Photojournalism Style Wedding

The latest trend in wedding photography is photojournalism. Photojournalistic wedding photos offer a more lively or personal view of the events, such as guests greeting each other with a hug, bridesmaids fussing over the dress or the guests running to keep out of the rain.   Subjects in these photos will have an un-posed appearance, as the idea is to create a story of events.

Authentic Photojournalism

When there are no directions given from a photographer to the subjects.  A photographer is in the background just recording events, without any interaction with the subject.  The aim is to have as natural photos as possible.  A problem with this purist type of photography is that if a wedding is not overly flamboyant, the photos may come across as uneventful. However this type of photography is well suited to capture out of the ordinary events.

I generally believe in the balanced approach to photojournalism, by including some posed photos of the bride and groom along with some posed photos of the bridal party and family. Following this, I then put less emphasis on the structured formal shots, as my aim is in the telling of the story.

Traditional Style Wedding

Traditional wedding photography has been around since weddings were first photographed, and is still very popular.  This technique is what I call the "usual" or "most common" wedding photography type.

In the traditional approach photographs are most often shot in color.  Normally a soft focus is used for facial portraits.  Group posed photos of a bridal party and family are done in either a pyramid shape or straight line.  Along with portraits, a large number of planned and informal wedding shots are taken.

Impressionistic Style Wedding

Impressionistic wedding photos can be photographed in Black & White and / or color.  The posing is less structured and more artistic. Shots are like still photos from a movie or film and tell a story.