Creating storybook wedding albums has become an art form and is the only way to go  for most of today’s educated and classy brides.  The bride expects more than just posed wedding photographs that are stiff and tell no story of their day.  When it’s just right she wants black and white, but the color photos too that show how she designed and planned her wedding day or night. 

Today’s educated bride expects more because she is well versed in the arts and she knows the completed version of the wedding album is a direct reflection of her personally not to mention her complex tastes.  So how does she find a storybook wedding  photographer?…  Unfortunately anyone can find a “chin up, nice smile” photographer, herein to be referred to as “Mr. Pose”.  “Mr. Pose” kills the moment with his get your attention interruptions.  He stops the action when he says, “look this way y’all, now smile and look pretty!”  This approach is not the way to find the essence of your wedding and is definitely not the story of your day.

By contrast, a storybook wedding photographer is sort of a “half artist-half spy.”  He disappears, not to make a spectacle of himself and hunts for those moments that will turn into memories.  He waits, armed with the knowledge of the arts and photojournalism, capturing the essence of your wedding day by observing and interpreting every scene.  Remember, posed shots are the easiest to get and should only hold you up 15 to 20 minutes max, depending on the shots you require.  So, beware of those we call “Mr.Pose” keeping you on your toes, posing and posing your day away cause that’s all he knows. 

The end product is a wedding album that looks stiff and contrived.  You’ll have nothing special from “Mr. Pose”.  Artists call this method “cookie cutter photography”.  What you should expect from a storybook wedding photographer is a unique, unpredictable artist’s touch very much like a painter who tells the story brush after brush.