As I look at other photographers work these days it looks like everyone is trying to make there own style, set them apart from the others. I see different photos that range from a bride, in her wedding dress climbing a brick wall to very static bride and groom standing, like they are getting a mug shot for jail or have just joined the army. What I find that I do not like about all this "finding your style" is are we doing a dis-service to the wedding couple? Are we giving the couple a "style" that in a few years (or months) will be out of style and will they look at them and go "what was I thinking or what was the photographer thinking?" Remember your senior photos from the 70s or 80s??? We all look back at our parents wedding photos, the great black and white classic photos that even today are what we all think are so great. So why is it that we must try this way of making us stand out? What is wrong with the classic style of photography? I must not be "hip".

I am a classic photographer, and will always be one. It is good today and will be great in years to come. Think about that the next time you do photos of your family, wedding. Do you want it to last, or just be the "style" for today.