I generally approach wedding photography like shooting photos for a newspaper or magazine. I like to work my way into situations that allow me to observe people doing the things that they need to get done. Then I wait and capture the natural candid moments that happen to occur. I use lens selection and composition as my tools to convey the scene in a unique way.

I rarely use flash, and when I do, it is a fill flash to lessen the contrast of situations. I use the natural light of a scene to make my photographs.
I believe the best pictures come from found situations that happen, not set up, contrived, or scripted situations.

I understand that wedding photography does involve making pictures of groups of people, and that occasionally it is necessary to take control of a situation for the best results.

The documentary/photojournalistic style involves shooting more, because if a moment passes, it is quite difficult to recreate it at a later time, especially during the busy wedding day.

I can shoot either digital, film, or a combination of both. With the digital files it is easy to have a large print of good quality made. In a nutshell, I shoot documentary style, as if I were a fly in the corner of the room. I generally use natural light to make my photographs. I can shoot digital, film, or both. You are buying all of my photos from the wedding, you get to keep all of the negatives, digital files, or both that I create during the day.

Clint Austin