What is documentary wedding photography?

What is documentary wedding photography?

We live in a time where our landscape is saturated with images, and most of them are made to sell something to you.

Wedding photography is no exception.

When I search for wedding photography, the first things that pop up are highly posed, totally airbrushed, manufactured moments. This is the norm for wedding photography, and has been for years, aided by stacks of glossy magazines and The Knot. Thankfully, there has been a sea change in the past 5-10 years, and there are more and more documentary wedding photographers out there.

I’m one of them. And I love explaining exactly what I do.

Nora and Johnny's Backyard Wedding, Orange County, CA

Nora and Johnny's Backyard Wedding, Orange County, CA

Nora and Johnny stuffed all the elegance of a big ballroom wedding into their small backyard in Orange County, California.

Ariana and Caleb - Mary and Joseph Retreat Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Ariana and Caleb - Mary and Joseph Retreat Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Ariana and Caleb had a lovely, low-key wedding in Rancho Palos Verdes, surrounded by a loving and intellectual milieu — complete with word puzzles, chess games, and a live jazz band.

Belinda and Gustavo - Limekiln Canyon Park Micro Wedding, Los Angeles, CA

Belinda and Gustavo - Limekiln Canyon Park Micro Wedding, Los Angeles, CA

A few of Belinda and Gustavo’s favorite things: their families, music, Los Angeles, Mexican style, leather jackets, cactuses, kaleidoscopes, nature, archery, low-key gatherings, cupcakes and horchatas.

Belinda and Gustavo - Archery Engagement Shoot

Belinda and Gustavo - Archery Engagement Shoot

A unique engagement session with a couple of hobbyist archers at the Woodley Park Archery Range.

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