On reflection

Backblips up starting here.

Callum had run off in the playground, though safely within the perimeter. I love this park for the protection that affords alongside the security officers. I peered under the wobbly bridge which the boys relish jumping on and spotted his hat alongside a flash of red pre-school girl's dress, their little hands entwined.

"Hello darling" I called to him.
"Is this your little boy?", said the girl.
"Yes", I replied.
"Are you sure?" she challenged. Smitten with him, I have a feel she wished to take him home with her.

Tomorrow I shoot my first client wedding beyond the photos I've taken at friends' weddings, annoying the professional no doubt along the way. The happy couple are Carolyn & Bryan whom I photographed in March to mark their engagement and the flowers put me in the mood. I've reserved the back-up 40D body and f1.2 or f1.8 85mm. And perhaps a wider angled lens for formals. My brief is for reportage, similar to what I did for their engagement shoot, but I know too the importance of balance and capturing the wedding party. I want to stick to the brief and more and have made a list of about 100 moments I'd like to capture, because it's easy for a couple to want only reportage when they dream of their day, but on reflection wish they'd had something more formal. Canon's now back from rehab but the Big Fella 24-135mm is on the blink and has taken the 40D's place at the clinic. I'm getting a little nervous as I always do before shoots, yet strangely no more for this than any other. I just feel there will be more for me to work with aesthetically than a home portrait shoot. And I think there are many of us here on Blip with similar creative and technical abilities yet differing styles who've been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to capture a couple's big day. It's an honour and I want to do the best for them as if it were my wedding, to make the bride glow and the groom beam with pride.

Reuben's test this morning yielded reflux at 120ml of formula when his stomach was barely full. It will likely indicate he'll need a repeat stomach twist surgery, a Nissen fundoplication as it continues to inflame his throat. We'll see what the report recommends. I'm feeling a big sense of relief that he has coped admirably over the last 3 weeks without his trach.