This is one of those images I could see coming a mile away. As soon as I saw the way the sun was positioned and she pulled the parasol out, I knew this was the image I was going for.

In the weeks before the wedding Peggy and Susan (the coordinator) and I had discussed these parasols and Peggy had wondered about what color to get. I suggested a white one, at least for hers, and this is why.

This is one of my favorites and I’m going to get a big 20″x30″ canvas of this for the studio.

Ben Vigil, International Wedding Photographer

Today’s favorite is actually a series, a few moments in time. These are the moments that you trust us to capture on your wedding day.

As I was looking over this series trying to pick the one I liked most, I realized that I was having a hard time because as a whole they tell a story much better than any one image can. This little story in time takes place over a period of about 15 seconds. I totally love the amazing transformation that goes on.

What do you think?

Ben Vigil Photography, photographing moments

With wedding season getting ready to ramp up, things are supposed to be slow, right? Wrong.

I’ve been wanting to start posting a bunch of pictures from the last year that particularly struck me for whatever reason. And it would also give me a little time to talk about the photo and the background of it. But it doesn’t seem that I’ve had much time as of late.

So here I’ll start with one of my favorite images from last year but I am not entirely sure why. When I think of all the images, this one keeps bubbling to the top.

I mean obviously Brenda is just stunning and I purposely cut half her face off. But I think it’s the relaxed joy she has going on…

We were sitting in the bridal room at Holy Cross Catholic Church and everything was running late because of audio problems in the sanctuary. So we were chatting away and Brenda was just as relaxed as can be. So I climbed up on the chair and started shooting. One of the things that I honestly like about it the most is that Brenda loves this shot and it makes her feel like a super model.

That’s because she is!

Ben Vigil, super model photographer