Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Trends In Wedding Photography

Wedding photography has become a very profitable business in recent years. Just to be able to preserve the memories if their special day many couples are willing to pay lots of money. Couples could also find many styles of wedding photography available in the market. The wedding photography trends changes or improves year after year.
 
The photojournalistic, the traditional, and the fashion style are the three very popular wedding photography trends in existence. The photojournalistic style is where the couple, the wedding party and guests are not asked to pose for photographs instead; the photographer will sit back and just wait for good shots.

The traditional wedding photography style is where the photographer asks everyone to pose for all the pictures that will go into the album, the photographer becomes the director of the photo shoot. The fashion is where the photographer imitates pictures in glossies and on the run way. Starting to gain a wide following nowadays is the photojournalistic style of wedding photography.

People have fallen in love with how natural the photographs turn out because the photographer shoots whenever they occur. Just like journalism where the journalist reports what happens right there and then, the photojournalistic style takes shot of the event as it happen without second take. Many couples now prefer this style because they believe that taking photographs while the event happens captures the very heart and essence of the special day.

One of the most classical choices of couples for wedding photography is the traditional style where everyone is smiling at the camera. This kind of style requires the couple and the guests to pose for all the pictures being shot during the wedding and reception. Though it used to be popular before, the photojournalistic style has already taken over its spot. To be able to achieve what they want in their wedding album some couples opt to combine this style with the photojournalistic style.

Fashion style wedding photography trend has photos which look like they came directly from the magazines. The photos show the couple looking very glamorous and very high fashion when the photos come out. This style emphasizes fantasy instead of reality and will produce very beautiful but very unnatural pictures. The photographer for this type of style has to have a very good eye for detail because every tint bit of the photo counts. Usually the photographers of this style are given the highest pay.

These are the three wedding photography trends making waves in the industry right now. Considered the most popular is the combination of photojournalistic and the traditional. Doing the fashion style is perfect for couples who wants to have fun and feel like they are models in magazines. No matter what trend of photography is chosen, the most important is still having fun and enjoying the special day.

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