Photojournalism for Weddings

By far, my favorite style of photography for weddings is Photojournalistic. This style of photography absolutely captures the "real" moments of your wedding day. You actually feel the emotions of the day through the amazing photography. For those who aren't quite sure what I'm talking about, photojournalism is essentially a series of photographs that are designed to tell a story and narrate the wedding day. Basically, the photographs are candid shots taken throughout the day rather than totally posed "fake" emotion type of shots. How many of us have had to gather together with the bridal party, been told to "get close", "smile", "look at each other", "make a funny face" etc.... I could go on forever.... hahah

Understandably, there are going to be some pictures that you absolutely want your photographer to take during your day. A "pose list" and or a "must take" list is pretty standard in wedding photography. This type of "traditional" wedding photography is something that will definitely please the parents. :o) Of course, your photojournalistic photographer will gladly take those shots as well.

Personally, I love the idea of being able to do both so that the day is captured "as is" with raw emotion and with the traditional shots that capture the details. Getting that spontaneous laughter, moment or what have you on film is just priceless. But of course, making sure that you have pictures of all of the details that you worked so hard at planning.....your cake, your favours, your invites, etc...is important as well.

A few of my absolute favorite photographers with a type of photojournalistic style are:

http://www.captureweddingphotography.com/
Cathy Chatterton is just amazing! I can't say how much I just love working with her and seeing her photos.




http://www.bostonimages.com/
Boston Avenue Images have numerous photographers who are well trained and fun to work with and produce wicked photos.




http://www.amysquires.com/

Amy's photography is very cool and her blog and website provide endless amounts of inspiration.

http://www.geoffwhite.com/

Geoff's website and blog provides some great inspiration.

http://www.wpja.org/
The Wedding Photojournalistic Association is a fabulous site to find the perfect Photojournalistic photographer and to research the style.

Enjoy!