Paul LoveKing
This is my second career. I used to work in system administration and computer security. One day at work I realized that I had spent more time that day talking about photography than I had spent working. I had just discovered wedding photography, and it changed my life. Now I do this, and I am much happier.
My “other” photography
You will be most comfortable with a photographer you know and like. Let me show you who I am. The photos on this page represent my passions. These are the images I shoot when I am not at weddings.
I have over ten years experience photographing local Mixed Martial Arts competitions. I didn’t realize it at the time, but these events trained me to be a wedding photographer. These events are the culmination of years of training and often represent more than just nine minutes of competition. The emotion of a fight night is right up front and powerful. That emotion is the memory that matters, at a fight and at a wedding.
Like fights, weddings happen quickly, blink and you missed it. No do-overs. The action is fast, the light is bad, and as the photographer, it’s not about me. It’s about you.
I met my wife in high school, in 1985. That was the same year I was a yearbook photographer. My wedding was 20 years ago. My wife and I renewed our vows in November of 2020, in the middle of a chaotic and crazy year.
Many thanks to our friend who captured this image for us. Being on the other end of the camera was a different experience. I treated it the same way I will ask you to approach it. Offer up any suggestions you have, the spot was my suggestion, but be open to coaching at the same time. You will hear me say this over and over, good photography is a collaboration.
These images were taken at GenCon, “The Best Four Days In Gaming”. GenCon is an annual board and card game convention, and all around celebration of what I like to call, “Geek Culture”. Cosplay, video games, SF movies, Harry Potter, Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Star Trek, all that stuff that wasn’t cool when I was in high school. I don’t judge, I can’t, I played D&D in junior high. I have 500 board games in my basement.
