"Editorial" Doesn't Mean Staged

Most couples tell me the same thing before we even start. They feel awkward in front of a camera, and they still want photos that look nice.

Those two things feel like they should cancel each other out. They don't. In the wedding industry, "editorial" usually means photography borrowed from magazines and fashion shoots: intentional composition, styled direction, a specific pose held for a specific shot. It looks incredible in a mood board. It also assumes you're comfortable being directed, and most people aren't.

To me, editorial means something more intuitive. I'm not handing you a pose to hold. I'm watching how you actually stand together, what you do with your hands when you're nervous, which angle suits your height difference or your personalities, and building the shot around that. If you're awkward standing still, we walk. If you hate looking at the camera, I shoot from the side or from behind. Nothing classic about it, and that's the point.

That's the difference. Not staging. Attention. The same intention a magazine photographer brings to a set, except nobody is posing and nothing is fake. Documentary honesty with an editorial eye.

So if you feel awkward in front of a camera, that's not a problem to fix before your wedding day. It's exactly what I'm working with.