Weddingbee boards

I love photojournalistic style.  In fact, if given the choice, I would choose to have zero posted photos.  I am going to ask my parents and his parents for a list of "must have" shots before the wedding to give to my photographer to make sure that he captures those.  Other than that, my fantastic photog has free reign of picture taking. 

I like the photojournalistic style, but I also like really artsy shots. The photog I'm thinking about going with likes to do more of the artsy shots and has a second shooter cover the photojournalistic stuff, so I feel like I'm covered!

Ray Anthony is amazing!!  You should definitely book him if he fits your budget (he ain't cheap).  If you haven't talked to him already, def. do so and ask him to send you links to an entire wedding.  He also does formals.  He ended up being booked for my date (there was a bit of a snafu so we'd been talking already), but he referred me to an out-of-town photographer (Memories by Michael in LA) whom he used to work with and has a similar style.  There are subtle differences, and they are both phenomenal!  Ray has been working in the wedding business for a while, so he'll walk you through the details of setting up your formal session.  But he books quickly so better hurry.  You might also consider Jessica Johnston.  There was only one other that we really liked in SE Mich., but I can't recall the name.  If you want a reference pleaes PM me and I'll try to look it up.

I like the fluid style of more photojournalistic photographers, but I do recommend also picking one who does good formals (I looked at a Detroit News photographer whose candids were good but formals, not so much).  You probably will want a few of those to frame, give to parents, etc.  And for a really good photojournalistic photographer, formals should be easy-peasy.  This is b/c the technical considerations for good candid shots (e.g. composition, lighting, angle) are much easier to control.  So I'd be suspicious of someone who can't do them...you might only be seeing the "best of" in their candid portfolios.  You want someone who is consistently very good.

The craftypants wedding will also be shot in the photojournalism style!  We first met our photographer (Ambiance Studio) at a Wedding Salon event and immediately fell in love with her work and her personality.  She's definitely someone that we would feel comfortable having around our guests, which is really important to us.

She's requesting that we have our list of must-haves, important guests (and not-so-important guests, like emjoy's "random people") about a week or so before the wedding so that she can go over it with her assistant, who will also be shooting.

Yes! We used a husband/wife team that were big into photojournalism. (The husband was actually a photog for the Indianapolis Star for a big chunk of his career.) They have such a creative way of capturing your day, filtering out the background, zooming in on the right moments....it's quite a talent!

(...and they also are experienced at making themselves unnoticeable. We didn't hear one camera snap during our ceremony!)