Weddingbee Blog

By now I think everyone is very familiar with the wicked cinematography skills of the men at Still Motion (see our same-day-edit and trash-the-dress) but there is also one powerhouse of a female photographer behind it all, too. Amina gave up her camera on our wedding day to shoot video in Super8, and we had so many guests tell us just how undaunted she was to literally jump up onto a skinny, beveled ledge with a good 1.5-2 story drop below to get a shot while our photographer stood up on the sturdy bench firmly cemented to the ground. She lived up to what I’d been hearing the past few months—that she’s pretty bold when it comes to achieving the perfect shot.

I am a huge fan of her “portrait”-work, and I use the term loosely because it definitely isn’t a tilt-your-chin-this-way, adjust-that-lock-of-hair kind of experience. We had a blast with the Still Motion team, and I feel really blessed that we were able to spend an extra day with them outside the wedding day blur.

Thanks to Amina for these truly breath-taking photos, and even I’m surprised at the diversity of them all. We did shoot at a few locations, but many of the shots within the same space look completely unique. With a pretty strong photography background myself, and even with being the focus of the entire day, I never expected how phenomenal these photos would turn out.