I’ve always loved photography but I didn’t get into to it until 2009-2010. I learned the basics of the photography, shooting black and white film. Soon thereafter I moved into digital and I haven’t looked back since. I started to realize I could tell the stories I had in me, but I also understood I knew how to capture the stories around me, the small things that happen every day.
And that is partly why I love shooting weddings so much. It’s got its rules and in some ways it’s a very orchestrated event, you know what’s going to happen, you know when people are going to do what. And yet you know nothing. Every wedding is completely different, every couple adds something new to the mix. I love being there to capture their day and I hate being in the way. I try and walk in with a sense of naivety. I try and capture the events as they happen.
I know the story is there, all the beauty and drama, all the characters and the details. I’ve started to trust the day. It will be beautiful, people will be relaxed with me around, I don’t have to tell them what to do, where to look. I watch the story unveil and try to capture every bit of it. Today I work as a photographer capturing these things the way I see them.
Fikre Tekeste
Owner of Fafi Photography, LLC