So I said on Monday that I would discuss my personal style later this week, and what do ya know…. it’s later this week! 😉 So I talked about Traditional, Photojournalism, and Lifestyle Photography in my article. I am a Lifestyle photographer. It’s the type of photography I prefer and the type of photography that I excel at.

This is what a Traditional photo would look like:

A nicely arranged grouping, everyone facing forward, and often using artificial lighting and a background. This is a lovely photograph. Everyone’s smiling nicely, everyone’s looking at the camera, and everyone’s dressed nice.

Now here’s a lifestyle family portrait:

Now this picture may not be perfectly arranged. You may not be able to see everyone’s faces perfectly and they may not be set up just so. But this picture… it shows how much love there is between these parents and their son. The joy on that boy’s face is just priceless! It’s a moment frozen… not a time in life perfectly created to be captured.

These are the kinds of photographs that move me… The type of photos I strive to capture. Images that tell a story. That share your relationships, your love, your smile, your laughter, your quiet peaceful personal moments. I don’t know about you, but I want to be remembered for who I am – my quirks, my laugh, my happiness, my fun, even my sadness/concerns. I want my photos to say something about me, and when I’m taking photographs, I want my images to say something about my clients too!

If when you look at a photo you remember the joy that filled your very being just looking at your perfect little baby girl, or the peace that fell over you the moment your bride walked down the aisle, or how much fun your little family had running around at the park – then I’ve done my job. I’ve captured a moment, an emotion, You!

That is not to say that I won’t take those posed portraits – I do take photos like that, at weddings in particular. But I’m not a fan of them, and they aren’t my strong point. If that’s the type of photography you prefer – you’re really better off finding someone else to do your photos because I admit I’m not very good at it and I’d rather you be happy with images from someone else.

I hope that I explained this well. I sometimes have a hard time relaying everything I’m thinking when it comes to this subject because I have so many thoughts and some of them aren’t easily put into words. But hopefully this kind of explains my shooting style a little better.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

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