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WEDDING PHOTOJOURNALISM:
A MODIFIED APPROACH
It should also be noted that, today, there are a growing
number of new photographers who don’t particularly care
if they are “purists,” in the photojournalistic sense. While
they tend to work unobtrusively, they will sometimes set
up moments between the couple or the members of the
wedding party, pose images, or ask their subjects to repeat
an appealing expression or gesture.
Greg Gibson, an award-winning photojournalist turned
award-winning wedding photographer, respects the role
of the wedding photojournalist, but is not trapped by the
definition. He says, “My clients are professional people,
they want to enjoy their day and not be encumbered by
posing for pictures. They want to record the day, the real
feelings they share with their friends and family members.
My experience gives my work instant credibility. I try to
take advantage of the resources at a wedding. If a bride is
getting dressed in an area with bad light I may say, ‘Can we
come over here and do this?’ But I don’t try to create moments,
or impose something on their day by saying, ‘Let
me get you and your mother hugging.’ I try to let those
Greg Gibson’s experience gives him
instant credibility. He is used to
pulling the strongest moments out of
an event’s ebb and flow. This image
was captured with his EOS 1D
Mark II and 16mm f/2.8 lens at
ISO 640.
Greg Gibson is a master at isolating
these wonderful moments at weddings.
Image photographed with
Canon EOS 1D Mark II and
85mm f/1.2 lens at ISO 400 at 1/60
second at f/1.2.