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Cherie Steinberg Coté: Capturing the Wedding Vibe (cont.)

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Which doesn't mean she won't take the requisite line-'em-ups.

"Some parents really need to have the family pictures. That's what they want, so I do it. I'm kind of like the director. I like directing. It comes naturally."

By now she has even learned to recognize when something is going wrong—or is about to—and how to stop the tears. After all, no bride wants to look back at a wedding album filled with puffy, red eyes. "At a lot of weddings—about 25 percent—there's a moment in the day when the bride wants to have a little moment, and the moment could get worse if you don't jump in there," Cherie said. "I know before she does. I catch her right away."

Sometimes a wedding goes so wrong that it's a wonder everyone isn't crying. Enter Cherie.

"I did a wedding for a girl, and the florist thought the wedding was the next day or something. I can't even imagine how that would get screwed up, but she had no flowers. I sent a couple of girls to Ralph's (supermarket), and they went into the flower department and got her a bouquet and got the girls bouquets and it was taken care of. The bride was distraught, and I sat with her and talked with her and made her know it would be OK."

Cherie's camera of choice is the Nikon D700. "I love my D700," she said. "That's my major camera. "I love my 17-35mm lens. I do a lot with those two pieces." Last year Coté even photographed a Nikon brochure for the lightweight D700.

"I believe that Nikon really wanted a woman to shoot that brochure because it's a perfect camera for a woman. ... I can even have two of them—one around my neck and one on my shoulder—and it works for me. I usually shoot with two cameras."

Cherie is also known for boudoir and fashion photography, but for her, everything clicks at a wedding. "I love the fast pace, the adrenaline and the array of wonderful things to shoot," she said. "The wedding is the most perfect thing I could ever do. There are beautiful girls, great shoes and everybody's looking their best."

To see more of Cherie's photos visit her website at www.cheriefoto.com or www.edgygirl.com

Cherie Steinberg Coté has been an NPS member since 2008.