Wedding Coordinator
Pat Werk is a wedding coordinator for the Pres House, a church on the University of Wisconsin campus, and for Grace Episcopal Church which is just off the Capital Square in Madison. I had met Pat at the Pres House for an August 15 wedding we were both hired for. I found her to be gracious and extremely helpful. After a few exchanges I invited her to be my first guest for the “Video Spot On” series.
Video Spot On
About once per week I’ll be interviewing someone who has a vested interest in weddings. It could be a vendor, a bride or someone who with an interesting view to weddings or maybe wisdom about how to have a fulfilling marriage. If you know someone who would make an excellent guest for Video Spot On, let me know.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this VideoPress video.
The Pres House
The wedding of Josh and Kate Soholt was on an other beautiful day in Madison, Wisconsin. Kate had hired me without us first meeting because she was living is Idaho but she grew up in the Madison area so the wedding was here. We first met at their rehearsal at the Pres House which is in the library mall of the University of Wisconsin — Madison. I found Kate and Josh to be very charming, attractive and grateful for all that was happening.
I think we were able to connect personally over the phone. Much of wedding photography is not just getting great pictures, it’s also having a comfortable experience. Photographers come with almost every kind of personality imaginable. I am neither strongly introverted or extroverted according to my Myers-Briggs personality test. During the ceremony I like to be respectful and photograph the ceremony discretely. When the bride and her father are coming down the isle I’m upfront, in the isle getting the best photographs possible but when the ceremony is in process I turn off the flash and shoot with “fast” lenses that give me the light I need.
When the ceremony is over often the best, most creative photographs are taken outside. The following were taken in the UW library mall area.
From the UW mall we walked over to Union South to get some pictures by Lake Mendota. That is where these were taken.
The following video is a highlights of their wedding day. I hope that you enjoy it.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this VideoPress video.
