Reportage Wedding Photography
Wedding photography: reportage or formal?
We are currently looking at photographers for our wedding. We’re quite interested in the more modern, reportage-style photographs rather than formal shots.
Has anyone here had these sort of photgraphs taken at their weding? What did you think? Are there any circumstances where a more relaxed form of photography is not a good idea?
I can’t believe I misspelt “wedding”.
Hi Ruth.
In short, yes, my wife and I had reportage style photos taken at our weding, although the whole album was not of this style.
We opted for a photogpaher who could provide a nice combo of formal, candid and reportage photos in order to achieve a good balance to the album. That said, reportage is a style where you can get away with having the whole album that style should you choose.
In terms of times when relaxed images may not suit, the most obvious answer is when it comes to shots that other family members may want to hang on their wall or place in a photo frame on their mantelpiece. Whilst my wife and I have a lovely shot of us kissing on a bridge in black and white on the wall in our house (taken reportage style), both our sets of parents have ones of us standing alongside them (taken formal style). You will tend to find that ‘older folk’ prefer the more traditional style.
Before making the final decision on what style to go for and who to use, I would suggest doing a lot of shopping around and a fair bit of research – you will find that whilst some photogrpahers claim they can shoot ‘reportage style’ not all will be of the same standard. I have attached a link to a site that tells you what to look out for when choosing a wedding photographer and it may well be worth checking out prior to making the final decision.
By the way, just to make you feel better, you might want to check how I’ve spelt wedding in the first paragraph!
Hope this helps.
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