06/04/2026
A big part of my first year studying Gestalt psychotherapy has been learning that who we are in a room matters. That presence isn’t neutral. That bringing ourselves into an interaction changes it.
It’s made me think a lot about weddings.
For years, I thought my job was to be as unobtrusive as possible. To blend into the background and document what was happening.
But lately I’ve been realizing that some of my favourite photographs happen because I don’t do that.
I crack jokes. I get excited. I tell people when something they’re doing is beautiful. I chat with grandparents. I cry during speeches. I let people meet me.
And in return, they let me meet them.
The older I get, the less interested I am in the idea of being a fly on the wall. The magic seems to happen somewhere else. In the space where humans are actually having an experience together.
The photographs are a record of that ✨✨✨
