Wedding photographs remain when everything is packed and put away. Photographs are the touchable and tangible thing you walk off with. Therefore just like you look into details about floral decorations, venue, cake or table settings, it is necessary to determine photography style.
Certainly, even in photography there are many styles. Get familiar with available options and then decide what style you desire.
- Photography capturing style
Digital style
Most common way to shoot a wedding event, these days is digital. Digital photography has technically developed and gives good end results. You can instantly preview the captured image through camera display.
Exposure of light falling on recording format can be controlled. Digital cameras are capable to shot in low light conditions. This feature is crucial, especially when photographing a late evening wedding. A photographer can push his creative boundaries without film-roll limits. Lots of images can be captured and stored in memory cards. You get to select a lot of images to be put together in the album.
Film style
Film is a better medium to catch long exposure photographs. Pictures captured using film-roll has soft organic quality. Film shooting includes lot of time, effort, and money. Moreover, film roll needs to be purchased along with processing and editing of the images take time (minimum four to five weeks).
- Looks of the photo or images
Classic style
Now you have considered having digital or filming style, it is time to consider photo looks. Classic images are gorgeous, striking, and a little formal. They reflect reality but needs the photographer’s artistic competence of converting an ordinary into beautiful.
Artistic style
All the portraits do not need couples looking directly at the camera lens. Photographer can deliver artistic moments with couples having fun and enjoying their precious moments.
Lifestyle or photojournalism
Instead of posing for pictures, photographer follow the couples and guests all through the wedding day locking events as they open up to tell your wedding story.
Dramatic style
Lighting is the main element of dramatic photography. The photographer needs to create their own light, if sun does not cooperate on wedding day. A true professional has the ability to click amazing photos, consistently and capture every detail of wedding day.
Fine art photography
This style includes artistic angles, unique compositions, creative lighting, and latest post-production techniques of creating imagery with strong artistic flare. A picture is shot with a mental picture of the artistic finish. It is the transformed into a visually stunning and emotional picture using filters, masks, textures, and Photoshop techniques. Click here to understand more about this style.
After you select a style make sure that the potential photographer is skilled in the form. You can check his portfolio to get an idea. Look at the lighting quality because many professionals use only natural light photography rather than flash or lighting setup.
Ask, if he is able to create light, because the venue has few windows. Check their portfolios composition because you desire the album to tell a story about your wedding day. The story told by the photographer will actually be you story demonstrated from his eyes, so ensure they match up.
