Best Documentary Wedding Photography – Winter 2018 As 2018 draws to a close, there’s still a couple more rounds to go in the annual WPJA 2018 contest. The Wedding Photojournalist Association rewards the very best documentary wedding photography in the world and is a highly competitive contest. It’s values are closely aligned to my working…
Who thinks wedding photography has become a bit predictable this year? Boring, even? Sure, the first time you see a teeny tiny couple lost in a massive landscape, it’s impressive. Or a backlit couple in profile. Or a couple shot through loads of out of focus lights. Or hand in hand, silhouetted, between fairy lights,…
Understanding Composition in Documentary Wedding Photography Most people know when they like a photograph. Not photographs of themselves, for we are all too vain to see beyond our own image. But landscapes, street photography or photographs of your friends. Fewer people understand what it is about a photograph that makes it pleasing on the eye.…
Ask a wedding photojournalist or documentary wedding photographer what their perfect assignment would be, and I’m pretty sure it would involve no, or very few posed, wedding group photos. There’s a number of reasons for this. Firstly, it’s quite a specialism to do high quality, well lit, perfectly posed group photographs. It takes time to arrange…
Natural and Candid Wedding Photography I’m a strong believer that candid wedding photography is the best and most truthful way of recording a wedding day. It’s the most important day in a couple’s life, and the wedding album will be a permanent record of a great celebration. Some wedding photographers produce stunning bridal portraits on location during…
Natural and Unposed Richmond Wedding Photography The aim of a documentary wedding photographer, or wedding photojournalist, is to tell the story of the wedding day, in such a way that the viewer feels a connection to the subjects, whether they were present on the day or not. One way of doing that is to look around…