I don’t often photograph weddings . But when I do, I enjoy doing so because weddings can be what I call “high energy places”.

High energy places, are situations of intense social energy. A protest, a concert, a birthday party, a Sunday barbecue, or a wedding. While the ceremony is usually more formal, demanding people to be a bit more stiff, leading to stiffer images, the party after the ceremony is something else. It is there that people loosen up, drink, dance, sing and occasionally go crazy.

So I just love it when i am hired to photograph in these type of after-ceremony wedding parties. I usually use a handheld flash since the light conditions in most venues are poor. But also do that to freeze action. I combine the flash with slow shutter speeds to also use some of the ambient light of the space but also, have some extra layer of actions in the background. I feel that catching the right moment like this, can really capture energy of the party and leads to fun photographs that the couple and guests can have as a souvenir for a lifetime.

These are some of the images from the latest wedding I got assigned to photograph in Iceland.