Great Wedding Photographer Directory

During my web travels as of late, I have been focusing a lot of my attention on the task of finding a suitable documentary wedding photographer for our wedding. Given where I live, the task shouldn't be hard, but we keep hitting the same old wall, day after day, week after week. See, we're looking for someone that captures the day as it unfolds, without the chore of having to pose for portraits for hours here and there. The heart of the problem lies in that most photographers in town are creative portrait photographers first and foremost. Although I understand that we're free to hire any one of these great talents to take our wedding pictures and then ask them to lay off the portraiture, but the problem is deeper than that. Most of them rely so much on their talent to deliver great posed portraiture that they haven't developed the skills--no, the eye--for capturing such an event in the style of wedding photojournalism. Well, that is until I stumbled upon an amazing new Toronto wedding photographer who does everything we want and nothing we don't want. We found him via his wedding photography directory, where he provides links to his so-called competition! Well, after reading the reason for such an unprecedented move, I decided to have a look at his portfolio. Well, lo and behold, it's exactly what we wanted. He shoots exclusively as a photojournalist would. He doesn't ask us to pose unless we want to, and then it's only for very simple formal portraits--he says he won't do the other stuff, and that's why he created the directory: for couples looking for a photographic style that he doesn't cater to! I'm very glad I was able to find such a great resource and such an honest wedding photographer, one who says what he will and won't do, and then offers up a list of competitors that provide the services he doesn't. I wish all wedding vendors were run like this. This industry seems complacent with its absurd competition.

Choose a professional wedding photographer

When getting married, one should always plan to hire a wedding photographer. It is important to hire such a skilled professional as one only reasonably expects to marry once. People who are marrying for the nth time in their life most frequently expect their upcoming marriage to be their last. Considering this once-in-a-lifetime or last-in-a-series event, wouldn't you want to record it for your own personal history in the best possible manner? Hiring a professional wedding photographer all-but-ensures this. Asking a friend to photograph your wedding can lead to disappointment at best and a friendship on the brink of destruction at worst. But what is a professional wedding photographer? It is definitely not the cheapest person offering their services! In wedding photography, you get what you pay for. Hiring cheap wedding photographers not only dilutes the market and creates too much cut-throat competition for photographers, but it also rewards mediocrity. Don't lose when it comes to immortalizing your wedding by hiring a someone who doesn't value their time. Win by hiring a professional wedding photographer with a good record.

No guests at these weddings,

I recently read an article in the New York Times about how certain yuppy couples hold elaborately planned weddings full of the fix ins, current trends, and sparing no expense. They hire amazing wedding photographers, videographers, designers, order intricate cakes, wear the couture dress, arrange for amazing florals, and sometimes fly everything to exotic locations. No expense is spared, no detail overlooked, and nothing missing. Well, almost nothing: the guests. Yes, you read that correctly, they have no guests. I find this appalling. You should as well. The point isn't that they don't invite guests, for that is perfectly acceptable in certain circumstances, such as when couples elope. Most elopements are for financial reasons. Either the couple can't afford to hold a bash, or chooses not to because they don't care for the tradition or wish to keep their money on more apt investments. The problem is that these couples are doing this not out of financial prudence. In fact, they spend serious cash on these engagements. The article claims that they choose to forego guests because guests get in the way of their artistic vision for their wedding. God forbid if the wedding photographer captures of photo of your ceremony with guests in the background or foreground! Many such couples then submit their amazing wedding photography to popular and stylish wedding blogs, hoping that their day is blogged about by the writers. Have you ever heard of something so superficial and vain?

Concerning wedding cakes vs. wedding pies

Saw this article over at the Wedding Camera Rumours blog about wedding cakes and photography: The thing with wedding cakes is that they are good too look in wedding photography, but they don't necessarily taste too good. Wedding cakes, much like generic wedding photography, are good to look at, but lack substance. Common wedding photography looks good, I'll admit. But common wedding photography's downfall is its lack of substance, or more acutely, it's focus on the superficial display of happiness: wall to wall laughter. Certainly, weddings are happy events, but more so, weddings exhibit a gamut of human emotion, as well as a gamut of displays of happiness. Happiness in wedding photography can be seen through tears, smugness, smiling, hugging, quivering lips, and etc. But back to wedding cakes: common wedding cakes look good on the outside, but the inside is frequently flavoured spongecake and nothing else. Spongecake is perhaps one of the worst dessert inventions of all time. At times I wish that wedding cakes were inedible. Some of them are so elaborately constructed, sculpted, decorated, and layered that it is a shame that they will stand as ruins by the end of the happy evening. Why don't we see more photographs of these remains of wedding cakes? Isn't that part of the narrative of the day as well? Is wedding photography, like wedding cakes, too focused on the superficial beauty of the day that it forgets about the story? About photographing the unfolding of the wedding day? I long for the day when wedding cakes will be replaced with real cakes, the unspectacular yet delicious creations of master bakers. At such a point in the future, the role of the beautiful wedding cake will be relinquished to the tiered and themed "wedding sculpture". Wedding photographers would love that. So would master-sculptors.

About the wedding photographer in Toronto

I encourage you to hit up this link to visit the daily photo blog of Toronto wedding photographer. Although Paul is an excellent wedding photographer that specializes in the documentary style of wedding photography, he is also an excellent photographer in general. His daily photography blog has been running strong for a month now, and I can't see it losing momentum. Are you looking for wedding photography? If so, you can't miss his Toronto Wedding Photography website. Are you curious about his documentary style for weddings? Paul's documentary style of wedding photography is the perfect record of your special day. Both brides and grooms love it. So does guests at your wedding. Why? Because he Pavel Kounine, wedding photographer, is able to capture your wedding day as it unfolds. He captures your wedding as it unfolds without gimmicks or pretension. Your wedding will be captured by a professional wedding photographer in timeless style, not in the latest photographic trend. Discerning couples with taste choose Paul's photography for their wedding photography professionalism, quality, fair price, and his ability to capture those special, decisive moments that will tell the story of your wedding day for years to come. And they won't feel dated. That is the hallmark of a great wedding photographer and great wedding photography!