Digital Wedding Photography For Dummies

Mixing and Matching Styles to Create the Story Your Newlyweds Want

Though it happens occasionally, you’ll rarely come across a photographer who works exclusively with a single style. Photographers more commonly create their own hybrid of styles to suit their needs. The reasoning is simple: If you choose just one style, elements of a wedding may be left out. However, combining styles opens up possibilities and allows you to better narrate the entirety of a wedding day.

Another reason to mix and match styles is to accommodate your couple and to give them the kind of story they want. If a couple wants a photojournalistic approach to their wedding day but also wants some group shots of their families, you can use both the photojournalistic and traditional styles to create the story your couple desires. Take a look at the following examples:

50mm, 1/160 sec., f/2.8, 320

Figure 5-12: Fashion photography also uses unusual props to pose the subjects and to create unique photographs.

Figure 5-13 shows that I started this wedding with a photojournalistic approach while the bride was getting ready.

50mm, 1/160 sec., f/2.2, 1000

Figure 5-13: This wedding day began with a photojournalistic approach ...