When we look at these pictures, a question comes to mind: How do the clients actually react when they see them? Weldon shared that he has been photographing weddings for more than 16 years, so the couples that hire him have a good idea of what to expect. "They don’t really know how their wedding will look from my perspective because neither do I until I have photographed it. Given that they hired me in the first place, it allows me to be free on the wedding day to go wherever the music takes me. I’ve not had any complaints… yet.”
The artist mentioned that he draws inspiration from various talented photographers. However, his initial spark of inspiration can be traced back to renowned photographers such as Martin Parr, Nan Golding, Robert Frank, Helen Levitt, Roy DeCarava, and many other social documentary photographers. "I also like photographers that were doing something different that stood out within their own genre. Like the fashion photography of Sarah Moon or the brash street photography of Bruce Gilden. It all helped me to realize that there were no rules and that photography could be as expressive a medium as any other. That really changed my perspective on the world around me and changed me as a person. For the better."
"Photography itself isn’t a particularly difficult medium to work with. Anyone can become competent with a camera in a relatively short space of time. But I think that’s what makes it so difficult to have a visual identity. Everyone is using the same, fast track, tools to make their photography ‘better’, but they never really understand the camera or what it is that they are trying to say. I think we live in a world of shortcuts, but as with any art form, there are no shortcuts.”
