Wedding photography is a lot to take in. If you don't have a friend or family member already a photographer not sure what type of photography you are interested in this article will help you! Getting married has it's exciting moments true. It's the planning that can cause some stress. The wedding world has PLENTY of choices to confuse you with and you don't want to make any wrong choices.
Here is some information on the different types of wedding photography, or photography in general.
One popular types is Lifestyle. As far as I know, it is mainly used with portraits and closely related to photojournalism. It's more controlled than photojournalism but captures life similar to photojournalism. I am starting to see a lot more photographers chosen to be a part of weddings because of how much it captures joy and happiness. This style is also quite popular for fashion as well as musical artists.
Here are a few pictures that fall under this category:
A cousin of this type of photography, as previously mentioned is Photojournalism. In my opinion, you can have shots that are lifestyle also be photojournalistic but it's not always the other way around. You might see couples hiring photographers that just do photojournalistic as well as a traditional photographer because you can't really find many that do both. What you will get from this photographer is nothing posed, nothing controlled total fly on the wall situation. It's life as it's happening. It tells a story and it communicates. It does get confessed with lifestyle, and it can be universal. But the biggest difference is the story behind it. Yes, it's mainly uncontrolled, meaning not posed. But you can find some that are naturally posed like sitting, standing or laying but that's as posed as it gets. If the person decided to do something as you take their picture, that's awesome and again, not controlled.
Here are some examples:
Then you have some traditional photography. This is classic style utilizing a lot of creative and classic poses. This is created by the photographer and is meant to capture a great picture from the start. This is one of the most popular styles you find in the wedding photography world. It's highly controlled and it takes a lot of practice, as a photographer to keep poses fresh. One of the biggest challenges with this style is keeping smiles genuine. A tip to this is have the subject make a funny face and yes take the picture and be ready! The laugh will come and you will get a genuine smile. This is traditional because way back when the camera was still brand new people had to stay still as you see pictures from the 1800's. The more photography grew the more people started to get creative with taking pictures and started creating more poses. This still continues today as you see in traditional wedding photography. Sometimes the poses start to mimic lifestyle photography, but it's created and not captured on the spot as a real moment.
Here are some examples:
There are the types you might encounter when shopping for your wedding photography. You might find a specialist in one or a photographer that specializes in all. Hope it at least helps you decide on what you want!
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