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if I am all stuffed up with a cold – boo hoo} as today is Part 2 to my Documentary Wedding Photography post. I know, I know, I keep going on about Documentary wedding photography but it’s only because I am such a fan! And I’m just jealous that my wedding photos don’t look like these 🙁
What’s Documentary Wedding Photography? Think about it like this: you don’t see movies being created with all the actors staring at the camera telling you their story. Instead you’re a bystander; you watch with eagerness, you feel what they feel and you’re told the story, you feel that story. For me, this is why Documentary wedding photography works at telling your story because your not staring longingly down a lens all the time, moments are caught which when linked together, tell the story that is your wedding day.
You just enjoy the hell out of your wedding day and then presto,
you have an amazing legacy left behind.
If you missed Part 1 of this post that was the awesome introduction to Kevin Mullins colourful Documentary wedding photography or in fact if you missed the original post I did some time ago on his black and white wedding photography do check them out, I think you’ll enjoy them.
Kevin easily demonstrates the art that is telling your story and captures it through emotive, sensitive photography. He captures delicate emotions, loud emotion and everything in between. So without further adieu, here’s some more photo-candy that is, in the words of Lewis Carrol – Frabjous!!!
Documentary Wedding Photography examples…
And my all time favourite of Kevin’s…
So what do you think of Documentary Wedding photography after seeing some stunning examples? Do you like it? Would you use it? Drop me a comment below, I’d love to know what you think!
Another name for this style of wedding photography in photo journalism. Our wedding photographer operates in a similar style. What were were looking for is for real moments to be captured as they happen instead of stiff, posed photographs. I don’t believe the aim is perfection, but something deeper and more real. The result – beautiful, real images full of emotion, capturing the true atmosphere of the day. Our photo’s were breath-taking! We loved them!
It’s the style of wedding photography I prefer to shoot. I hate making people pose – there is rarely anything natural about it. If you let people just ‘be’ then you capture true emotions, genuine smiles, laughs and sometimes frowns that all go towards telling the true story of the day. Kevin Mullins has some fabulous work!
this style is becoming much more popular. i try and convince my clients to go 99% reportage.
Noel, I absolutely agree with you and I think it’s a wonderful thing. I am a huge fan of doco style photography x
Documentary wedding photography, reportage wedding photography and wedding photojournalism, It’s all about discreet, emotive storytelling. The real moments of a wedding day captured forever.
So well put! I couldn’t agree more. I love it. It tells the true events of the day unlike traditionally posed photos. I still think you need some posed shots, like the family ones etc but the rest should be doco!! x