During the speeches, I’ll sometimes turn my camera away from the person holding the microphone. I want to see who’s trying not to laugh, who’s already in tears, and who reaches for someone’s hand under the table.

There’s a photograph here of a flower girl looking straight at me while the bride laughs behind her. I keep coming back to it because two completely different things are happening in the same second. That’s what I love about photographing weddings. You get to see a little of what was happening while you were busy living it.

Adrian Mazur