The two most prevalent styles are the traditional portraiture approach and the candid, photojournalistic approach.  Some photographers also concentrate on soft focus and natural light shots.

Classic Portraiture

Will you be more comfortable following the lead of a traditional wedding photographer who will direct the action and tell you how to pose?  With the portraiture approach, the photographer shoots standard composed poses that are frankly staged.  He or she will tell you when and where to stand, where to look, and how to smile.  The photographer might choose to do some of the portraits in a studio or add special glamour effects like halos, sunburst, and backgrounds.

Classic poses include the bride and groom staring at the ring, the bride gazing at her bouquet, and the newly weds looking off into the distance or into each other's eye's.

Photojournalism

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Over the past decade, a new breed of wedding photographers have popularized the candid wedding photojournalism approach, where the images captured for a wedding album are unrehearsed, realistic, and faithful to all the events that unfold throughout the day.  Every wedding is a personal story, so no two wedding albums should look even remotely similar.

Photojournalism is actually nothing new and fine arts photographers have been snapping on the spot pictures for more than a century.  It used to be that only celebrities and socialites could afford photojournalists to cover their weddings, but these days more and more photojournalist are doing mainstream weddings.  Since a larger number of pictures are generally taken, the cost is sometimes higher than with a traditional portrait photographer.