Photographer Liisa Luts decided to take her own wedding photos, with stunning results
Once the project was posted online, the positive feedback came flooding in
Saturday 19 September 2015
When a professional photographer gets married, who takes their wedding shots?
On 28 August this year, Liisa Luts took the unusual decision to be her own wedding photographer, and the result is a series of highly intimate, personal images that capture the emotions that she and her groom experienced on the day.
Based in Tallinn, Estonia, she and her new husband run a small company offering photography, videography and animation services.
All of her photos taken through the wedding day were captured on a Fujifilm X-T10. Once the project was posted online, the positive feedback came flooding in.
Luts told The Independent that she and her partner "didn't want to have a big event and we did not want to put on a show – we preferred to avoid all the stress that comes with wedding planning."
Liisa Luts photography
Liisa Luts photography
Liisa Luts photography
"Everything about our day was very laid-back and comfortable, we just wanted to make it legal, celebrate a bit and to go with the flow.
"We didn’t feel the need for a professional wedding photography with fancy photos from a third's perspective, we wanted something more simple, sincere and straightforward, more like 'us'. And taking photos with a small and handy mirrorless camera suited well with that concept."
Liisa Luts photography
Liisa Luts photography
Liisa Luts photography
"I think the most important thing is that I actually didn't have any expectations," she added.
"The idea was to document the day as honestly as I could, so I just took some snaps on-the-go, no planning or staging was involved. It really didn’t take any attention away from the day and I’m happy I can relive it through this series."
While most of the feedback Luts has received has been positive, with comments noting admiration for the simplicity and authenticity of the shots, she also says others have said they believe a wedding should be "more traditional", with a professional wedding photographer "who’d take beauty shots for framing and sharing with people later on".
Liisa Luts photography
Liisa Luts photography
Liisa Luts photography
"I understand both views and they both are valid, I think," Luts said."I just wish both of these perspectives would be able to exist side by side and be tolerated as 'each to their own'."
Liisa Luts photography You can find more of Liisa Luts’ work here
- 1 Motorist receives $40,000 settlement after police officer tickets her for having HIV
- 2 Pope Francis assures atheists: You don’t have to believe in God to go to heaven
- 3 Tories have forgotten that Thatcher wasn't just a terrorist sympathiser, but close friends with one
- 4 US man disembowels woman for 'uttering wrong name during sex'
- 5 The BBC's decision not to report the dead pig allegations against David Cameron is unacceptable
-
Sam Smith releases snippet of upcoming James Bond Spectre theme song Writing’s on the Wall
-
Souveraines: Stunning photographs capture what societies run by women look like
-
Selfies are killing more people than shark attacks
-
Penas Ciudad Barrios: A photographer went into an El Salvador prison so dangerous even the guards stay outside
-
This Hunter S. Thompson passage is particularly poignant in light of that David Cameron and the pig story
-
Jeremy Corbyn victory means a third of Labour voters less likely to vote for party
-
British Army 'could stage mutiny under Corbyn', says senior serving general
-
Don't stand with Ahmed if you're not prepared to support all marginalised Muslim children
-
Jeremy Corbyn reveals first official policy: To renationalise the railways
-
Eight charts that reveal what people think about Jeremy Corbyn on the issues that really matter
-
Ministry of Defence condemns serving army general behind Jeremy Corbyn 'mutiny' threat