Wedding 6 - Family Circle

It is a series, Please see the previous photos and read preface.

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Thanks for your impressions.

Beautiful work with very nice lighting, Pnina!

Incredibly varied mood on this photo.  I think that if it was possible to crop out woman with a child (top left) it would make a fantastic portrait.

Very emotional in that she is sort of surrounded by her future.  Beautiful girls.  

wonderful ! cheers Jana

My first impression was that they look like manekins. A couple of years back I took a picture of a "family" of manekins, posed something like this in a department store display and that picture shot into my mind when I saw this. I especially like the bemused expression on the little girl, second from the right.

It seems quite regal and majestic.  Like Cinderella.

For me it looks like the index of a family novel. A whole chapter could be written on each of these with their worries, insecurity and in the case of the children naivety. The bride is almost the only one that tries make what looks like a smile but it is mechanical and artificial. The young mother lifting her chin as saying some of us have already pass by this phase of life. In short Pnina a very interesting group photo that tells more than reality. The force of photography when is it most interesting.

Another interesting aspect of the photo is it's composition. You have slightly turned the focus so that we see the flowers to the right. The interesting is however that you by this also have followed the eyes of at least three of the persons that all look towards something happening to the right of the photographer which might announces what is to come. The bridegroom ?

Hi Pnina, it's a very good familie photo, I like Anders analysis..

Ruud , thanks as always.

Andrew, Imo ( personal taste) the mother and child are adding to the photo, as a part of a married future. Thanks though  for your suggestion.


Donna, and Jana, thanks you both, it was a nice gathering of the family young and adult women.

Jack, thanks for your impressions on all of them,I appreciate your taking the time, to write your feelings.

Bob, it was a very beautiful wedding. If she felt like Cinderella... I have no answer ;-)) but she  looked like a princess.

Anders, again an observant point of view. But I understand the faces of the group after 1000 photographs taken....The professional photographers alone took so many, and I looked differently of what was  going on, which was very unusual for me.
You are right about the force of photography when one is capable to explore behind the scene. Yes the bridegroom was on his way.

I have sent the family nearly 30 photos as my present . I will upload only a  few more.

Vladimir , thanks as well for stopping and commenting

Pnina, princess is smiling because you said "SMILE".Others are not so friendly with you and thus not reacting to your command.

I did not give any orders to anyone.... ;-)) There were two professional photographers invited by the family, I was there, and photograohed my own point of view.

an interesting group portrait for the range of expressions on view... much more interesting than one the professionals would have taken i suspect