While Scott Patrick's documentary style of wedding photography may not be for everyone, you will agree that his images are fresh, spontaneous, and creative and truly capture the spirit of each of his clients' weddings. And while the journalistic approach to wedding photography is new for some, it actually harkens back to the very roots of photography. Documentary photography was actually one of the first "styles" of photography as it enabled early pioneers in photography the opportunity to capture the reality of people, places and events in a manner that was not previously possible. Throughout the history of photography "real life" imagery has caught the eye photographers as they tried to document human history. For decades professional wedding photography was relegated to the studio or to creating a series of staged portraits on the wedding day with no real attention being paid to the natural beauty and uniqueness of a couple's wedding.

Scott Patrick's journalistic style of wedding photography came out of a need to express himself artistically, change the look of wedding photography and a desire to work with couples not satisfied with the cookie-cutter approach to "traditional" wedding photography. "We truly believe that a wedding, and wedding photography, should be about the joy of two people coming together and the celebration that follows," Mr. Patrick states. He feels that a wedding should not be an event that acts as a background for a photographer to steel center stage, monopolize a couple's time and create dozens of posed images. In honoring the sanctity of each wedding, he feels his task is to simply document the day as it unfolds, capturing the laughter, tears and fleeting moments of this once in a lifetime event.

Another unique feature of Scott Patrick's work is that he captures most of his images in black and white. While black and white photography has been in existence for over 150 years, since the beginning of photography. It fell out of favor with many engaged couples during the 1970's and 1980's when color photography became more readily available and affordable. Fortunately, for artists like Scott Patrick, many couples found a new interest and respect for black and white photography in the 1990's. "We feel black and white images have a timeless quality and a feeling of history that color film just cannot capture." However, whether you include some color and posed photographs with your album, or have Scott Patrick create your album exclusively with black and white candid images, your storybook wedding album will be an heirloom - a work of art that won't just gather dust but be proudly displayed for all to see and admire.

Helping revitalize a once stagnate industry, Scott Patrick and many of his peers, have brought forward a new tradition in wedding photography by incorporating the time honored traditions of black and white documentary photography into today's wedding photography. If you would like to have Scott Patrick bring his style of wedding photojournalism to you wedding and join the over 600 satisfied couples from coast to coast that have had him document their weddings visit his web site at scottpatrick.com or call him toll-free at 800-542-1512.