It’s natural to want a top quality photo album that commemorates your wedding day. But let’s face it - so many wedding albums look exactly the same.

No matter how well the day goes and how memorable it proves to be, you want to be sure that you end up with just the photo album you have always dreamed of.

So what will it be – modern or traditional? Let’s look at both in turn.

There is a lot to be said for traditional wedding photography. Some people want the white wedding with everything in its rightful place. Classic photos depicting the most important parts of the whole day are essential to creating the traditional wedding album. Think of posed photos where no one is moving and you will get the idea. If you like the idea of standing together holding the knife poised to cut the cake, then traditional photography will very likely be for you.

In contrast, modern wedding photography can take many different forms. For example, at a friend’s wedding the photographer climbed up a fire escape to take a group shot of the whole wedding party from about twenty feet up in the air. It sounds bizarre but it gave a fresh take on a traditional photo.

It is this type of angle – metaphorically as well as literally speaking – which provides modern photography with its much needed twist. It zooms in more on the unusual and the eye catching, rather than going for the safe poses that always used to be front and centre in wedding photos.

When you are looking for a photographer, take a look at their website if you can. This will give you an idea of the kind of photos they have taken in the past. Many photographers lean more towards one type of photography than the other, so be sure to select one that clearly understands what kind of photos you want, and can deliver them on the day.

Similarly when you meet the photographer you are thinking of hiring, ask to see some of their previous work. Don’t be afraid to tell them what you want on your wedding day. If you have some very specific shots in mind, let them know. In contrast you might ask them simply to wander round and take lots of shots of people in natural poses and surroundings. The less ‘posed’ you want your pictures to be, the more likely it is that the photographer will capture more of those spur of the moment shots that you will want to frame and put on your walls at home.

In the end we all have our own ideas of what constitutes a great set of wedding photos. But remember that you only have the one chance to get things right. So be sure you do your homework, find all the potential photographers that could meet your needs, and then choose one based on their previous work and how well you get along with them.

Based on this, your wedding photos should give you plenty of happy memories to take away from your wedding day.

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