Photos are very, very important to me.
Photos capture moments that will not fade or be forgotten with time. Photos are a visual reminder, and a visual memory to share with friends and family, and to pass down to other family members. Photos that document special, life changing moments, such as the birth of a child or a wedding, are exceptionally important.
Wedding photos are treasured items to look back on. My husband and I had a small, JoP wedding, and I was nine months pregnant and horribly bloated with a big ol’ preggo belly that stuck out about five feet, but I still treasure the photos that were taken. That day was the day we legally joined together, the day that I could call him “husband”, the day I took his name. I wanted photos – lots of photos! – to document the occasion, even though our wedding was a smaller and definitely non-elaborate affair.
Now, imagine just how I would be if my wedding were an elaborate affair! I would want photos documenting everything. I would want both posed photos and spontaneous photos. I may not display a photo of me flashing my husband in the photo album, but I would definitely cherish it as much as I would a posed photo.
Of course, not everybody feels this way. Some people would prefer the traditional photos – posed settings that are set “just so”, with the right lighting, right backgrounds, perfect smiles, the newlyweds holding each other in just the “right” way, and so on. But others may also like the “photojournalistic” style of wedding photos – this is where a photographer goes around and snaps photos as the wedding progresses, without necessarily trying to pose people and backdrops in the “right” way. But then there will be the ones who prefer both approaches to their wedding photos – perhaps hiring a photographer to go around and take spontaneous photos of everyone and everything, and then doing several traditional wedding photos later on. Most likely the spontaneous photos would go into photo albums and sent to close friends and family members to smile and laugh over, and the traditional photos would go into photo frames and with the marriage announcements.
Finally, another thing to consider with photos is color or black and white. For us, we have two photos that are more “traditional” in style, and they’re also in black and white, as they look so much better that way when displayed in photo frames. The rest we have in color, as they’re more contemporary and spontaneous at-that-moment shots, rather than something planned and precise.
This is a really terrific article that explains all of this in detail, and points out what may work for you – both your tastes in photos as well as your budget: b&w wedding photography
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