It would be very easy to sit here and say, ’a picture is a picture, why do I need to care about the different styles?’, but in this approach, we lose the magic of photography. If you and I took a picture of the same thing – yes, the subject would remain the same, but the style would differ completely! Mine might be more slapdash and yours may be artistic. The same applies to wedding photography – what one artist views as improper, the other will see as an opportunity and vice versa. There are countless different types of photography, but for the sake of this feature, I have broken them down into the current most popular types: traditional, dark and moody, documentary/photojournalistic, light and airy, vintage, and fine art. TRADITIONAL This style typically follows a formal route, where the images are all posed and the editing is kept pretty standardised. They’re the sort of pictures you’d recognise from your mum’s wedding album. These things stay classic for a reason, and you can’t argue with a traditional wedding photo. They stand the test of time, and you still get to see all of those lovely faces from your special day. These sorts of photos go hand-in-hand with black and white ones in a similar traditional format. Clean, classic and timeless. DARK AND MOODY/FLASH The dark and moody/flash photography style is something we are seeing more of in the wedding world; it celebrates the dark and allows that shine as a definitive feature. Flash photography is a spin-off of the dark and moody vibe and utilises the flash from a camera to light the image. We can thank the comeback kid, digital cameras, for this being in fashion again. People are loving the vintage feel this gives an image, especially if it’s paired with the classic date and time in the bottom corner. DOCUMENTARY/PHOTOJOURNALISTIC The flickering film and the blurred images – what would have been a photographer’s nightmare is now the requested style. The beauty of this is that it’s almost always candid; so, for those of you who can’t bear the thought of posing, this might be the style for you. The idea is that it captures real life and creates a story through images. This style doesn’t require much thought for the couple because there are no set shots – the photographer will be everywhere and anywhere, capturing what they can as it happens. 42
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