Photography is our passion.
We would like to talk with you about how we can preserve your memories through the art of wedding photography with style. We believe successful photography demands a sincere interest in our subject.
We focus beyond our camera and invest time and energy to establish a caring relationship with our clients. This stimulates our creativity to make every event or portrait unique. Please read what our clients say in about us. We are happy to travel throughout the United States to take the best possible photographs of our customers.
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While using the illustrative style of wedding photography, photographers place the subjects in special settings to take advantage of good available light and backgrounds. Once the scene is set, the couple and their party are free to be themselves, and this results in a more spontaneous feel.
Unlike the photojournalistic style, illustrative photography takes advantage of the photographer’s artistic judgment rather than just capturing a series of moments. This style often used by the best engagement and pre-wedding photographers.
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The photojournalism style, also known as the documentary approach, has become a very popular style, used by many of the best wedding photographers. This style features a series of candid photos covering the entire day.
The benefits of wedding photojournalism include providing a series of unique images aimed to “tell the story” of your wedding day. This is great but there is no pre-planned “shot list,” only the photographer’s instincts and memory; images are unpredictable. The couple may regret the absence of traditional, posed portraits in their album.
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The history of wedding photography started with the traditional style approach from its roots in painted portraits. This is the style that you’ve probably seen time and time again offered by a variety of photographers.
Examples of this style are carefully posed photographs of the key moments. Sometimes the photographs are taken in advance or after the event. The benefits of this approach are that traditional photographers usually use a planned “shot list”, in order to get all the important images. When this style is chosen exclusively the photographer virtually becomes a “wedding official,” directing the wedding party and guests according to a pre-planned list.
This “wedding album” look is attractive, but common. We recommend this to couples that value posed photographs of their family and friends but if they also want to see emotions then we suggest a mix of styles.
Traditional style of wedding photography show bridal parties in the best possible light. Having the ability to tell the people about facial expressions, hand jesters and positioning them for the best composition based on input from the bridal party and an experienced photographer yields great results.
Unfortunately the traditional photography approach can become a hassle and halt the flow of the wedding; furthermore the mood of the event can be lost in the photographs that do not really tell the story of the day. Some may say it slows things down but a well-organized photographer will keep the flow going.
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We suggest that the best of the best photographers have experience and take advantage of all three of these styles with special attention to the preference of the bride and groom. This way we benefit from the strengths of all three styles of photography.
We visit the wedding site and celebration sites in advance so we can take advantage of the illustrative style, making notes of “scenes” within the venue. We consult with the wedding party in advance so they understand the lighting and are aware of “the scene” so we can take best advantage of it.
We work closely with our clients to understand what shots are a must have, so we can plan and be efficient with our traditional style photographs.
We communicate with the bride, groom, wedding party, and families in advance of the wedding events to give them tips that ensure higher quality photographs while shooting with a photojournalistic style. This information helps guests at the wedding feel more at ease with what we are doing so shots come out more natural. A simple and obvious example is to have the wedding party keep their heads up and focus on the bride and groom during the ceremony.
An experienced wedding photographer looks through the eyes of the bride and groom, the parents, family members, and friends to capture all the magic moments of the day!
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We have a great deal of experience serving at many wedding locations and venues. Culpepper, Reston, Oakton, Fairfax, Leesburg, Herndon, Sterling, Vienna, Warrenton, Middleburg, Haymarket, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Gainesville, Bethesda, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Erie, Silver Springs, Newark DE, Marshalton, Dupont Country Club, Reston Community Center, Inn at Kellys Ford, Fauquier Country Club, Black Horse Inn, Poplar Springs Inn, Inn at Little Washington, Blue Rock Inn, Washington Naval Yard, Fort Belvoir, Langley AFB, Fort Myer, Quantico, National Cathedral, Capital Steps, National Botanical Garden, Great Falls, Chantilly, Manassas, Catlett, Arlington, McLean, Burke, Woodbridge, Baltimore, Rockville, Annapolis, Laurl, Cleveland, Kent, Meadville, Downingtown, Wilmington, West Chester, Parkesburg, Gathersburg, Ashburn, Purcellville, Delaplane, The Plains, Marshall, Upperville, Vint Hill, Remington, Bealton, Orange, Tysons Corner, Potomac, Alexandria and more. We work very closely with many of the best wedding Caterers, and Disk Jockeys in Virginia, Maryland, DC, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Ohio.
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