A truly personal letter to the bride…

Often I feel guilty. I truly love what I do and it is so much fun that it just cannot be right. Or can it? I often
wonder what kind of work a person would be creating if they did not like doing what they were doing.  
Imagine you had to go for some kind of a surgery. Not something we take too lightly, is it? Wouldn't you want
a surgeon operating on you to be deeply in love with what he or she did for a living? Wouldn’t you want
someone who felt a deep passionate connection with his or her work?  You would want someone who woke
up in the morning and was glad to be alive and a large part of that joy was connected to their work.  Is there
any other way to live?  Would you want a mean old grouch working on you?

I guess it's the same with capturing photographs and forever freezing moments in time. The events in
people's lives are those moments, and although it's not the same as operating on someone like a surgeon
does, in many ways it is a responsibility that I feel just as passionately about.  It doesn’t matter if it is the first
or the tenth wedding or anniversary I photographed that month, each and every person gets the same
amount of attention and diligence on my part because this is who I am.  It never changes.  I love what I do.  I
believe this not only helps me create fantastic images, but it also creates a memorable, positive and stress-
free experience for those who are being photographed, while they are being photographed.  I've had folks
come up to me time and time again and say things like: "Thanks, you're so relaxed and so much fun to work
with. I can't wait to see the pictures."

I suppose if I ever stop being in love with what I do, this would be time to move on.  I can't see that
happening.  If this fact never changes, nothing else will.  I'm having too much fun and it keeps me young and
energized.  I'm a people/portrait photographer and as long as I can put up with the occasional spasms of
guilt for having so much fun doing what I'm doing, and getting paid for it, everything will be okay.  I can keep
making bride's smile when they look at their finished wedding album.  I often meet couples years after their
wedding date.  They tell me all about the album and how everyone seems to think that it's the only time
they've ever seen such a unique collection of images that captures so much.  They always have a sparkle in
their eyes when they share these little experiences.

A surgeon can often go back and repair a heart valve or a torn muscle.  A carpenter can re-cut and replace
a messy job.  A chef can start all over if he ruins his latest creation.  I cannot.  Time moves on and the
moments are a “flash".  I cannot explain why I love doing something that carries so much responsibility.  
Some think it's the money, but it's not.  Money helps, it pays the bills and I get to take my 2 year old to
Disney if I plan well, but it's more than just money.  There's something about a wedding day.  There's
something about taking pictures for a living.  It all comes together and makes sense in the long run…

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Thanks for reading my jabber.....Greg Khitrov