Me.
Me.
Since this page will probably get distributed to a bunch of people who I don't know after I finish writing it, I shall begin by introducing myself. I am Sidney August Cammeresi, IV (that's a link to my nifty web page, and that's me on the right), and on 7 June 2003, my sister, who is known to me as Val and who was known to most of the rest of the world until that fateful day as Valerie Ann Cammeresi, became Mrs Scott Lambert.
I like photography, and I own an assortment of crazy cameras. Photographing people and such isn't really high on my list of priorities (I much prefer subjects that hold still), but it seemed natural to bring along a couple of cameras to the wedding, so in the course of packing, I loaded two cameras into my car: my 35mm system (a 'normal' camera), and my medium format system (produces square 6x6cm negatives).
I use almost exclusively assorted Kodak black and white film because most things look better in black and white. Specifically for this trip, I decided to use Tri-X in my medium format camera (a classic 1950s style film) and T-Max 3200 in my 35mm camera (a modern film that is grainy, but superfast). By superfast, I mean superfast. TMZ (Kodak's code for T-Max 3200) requires one-eighth the amount of light as does a 400-speed film, and one-thirty-second the light required by a 100-speed film, so I could use it without a flash in most cases which was good because I hate using flash. In fact, I took every picture below without flash, except for one.
That's what I wanted to shoot, so that's what I did. This is why I am not a professional wedding photographer.
Upon arriving home, I developed all of the film, took a look at what I had, scanned the good stuff, and put it on the web. For various technical reasons, my use of flash with my medium format camera didn't work so well, so all of these photographs were made with the 35mm camera. Since it's my web page, I decided that I'd present my photographs ordered roughly by how well I liked them. By the way, you can click on the small photos to look at somewhat larger versions.
If you want to be really cultured and impress your friends, I'd recommend getting out one of your Comedian Harmonists CDs for musical accompaniment and listening to their 1933 song Irgendwo auf der Welt. If for some reason, you can't find your copy, here are the lyrics to the main part so you can sing along:
Irgendwo auf der Welt gibt's ein kleines bißchen Glück,
Und ich träum' davon in jedem Augenblick.
Irgendwo auf der Welt gibt's ein bißchen Seligkeit,
Und ich träum' davon schon lange, lange Zeit.
Wenn ich wüßt', wo das ist, ging' ich in die Welt hinein,
Denn ich möcht' einmal recht so von Herzen glücklich sein!
Irgendwo auf der Welt fängt mein Weg zum Himmel an --
Irgendwo, irgendwie, irgendwann.
Somewhere in the world there's a little piece of luck,
And that's what I dream of every moment.
Somewhere in the world there's a little bit of happiness,
And I've been dreaming of that for a long, long time.
If I knew where it was then I'd go out into the world,
Because only once I want to be happy more than anything else!
Somewhere in the world there's a path to heaven --
Somewhere, somehow, sometime.
Mr Scott Lambert;
Mrs Valerie Ann Lambert (neé Cammeresi)
The fateful moment. Perhaps the gravity of the present is sinking in?
Three generations of dance. This scene didn't look nearly this busy and exciting when I clicked the shutter.
Patricia Franklin and Susan Kay Cammeresi
Sidney August Cammeresi, III
Carol Lambert;
Jessica Lambert;
Bob Lambert and Mary Jo Edwards
Marissa Davies (Maris) and Holly Kuhlmann (Hollerbutt)
From the mirror in our hotel room. I had to read it twice.