Its funny the memories that jump back at you from your childhood. A lot are evoked from photographs and images and old cine film. One of my favourites was the day I was bridesmaid to my Aunty Christine. It was a day just like Christmas, there was a build up, not sleeping the night before and so excited by putting on the dress and white frilly apron (it was the 70's!) and being at the hairdressers for ringlets (a first). The day was amazing, I felt like a princess, there was a photographer, we had to pose in our beautiful dresses (I had never held a basket of flowers before), walk up the aisle in church (that was all a bit scary) and smile at lots of people I didn't know. Then there was the party...it was one of those amazing and exciting childhood memory days.
So, now, when I photograph a wedding and see the little ones, I remember exactly what they are going through and how exciting the day is to them, their dress, their hair, their nerves, their smiles and their happiness. It's lovely to catch those moments, knowing that in a number of years they will be looking back, at the day that was just as exciting as Christmas.