My Philosophy. Your Experience.
m e r a k i
[may-rah-kee] • Greek
(n.) to put something of yourself into your work.
”Soul, Creativity, Love”
Let’s write a little bit of history together.
When I think about the essence of wedding photography, I imagine you two as an eighty year old couple. You’re sitting on the couch in your living room next to the cracking fire place on a snowy Christmas Eve and there’s this distinctive soothing smell of pine in the air. You’re surrounded by your whole family while your grandchildren are sitting on your lap and together you’re slowly turning the pages of your wedding album, lit only by the warm light of the Christmas tree. And while you are refreshing all the memories from your wedding day fifty years ago, it’s the very first time your grandchildren see you as a bride and groom.
This is why I truly believe that wedding photography isn’t just about nice pictures for Instagram. It’s about moments. And moments become memories, memories become stories and one day, stories become legacy. So it’s not only about a beautiful portrait of you standing in a stunning landscape. It’s about the glaze in the eyes of your grandchildren looking at your wedding photos. It’s about turning eighty together, holding each other’s hands and refreshing all those memories of your big day while saying “Yeah, we made it!”.
And it’s about the end of the story when death leaves one of you alone. What matters the most then aren’t any belongings, but memories of moments you experienced together, and photographs of these moments. This is my inner belief and what drives me. Not only in wedding photography but in my whole life. So let’s capture your own unique story together, with awesome photos; to show your friends and the whole world on your Instagram feed right now and your grandchildren in a beautifully crafted album fifty years from now.
Precious visual memories.
For now and all the years to come.
I cannot promise you perfect but wholehearted.
To speak frankly, I am not the best wedding photographer around here and most definitely not in Europe let alone in the world. And I couldn’t care less about being the best in anything according to industry peers. Because what matters the most - and actually it’s the only thing that really matters to me - is being the very best wedding photographer possible in the whole world for you. And only for you. So I cannot promise you anything perfect, but I can promise you that I will have your backs on your wedding day with every fiber of my body and collect as many moments as humanly possible.
I promise you to catch your smiles, your nervous jitters in the morning, the warm bear hugs with your friends, the tear that runs down the cheek of one of your fathers during ceremony, your grandmother’s awesome dance moves and for sure the moment when you almost fall to the ground with loud laughter. Because all these little moments no matter how big or small are what make your wedding day so special. And by capturing a maximum of only 20 weddings a year, I can promise you to be fully invested in every one of them, eager to go a step further and create your story with all of my heart.
Let’s go a bit deeper, a step forward
to create something truly meaningful for you.
This is going to get rather personal.
So, how will this all work? At the very beginning of our adventure we always meet. If possible in person, if not via Skype, Facetime or whatever you want as long as we have enough time and a comfortable atmosphere. Probably with a glass of wine. Or a beer. Or a Gin. Or probably quite a few of them. Because what’s most important at this point isn’t anything business related but simply getting to know each other as deeply as possible. And in the best case scenario: becoming new friends. Because everything is more fun when you get along super well with the people you’re surrounded, right? And the closer we are, the more personal and emotional the photographs will turn out.
Alright, let’s skip to the wedding day. It wouldn’t do you justice, if I would photograph your wedding day like any other before. That’s why my aim is to recreate your individual story with all the big and the little in-between moments right the way they happen. In a close, honest and personal sense to create the story of your wedding day not only how it looked like but how it felt. Therefore I try not to be just another vendor on your wedding, but to be there as a companion, a guest, a friend. I want to cry when you cry and to laugh when you laugh. And I want you to feel entirely comfortable while forgetting that you’re get photographed, because it’s your day, not mine.
What brings you back to the wedding day years later
are always the honest, unscripted moments.
The moment in which Nadja’s
father is moved to tears while giving
her and Thomas bear hugs.
The moment in which Marc’s
101 years old grandma meets Violetta’s
father for the very first time.
The moment in which Rahel and
Hans eventually see each other for the
first time on the wedding day.
The moment in wich Lindsey tries
to read her vows to Dune with a cracking voice
before they start laughing together.
The moment in which Simon’s
godchild gives a speech during ceremony
that pulls at everybody’s heartstrings.
The moment in which Nadja and
Roger are received at reception by their
guests with all the bells and whistles.
The moment in which Stephanie and
Stefan have their first dance on a mountain
in the pouring rain by 5 degrees Celsius.
The moment in which Lea tosses the
bridal bouquet and nobody wants to catch
it, so it is given to the person closest.
