Lifestyle Wedding Photography
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Lifestyle Wedding Photography
Lifestye Wedding Photography
After decades of being a professional event photographer and covering hundreds of weddings, I have created my own process and style that I coin "Lifestyle Wedding Photography." Lifestyle wedding photography is a creative blend of photography styles that captures your wedding day in a free flowing, unobtrusive process.
First and most importantly, I concentrate on storytelling through a documentary style. This allows the day to unfold in a free-flowing manner. I can word and adapt on the fly, ensuring that every smile, tear, and laugh is documented in real-time.
From intimate details to spontaneous interactions, my goal is to create a vibrant narrative of your wedding day. With an emphasis on connection and genuine moments, I craft a visual story that reflects your unique personality and style.
The Art of You
Lifestyle Wedding photography makes your wedding day about you and your story. Our approach to wedding photography is about capturing your wedding and personality in a free-flowing process that allows for your story to “happen.’"
It gives us the freedom to do what we do… CREATE. Lifestyle wedding photography has the freedom to be any style, a mix of styles, Most importantly, lifestyle wedding photography is about you in real life moments. . Take a little time to read about styles and how we see them and to see a little of ours.
Wilmington NC Wedding Photographer | Wedding Photography | Chris Lang Photography
Wilmington, NC Wedding Photographers: Chris Lang Photography
Welcome to Chris Lang Photography, your go-to destination for wedding photography in Wilmington, NC. Led by award-winning photographer Chris Lang, we specialize in capturing the story and emotion of life's most important moments. Known for our signature style, we offer a unique and creative blend of photography styles that we coin "lifestyle wedding photography." At the creative foundation of our photography approach is a documentary style wedding coverage that brings your story to life in stunning detail.
Award-Winning Expertise
Chris Lang is a renowned photographer with a passion for storytelling through imagery. His work has garnered numerous awards and accolades, reflecting his commitment to excellence and creativity. With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of light, Chris captures the essence of each moment, ensuring that your photos are both beautiful and meaningful.
Signature Style
At Chris Lang Photography, we pride ourselves on our signature style that seamlessly combines artistic vision with genuine emotion. Our approach to photography is not just about taking pictures; it's about telling a story. We focus on capturing candid moments, authentic interactions, and the unique essence of your celebration, resulting in a visual narrative that feels personal and true to you.
Lifestyle Wedding Photography
Our lifestyle wedding photography captures the beauty of your day in a relaxed and natural manner. We aim to document the genuine emotions and interactions between you and your loved ones, allowing for authentic moments to unfold. This unobtrusive approach creates and captures your wedding day story.
Documentary Wedding Coverage
In addition to lifestyle photography, we offer documentary wedding coverage that chronicles the events of your day as they happen. From the anticipation of getting ready to the heartfelt vows and lively celebrations, our unobtrusive style ensures that we capture every significant moment without interrupting the flow of your day. The result is a comprehensive story that encapsulates the spirit of your wedding.
STYLES - Style - STYLES
they are all connected and dependant on the Photographer’s Style
Photography Styles ->
Wedding photography styles are a way of describing the approach a photographer takes when photographing a wedding. Some of these approaches are commonly categorized as Fine Art Wedding Photography, Wedding Photojournalism, Classic/Traditional and also a modern fashion-glamour wedding style... MORE
Photographer’s Style
A photographer’s style is their own interpretation and working systems of common photography styles. Every photographer has their own style and approach to how they create pictures in their camera. Every wedding photographer is different in how they work, how they interact with wedding couples, how they use light.. MORE
<- Picture Styles
Picture styles are the end result of making a picture. Both the style of photography and the individual photographers style will impact the post-production process in how the picture is styled. Numerous factors often including both the photography & photographer’s style go into making a picture look a the way it does… MORE
Wedding Photography Style by Light
Natural Light Photography
A lot of photographers refer to themselves as natural light photographers So what is natural light photography? Natural light in photography is any source of light that is created by the sun. Natural light is the most basic form of light there is. The quality and amount of light present depends on different variables, most notably the weather and the time of day. As light changes throughout the day so will the light source and style of the photography.
