Working without a deadline or a strict timeline is its own kind of luxury, and that's exactly the mood on New Year's Eve as I drove up to Richard and Alex's house — yes, those Richard and Alex — to photograph Chandni and Logan's wedding. Like a lot of couples during COVID, they'd planned a big gathering full of friends and family, then watched it get whittled down by delay after delay until they finally pivoted to a small, quiet ceremony in the Hudson Valley, officiated by their friend Richard and catered by his husband Alex, with me the only outside witness. With a loose 5pm target and nothing but a nice sunset to chase, the drinks flowed, the jokes landed fast, and even Logan's mid-ceremony allergic reaction to eye cream couldn't take the shine off the night. We missed the sunset by a mile in the end — Chandni and Logan got married in near darkness instead, with the valley's lights twinkling below them. Different mood than most weddings I shoot. I could get used to it.
