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Pretty confused wedding photo

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Wedding photographs that show  the bride and groom posed against a `prop' are often more interesting than those that don't.. Photographs - not just wedding photos - which have some foreground interest are often more interesting than those that don't. Photos of brides looking in mirrors are often more interesting than those that don't,  overhead shots are often  more interesting than non-overhead shots, ie. photos   which have been  taken from the same level as the subject.
Wow -that's four generalisations. This is fun, let's come up with some more generalisations:: photographs that have a prop rarely have foreground interest in addition to a prop, conversely photographs that have foreground interest rarely have a prop in addition to foreground interest: photographs of brides looking in mirrors are rarely overhead shots, conversely overhead shots are rarely of brides looking in mirrors.

This photograph doesn't just comply with one of the generalisations in the first paragraph - it complies with all four of them.  It has a prop - the mirror, it has foreground interest - the ornate staircase, it has a bride looking in the mirror, and finally it's an overhead shot. 
But it doesn't comply with any of the generalisations in the second paragraph: it has a prop in addition to foregound interest, it's  a photo of a bride looking in a mirror which is also an overhead shot.  
This is a pretty confused  wedding photograph. It's  full of conflicting ideas, it  doesn't know what it's supposed to be, and because it's so  mixed up  it might even remind us of our teenage years (if you are a teenager  you have my sympathy, this  isn't an easy time in your life.)
Let's play around with  one last generalisation - it's usually a mistake to try to fit too many ideas into a  space that's designed for just oneidea. This picture might prove that this  generalisation is accurate - maybe it has too many ideas in a space  that's just designed for one idea.  Alternatively, it  might prove that  generalisations can be wrong, it might be a likeable wedding picture, in the same way that most teenagers are likeable even if  they are confused. 
It's fine to experiment like this, most brides and grooms  appreciate a wedding photographer that likes to try out new ideas. But if you do  experiment with  your wedding photography, take plenty of more conventional photographs as well, which is what I always do. 

Reportage wedding photography   

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Reportage wedding photography is a style of wedding photography that is natural, it records the wedding naturally, as it takes place.
The photograph of the flowergirl or bridesmaid kissing the pageboy is very natural because it was so spontaneous, she just decided to kiss him.
If I had asked her to kiss him it would not have been genuine reportage wedding photography. It might not have worked anyway, the little boy might have objected - quite often  little boys don't like being kissed!
The aerial photo of a wedding actually  taking place might also be described as  reportage wedding photography. It's natural, it records the wedding actually taking place.

Traditional wedding photography

Photos on left: traditional wedding photography.
Professional wedding photographers  take plenty of traditional wedding photographs, as well as plenty in the reportage wedding photography style.
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Pre-wedding photography

Pre-wedding photographs are popular, they are often pictures of the bride at the hairdressing salon on the morning of the wedding. Typically, the bride is looking in a mirror, the hairdresser is just behind her, and the wedding photographer takes a photo of the mirror, which of course has a reflexion of bride in it.
The photographer has to place himself in a strategic position, so that he isn't in the photograph as well, and he has to be careful that the flash from the flashgun doesn't show in the photograph.

Photojournalism wedding fair and bridal show photos

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Testimonial to a  wedding photographer

The testimonial below was given to me by a bride and groom  after I was the photographer at their  wedding in Skegness.
It states: `This is to confirm that Paul Gooch Images, of Skegness, was the wedding photographer at our wedding earlier this year, and that we are delighted with the photographs and would recommend him as a photographer.
We were especially pleased with the photographs he took in the reportage wedding photography style because they captured every single moment of our very special day.'
Original testimonial to a wedding photographer  

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