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Welcome to the Recent Wedding Page. Here you can see a sampling of ~ 30 images from each of our recent weddings.

Weddings are posted in the order in which we shot them. Alternately you can locate a wedding in the list of 'Recent Weddings' on the right side of this window, click on the link and you will be taken to the sample images from that event.

If you are here shopping for a Photographer, we may have a sample of a wedding shot at your venue. Scroll trough the 'Recent Weddings' (right side of the window, in blue). Events are listed by the couples name, the venue, the date.

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If you are considering using Aaronstadt for your wedding photography we really appreciate that! We have been telling wedding day stories, with images, for many years and could not think of a better way to spend an afternoon, evening, weekend or whatever it takes to make those memories come alive again and again for you.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Random musings

Those of us who capture and manipulate light and shadow by carefully thought out compositions and perspectives have long realized that 'photography', far from being a 'soft' or 'psuedo' artform, may in-fact be the ultimate art. Our canvas is not fabric or pigment, stone or clay it is in fact the entire world in which we live. That statement is validated not only by what we 'produce' but by what we 'induce. The image, the visual revelation, is only a small portion of the canvas. It is the 'fabric' to which the pigment of memory, emotion, awareness and reason are applied. In some respects it is the most abstract and yet meaningful of all artistic forms. For to be completely realized, the image must be accompanied by the memories and feelings concurrent with the image itself. It is in essence an entirely unique and original work to each person who encounters it. Photography is an incredible resposibility for someone who takes it seriously. There is the portential of so much emotion and so many possible perspectives to explore. The images captured at any given moment may induce memories for years, decades and generations to come. Each person will experience the image in his or her own way. The artist that is 'aware' may produce a visually stimulating image but it is the perception of the person viewing that image that makes it complete.

The realization of this symbiotic relationship between the artist and the subject / observer as truley 'experiential' and not simply 'static' elevates the quality of the experiance and the creation of the art. The 'relationship paradign establishes a minor though significant contradiction to the common school of thought that the artist is 'in control' of the production and instead presents the premise that we are no more in 'control' than we would be if we were flying a kite. The artist, who is holding the 'string' may 'direct, exert and suggest' but when it comes right down to it, is at the mercy of their own experience and expertise, the design of the kite and the whimsy of the wind.