Hi all, just a few notes on
style:
I have seen photographers claiming that they have a
journalistic style or like to call themselves
photojournalistic wedding photographers.
For anyone who has heard similar phrases, please help yourselves by doing the following 2 things:
1. Take a second look at their works to see if the people in the pictures ever look into the camera.
If you see nearly all shots do not have eye contact, the portfolio was probably built from occasions the photographer was a guest at those weddings, which probably means a lack of experience in shooting weddings.
2. Ask what they mean exactly when they call themselves photojournalistic wedding photographers or have a photojournalistic style.
I have seen a number of photographers passing off fly-on-the-wall, standing at one corner, taking shots that are natural, un-posed and candid as photojournalism.
Photojournalism style DOES NOT solely mean fly-on-the-wall, standing at one corner, taking shots that are natural, un-posed and candid.
The photographer should "appear" outrightly in front of you sometimes to get proper, posed shots. So do ask to see their proper, posed shots.
Especially so because you need those proper, posed shots of yourselves to answer to your friends, relatives, family after the wedding.