Although your parents might not agree but black & white wedding photos are very trendy. For years now and it will remain! I am not talking about the sepia conversions here but the real black & white photos.

Black & white photos take away the color distractions and focus purely on shape and on the happening itself. And when you look back to your own family album, the black & white ones still look always nice.

Usually I take about 20% - 30% black & white photos and I notice that my couples always choose a lot of them, simply because they are so beautiful. Once I had a couple who choose more than half of all the pictures black & white.

So think of this when you talk to your photographer. Ask for real black & white! And not one, no, a lot! It will make your album more beautiful!

Couples ask me if I use film or digital. Actually it doesn’t really matter since it is all about the image. The image must be looking good! To achieve this it matters which film (or sensor) or lens the photographer use…

More important is to know if your wedding photographer has a back up! Imagine something breaks or get lost… therefore your photographer should have at least an extra camera, flash and a set of lenses so that in any case, (s)he can continue photographing your wedding!

So when you choose your photographer, choose one who has a back up and knows why… (because the inexperienced would say they don’t need it…)

The picture below is a typical example of my journalistic style. The bride and her sister were watching their selves in the mirror and I happened to be there and took the photo. No posing at all but still a photo the bride will cherish forever!

In wedding photography there are two styles: traditional portraiture and wedding journalism. Traditional wedding photography are posed pictures, as we know it already from our grandparents and parents: standing stiff, looking into the camera, sometimes still done inside a studio. Wedding journalism is about capturing the moments without interfering, no posing at all, just documenting the wedding as it is.

Pure wedding journalism is unknown here in Croatia. The most photographers are still (very) traditional: even the first dance will be posed (!), as well as signing the papers and a posed photo with every uncle, tetka and far acquaintance. Sadly this often results that wedding albums look all the same, just the bride and groom look different…

My style of photography is about 20% traditional and 80% journalism. Of course I will make ‘posed’ portraits of the bride and groom. Of course I will take group pictures with the closest family, kumovi and best friends. Of course I will take a picture of the whole group. This has to be.

But for the rest I try not to interfere, I catch the moments as they actually happen, which will contain for more romance, emotion and humour than the re-created or posed image. By photographing this way I capture truly your wedding as it goes and therefore every wedding album will be unique and different.

Think of this when you choose your photographer, think of what style you want and keep in mind that your wedding is a unique one!