who would rather have a woman beside her at that point has one.
The rest of the day follows the same logic. Two people with different sensibilities see different things, and a reportage shot by two covers a wedding where a photographer working alone has to choose.
One person edits the whole reportage
That is the question a planner asks straight away, and the answer fits in a sentence. We share the same processing settings, and one of us edits the entire reportage.
An album that shifts from one colour rendering to another partway through gives itself away on the first read. What you receive holds together, and the hand that held the camera stays invisible.
How it gets prepared
We meet you together, by video call, with you or with your planner. The shape of the day, how the venues are divided, the moments you want covered: all of it is decided then, with both of us in the room.
On the day itself, each of us knows where to stand.
When two photographers earn their place
On a day spread across several venues, on a long guest list, on a ceremony where the families arrive separately, or simply when you want the whole morning covered by two sets of eyes.
For an intimate wedding of thirty people in a single place, one photographer is enough, and I will tell you so.
Let's talk about your day
The pair is decided at the quote stage, based on what your day actually asks for.
Lawrence Banahan, documentary wedding photographer on the French Riviera.