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There are journalistic, contemporary, and traditional styles of wedding photography. Most brides polled these days prefer the journalistic or contemporary type.

Photo journalistic styles of wedding photograph simply means that the photographer acts more like a journalist, as in they will be following you around and they will capture more non-staged, intimate moments of your wedding day.

Contemporary can mean different things to different people. The way this photography works is that the photographer finds places where the backgrounds are beautiful and there is proper lighting. Thus the photographs of the bride and groom are in a more ideal setting. When this technique is done properly, the results can be stunning! These are the style of pictures that you will see in fashion and wedding magazines.

Traditional is the style that is now somewhat out of fashion. It consists of posed groups and portraits. There is a lot of direction from the wedding photographer on how to stand or pose. The benefits are that you get pictures that are attractive but predictable. Please note that requesting this type of photography can be time consuming and may take away from time with your friends and guests.

It is mostly recommended these days that you use a blend of styles to get a well-rounded result. 80% journalistic and 20% traditional is a great way of capturing your wedding and being able to have a wide spectrum of photography styles to choose from when your album is designed.

Wedding albums have changed dramatically in the last decade. The popular types of albums these days are called coffee table style albums or digital albums. They are essentially high quality hard-bound (some soft-bound options are out there) illustration books similar to what you’d find in an art section of a bookstore.

Since the layouts of digital albums are not limited to simply stacking common photo sizes one after the other, very dramatic artwork can be created from your wedding photographs. Imagine an image of your wedding cake spanned across two pages of an open digital book and several stylized shots of the couple feeding each other the cake are digitally laid on top. This gives a very dynamic result, and prevents the often ‘boring’ factor of traditional wedding albums that one gets after flipping through several pages of the same ‘quadrant’ style albums of the past.

It is also important to choose a photographer that has good credentials and positive client experiences. Ask the photographer for a list of past references and see what the wedding couple says of their results. Always question photographers whose prices are outside the norm (especially prices significantly below other competitor’s pricing, like the kind you may see on Craigslist). A lot of inexperienced photographers charge much lower pricing to create a portfolio or to expand a limited portfolio. You do not want to be a ‘test run’ for a beginner.

While every wedding photographer has to start somewhere, it is generally discouraged to use an inexperienced photographer because the results could be poor, and that is not a good way to guarantee happy memories of your wedding day.

Hopefully you picked up some useful tips in how to choose a good wedding photographer. There is a lot of information on the web on choosing a photographer, so visit some reputable websites that can help assist you in finding the perfect choice to archive your precious wedding moments.

Principal photographer and owner, Vladimir Sterkin, has over twenty years experience behind the camera. He always uses his high technical ability and an uncompromising artistic and cinematographic approach to each and every shot. Vladimir has won several awards for his work and has shot for companies such as Toni & Guy Intl., Nice Modeling Agency, Remax, Coldwell Banker Gundaker, and has been recognized by Wired Magazine for his personal work.

Image taken on 2009-04-09 03:36:35. Image Source. (Used with permission)

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