You can’t get a really good wedding speech online. The speech that was being made in the above photographs started with a really simple line that was just simple and natural. People laughed so hard that he had to wait a while to continue. With a really good wedding speech there are certain things that you notice that don’t often happen. You notice all the staff at the venue have stopped doing everything and are staring with a joyous face. Guests can’t help but do the laugh where their neck falls backwards and their face is looking upwards. You notice people are muttering, he/she is killing it. Even if it is a long speech it feels short. Afterward the next person always says, ‘How am I going to follow that?’. This is conceding defeat from the start. Never concede defeat! Never say, ‘I’m terrible at this’ or, ‘I’m nervous’. Instead charge on and make the party even better.
Now to photograph a really good wedding speech is a challenge. I don’t really have much advice other than try to stay out of the way and shoot people who are unaware of you. If the speech is of a certain quality you’ll be invisible because they’ll be so fixated!