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Striking in its textures and setting, this photograph by Red Leaf Studios creates an evocative mood. The texture of the scrub trees, the rusted-out car (we hope she's got something between her dress and the mess!), the large sweep of sky above them. It's dramatic.

But the mood it creates ... Perhaps we're just being persnickety, but don't you get the feeling this couple has had a fight? Their backs to each other, he's scowling to the front, she's staring down and to one side. It seems to give the impression that they're not entirely on speaking terms just now. Wedding stress gotten to them, perhaps?

Maybe we're looking at this picture poorly, though. Maybe when you look at it, you see a couple joined in thought. Maybe you see beauty and hope. Or maybe you just see a lovely composition of light and texture. It's certainly true that every picture in a wedding album does not need to show blissful happiness. There's room for poignancy, tenderness, a certain gravity. What do you think? Do you plan on having pictures with a variety of moods in them -- and would something like this be exactly what you'd like to see in your album?