Are there different types of wedding photographers?
Yes, there are basically 3 types. The difference between them has nothing to do with how they run their business or how much they charge. The difference is in the type of images you end up with. A true photojournalist works from the beginning to end in an effort to tell the story of the wedding in images without posing or interefering in the event in any way. A traditional style photographer creates beautiful posed images of the couple, the family and the event. The images may be very beautiful but they will look like they were deliberately posed. A third type of wedding photographer is a Portrait Journalist. This photographer will shoot in a photojournalist style for most of the event and then pull the couple aside for some creative portraits as well. These images will often rely heavily on influences from the fashion and fine art world – as such, they might be very different from the Traditional posed wedding portraits.
