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Inspired Jewish Weddings
A weekly series where I ask some of the world’s best wedding photographers to pick out their favourite shot from their Jewish wedding portfolio. This week it’s the turn of Ben Kelmer.
I always try to capture the real moments in weddings. I love this photo because it shows the real excitement that Tal and Gal felt after their wedding ceremony, en route to their reception. Gal, in a moment of happiness, grabbed Tal and lifted her in the air. The excitement is palpable…”
A weekly series where I ask some of the world’s best wedding photographers to pick out their favourite shot from their Jewish wedding portfolio. This week it’s the turn of Niv Shimshon.
This is one of my favourite images from a Jewish wedding. The groom’s parents are being lifted on chairs during the Hora and they are fully present in the moment. Their happiness shines through this image that truly shows the power of photography in stopping a split second moment and making it a part of this family story for the generations to come.”
A weekly series where I ask some of the world’s best wedding photographers to pick out their favourite shot from their Jewish wedding portfolio. This week it’s the turn of Laura Babb of Babb Photo.
I love this picture of Missy’s bridesmaids covering her with a veil before she sees Yoni for the first time. Missy and Yoni were having a multi-faith wedding and they decided to interpret different elements of weddings from their own cultures that were important to them. This veiling replaced the traditional badeken and other nods to elements from Jewish weddings included the seven non-denominational ‘blessings’ and words of wisdom that were read out by members of both families.
Missy and Yoni were lucky enough to have the renowned Lionel Blue, a friend of the family, speak after their ceremony and he talked about the importance of different cultures coming together in these troubled times. Shared values are where we find common ground and I really love multicultural weddings that celebrate those shared values and two families coming together.”
A weekly series where I ask some of the world’s best wedding photographers to pick out their favourite shot from their Jewish wedding portfolio. This week it’s the turn of David Morgan.
This award winning image is from Julie and Maurice’s wedding in London. Jewish weddings are about two families coming together and I try to capture this with my work. The emotions of the bride and groom are important, and the most present, but to tell the whole story I am looking for more than this. I love this photograph because it shows the impact of the emotions welling up inside Julie’s father and is all the more impactful because he is technically not the centre of attention (even though that is the whole point of my shot).”
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A weekly series where I ask some of the world’s best wedding photographers to pick out their favourite shot from their Jewish wedding portfolio. This week it’s the turn of Kristian Leven.
One of the most amazing experiences I’ve had as a wedding photographer was being flown out to Israel, to photograph Katie and Lev’s Jewish wedding at Mitzpe Yericho, in the Samarian hills, just outside of Jerusalem towards the Dead Sea. As you know, Jewish weddings have a tendency to go into prolonged periods of 6th gear (!) so it was pretty special taking some time out and heading into the valley for a few quiet portraits.”
