Why I Still Go Back to My Own Wedding Photos
This year, my wife and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary.
Every year, we go back through our wedding photos. And every year, I’m reminded of why I do this work.
Our wedding was on the Connecticut shoreline, overlooking the Long Island Sound. The day went the way everyone warns you it will. Fast. A blur of people and moments you don’t fully catch while you’re standing inside them.
Chip Litherland was behind the camera that day, and the photos are still what bring it back
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A Feeling Preserved Doesn’t Fade
Memories fade. That’s just what happens, no matter how much you tell yourself you’ll remember every detail.
Faces blur. Voices get harder to place. Moments slip.
Photos hold the line against that. They’re not just documentation. They’re a way back into a day that would otherwise keep getting further away.
One of mine is a walk on the beach at sunset with our wedding party, right in the middle of the reception. A short break from everything else happening that day. The sky was doing what Connecticut skies do at that hour. We walked, just the two of us, away from the noise for a few minutes.
That was the moment the whole day landed for me. We were married. This was it.
A Frame That Carries More Than You Expect
The other photo I come back to every year is one of my mom, taken while we waited for the ceremony to start.
She was in remission from ovarian cancer at the time. We lost her four years later.
That’s the image that comes to mind when I think of her now. Her smile. The way she was looking at me. It’s all still there, in one frame.
That’s what I want for my clients. Not a shot list. A handful of moments that hold everything the day actually meant, waiting for you whenever you need them.
What I’d Tell You If You Asked
Things will not go exactly as planned. That’s fine. The love between you and your partner is the part that actually matters, and that part is not fragile.
Pay attention to the people in the room, not the schedule.
Let the professionals you hired do their jobs. That’s what you’re paying for, and it frees you up to actually be there.
And when something goes a little sideways, let it. Some of the best moments come out of the parts that didn’t go according to plan.
I’ve photographed a lot of weddings since mine. Each one is different. But this is still the reason I do it. Somewhere in every one of those days is a moment that will end up meaning more than anyone expected, and my job is to make sure it’s still there to look at years from now.
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