Wedding is a once in a lifetime experience and wedding photographers know that. Who doesn’t want to remember the most special day of their life? Well, photography is the best way to capture the most wonderful moments of the couple’s day and always be able to see them whenever you want.
There are photos that are essential on your wedding day and you can’t miss them for your wedding album repertoire, but not all couples are looking for the same type of photos for their big day!
That’s why in this article we talk about different types of wedding photographers and the different types of wedding photos that can be taken so that you can clarify concepts and choose the best option for your big day.
Each one is for a different type of couple! Are you more about posing, letting yourselves go, fantasy and mysticism, or photos that speak for themselves?
Read on and find out what’s your style!
Spontaneous and natural
Spontaneous and natural photography is a mix of traditional and contemporary styles. This type of photography captures people when they don’t realise that they are being photographed. This is why it is called “spontaneous”.
Photographers take pictures without setting up a scene. Therefore, it is natural and brings a sense of realism.
Wedding photographers in this case move around the wedding space and capture the people as they make movements, take steps, dance, talk and so on. This way they capture all natural reactions of the people.
This type of photography has become popular in recent times. More and more couples are opting to take photos at their wedding where they don’t pose, but let themselves go.
This type of photography is perfect for couples who are looking for a more informal style for their big day.
Traditional
Unlike spontaneous photography, traditional or classic photography consists of taking pictures of people when they are posing. People are aware that someone is taking a picture of them.
Traditional photography allows the photographer to create the perfect space to take a picture where everyone is offering their best pose.
This type of photography is more formal and serious, and is typical, conventional photography. The wedding photographers who work with this style have always existed and will never go out of fashion.
Reportage
This is an approachable, fresh and natural style, both for you and your guests. The photographs tell the story of your day as it happened, from beginning to end with few poses directed by the photographer. As if it were the news for a newspaper.
Yes, that is why it is also called wedding photojournalism. After all, what reportage wedding photography aims to do is to tell a story: your story.
This kind of wedding photographers are very focused and attentive to everything that happens on your day, as they try to capture reality objectively during the entire ceremony. There is no need for posing or making artificial situations!
Documentary wedding photography is one of the most demanded styles nowadays because this is how you get emotional wedding photographs full of true memories and live emotions.
It is a very special style that makes us notice little things that are there and that, sometimes, we don’t pay attention to.
Fashion or editorial
Many wedding photographers in the fashion world have decided to resize their professional career by combining it with the wedding sector. As a result, nowadays many wedding photos have an editorial style similar to magazines.
In this type of photography, the art lies in transmitting sensations and emotions thanks to the settings, styling, make-up and hairdressing.
The images have a high photographic quality and an exclusive style. It’s the favourite style on Instagram and the favourite style of influencers!
Fine art
One of our favourite styles of photography is fine art. Yes, this is a concept of wedding photography that is gaining ground again and is perfect for the bride and groom who want to have romantic photos as a souvenir, with lots of light and full of fantasy.
Fine art photography is a photographic style that looks as a work of art, so the photographer’s creative point of view is very important. For this reason, a lot of use is made of digital retouching.
Wedding photographers of this style do not focus so much on everything that is happening, but try to get different pictures. They do not try to represent reality faithfully, they put the aesthetic result above the actual representation of the scene.
This style tries to achieve colour palettes with very striking contrasts, so the sky is often changed to obtain dreamy sunset skies, the faces are retouched to have perfect skin without impurities, perfect poses and styling, etc.
In addition, the colours of the photograph are altered to suit the photographer’s vision, even using colours that weren’t there at the time the photo was taken.
Cinematography
Cinematographic photographers use a very refined technique to adapt the moments of a wedding to the cinematographic technique. The moments are captured in a natural way avoiding posed shots, but always keeping the cinematographic perspective in mind.
This style is complicated, but highly praiseworthy, because even the smallest detail is captured. The emotions and sensations experienced on your big day are immortalised, so that you, the bride and groom, can keep that memory and relive it in the future.
These wedding photographers shoot with creativity and artistic touch, moving away from classic poses, fusing avant-garde styles and being an alternative for those brides and grooms who are looking for a creative, spontaneous, natural and different reportage.
Their wedding photos are original and have that differentiating point, which end up being a perfect blend of documentary, artistic and spontaneous photography.
After knowing the different types of wedding photographers and the average price of a good wedding photographer, now you just need to know a few tricks to pose for your wedding photos.
And did you know that we have a list of the best wedding photographers in Spain? As you read it! If you want to know which ones they are, at Perfect Venue we’ll tell you, and we’ll also help you choose the best one for your wedding!
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