Different types of wedding photography exist in the market these days, which include traditional, candid, contemporary and reportage wedding photography. Though traditional and candid photography styles have persisted in the wedding events since ages, but reportage or documentary wedding photographers are quite new to this field. However, this style of photography is often misunderstood by a lot of people and therefore, has ended up becoming a misused term for defining a particular photography style.
So what exactly is reportage wedding photography?
This technique basically adopts the documentary of photojournalism style, wherein in short story is told summarizing the entire event through a series of pictures. Because of its hands off approach, people mistakenly assume that it is incredibly easy to achieve. This misunderstanding is the very reason why most of the so called documentary wedding photography ends up being nothing but mere collection of isolated head-shots of smiley faces. These pictures are totally devoid of the key element of this photography style, that of information and narration.
A lot of the self proclaimed documentary wedding photographers (who happen to be nothing but sub-standard photographers) mislead their customers with this cool sounding phrase. In fact, many of these photographers offer a variety of styles by posing as jack of all trades. As customers, you must be very careful of such dupers, as they can easily end up spoiling your much awaited wedding album. They are simply not skilled enough to be even termed as traditional photographers. A slight complacency or ignorance on your part could mean the worst of both worlds for you.
So, be extra cautious while hiring such wedding photographers.
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