I don’t buy the idea that you have to be uninspiring simply because you are a wedding photographer. In fact I think it’s quite the opposite. When I work for other non wedding clients, usually they want something specific and we worth together to create that final image or images. With weddings, most of my clients completely trust me and are blown away if I pull out some dramatic lighting or do something that looks unlike anything they’ve ever seen.

I feel like I am more versatile as a photographer BECAUSE I shoot weddings. I recently saw a video of Chase Jarvis interviewing Jasmine Starr and to his own admission…we would make a horrible wedding photographer. All in all, I would say shooting a wedding is much more like photojournalism where you have to be everywhere at once and capture lots of moments as they happen. Many sports photographers are stationed very strategically and are after those 1 or 2 shots that happen to come to their side of the court/field. If you were to tackle ‘most’ weddings as a wildlife/sports shooter I think you would fail miserably. Approaching wedding photography as a photojournalist and advertising photographer is a much smarter way to build up an impressive wedding portfolio. All my opinion of course :)