Wedding Photojournalism

Wedding photojournalism, (Greater Austin area is covered for free by Natalie Blake Photography), is becoming an increasing trend in the wedding industry.

It branches away from traditional photography and the intrusion that is involved. Traditional photographers create bridal images that are mostly posed and scripted. This is often seen in "formals," where the photographer takes posed pictures of the entire family and bridal party together.

Photojournalism, on the other hand, allows the day to pass by as usual while the photographer captures bridal images without any involvement in the composition of the photograph.

Wedding photojournalism is derived from news photography, (where the photographer captures an event from a bystander's perspective), and sports photography (where one obviously does not pose an athlete in action). Photographers from these fields have filtered into the wedding industry and created a great new approach to capturing your wedding day. Contact me if you are curious about Austin wedding photojournalism.  Travis, Hays, and Williamson County.

Contemporary Wedding Photography

Contemporary wedding photography involves having the cutting edge in photographic techniques and styles. Currently this involves informal photojournalism (whether posed or not) that gives more genuine emotions and reactions. From here artistic styles may or may not be applied to the original image to enhance the effect of the photograph.

Most of comtemporary wedding photography aims for candid shots from a distance, usually catching original moments. 

Posed photography, such as in formals, are usually only for family portraits. Even bride and groom pictures are done using posed photojournalism, where the photographer instructs the couple initially and then captures the couple being natural in that position.

Here in Austin (Central Texas) and the Texas Hill Country, photographers at the high-end all use posed photojournalism combined with photojournalistic candid photos and artistic, dramatic perspectives.