Natural Light
Artificial Light Photography
Artificial Light photography is any light source that is not naturally occurring from the sun, moon and stars. Some basic artificial light sources include flash photography, continuous lighting, street lights, indoor lighting, candles, or other man-made light sources.
Artifical Light
Wedding Photography Styles
Light & Airy Photography Style
Light and airy photos are created by using low contrast and flat lighting to soften and minimize shadows. This is done in both camera and post production. This can create softer and often more flattering wedding, bridal and engagement photography portraits as fewer shadows also reveal fewer blemishes. Colors in light and airy photos typically fall on the lighter and more neutral side.
Light & Airy
Bold & Colorful Photography Style
Bold & colorful photography is a more saturated look and generally brighter with robust contrast for boldness. The idea of bold and colorful is to create photos that pop, or stand out by enhancing the main attributes of the scene in the picture. This style can be applied on most lighting situations, however light will impact many of the variable in the type of colors.
Bold & Colorful
Cinematic Photography Style
Cinematic photography is a style that is created with rich, warm, deep colors and shadows. This style of photography often has a dramatic, mysterious, or powerful feeling. The light source being either natural light or artificial light plays a large role in the creative process. The addition of post processing also play a large role in cinema photography style.
Cinematic photography is a style of photography that emulates movie scenes or style if cinemaphotography. It is a creative method in storytelling that can create images with depth and feeling
Many people refer to this style of photography as dark and moody.
Cinematic
Black & White Photography
Black and white photography is the most well known style of monochrome photography. It represents subjects in varying shades of neutral gray. No other colors are included In monochrome photography but rather tones of a single color are used to represent all the different colors within an image.
Black & White
Creative Photography Styles
Creative photography is, at its core, a blend of various techniques and processes that allow photographers to transform their vision into artistic expressions. This approach involves manipulating different elements, such as light sources and post-production methods, to create unique and compelling images. Each photographer brings their own artistic flair to the process, resulting in a distinctive style that reflects their individual creativity. Ultimately, creative photography is about pushing boundaries and exploring new possibilities to produce captivating art.
Creative - Artistic
Signature Wedding Portraits- One of a Kind Weddiong Art Pieces by Chris Lang
Wedding Signature Portraits by Chris Lang Photography
At Chris Lang Photography, we elevate wedding photography to an art form with our Wedding Signature Portraits. These unique portraits blend creative photography techniques with innovative post-production processes to produce stunning, one-of-a-kind art pieces that encapsulate the beauty and emotion of your special day.
The Magic of Light
Light plays a pivotal role in our creative approach. We expertly manipulate both natural and artificial light to create an atmosphere that enhances your wedding day’s magic. Whether it's the soft, romantic glow of golden hour or the dramatic contrasts of evening light, we use lighting to highlight your features and evoke the emotions of the moment. Each shot is designed to showcase the love and connection you share, resulting in breathtaking images.
Creative Post-Production
What truly sets our Wedding Signature Portraits apart is our dedication to creative post-production. After capturing your images, we enhance them using advanced editing techniques that transform each photograph into a work of art. This stage allows us to explore artistic possibilities—adding textures, adjusting colors, and employing digital artistry to elevate your images beyond the ordinary. The final result is a collection of portraits that are not only beautiful but also uniquely yours.
One of A Kind Art for Your Home
Your Wedding Signature Portraits are designed to be cherished for a lifetime. Once your session is complete, we meticulously curate and edit your images, providing you with a beautifully organized digital gallery. We also offer a range of high-quality print options and custom framing to showcase your portraits as stunning art pieces in your home, making it easy to share your memories with family and friends.
Light Changes…
Everything!
Let there be light… How daylight, sunset, and night change the look and style of your wedding pictures
As light changes throughout the day, so will the color, style and emotion of your pictures. Check out my gallery pages where I share in a simple non-technical way about 3 distinct types of lighting conditions and show how it changes the style of your wedding pictures.
Wait… There is More.
Hey did you know I have a website just for wedding, engagement and bridal photography? You can see a snapshot of what I do on this page but there are several links below that will take you over to Chris Lang Weddings. It is a an in-depth website just about the art of wedding photography. I talk a lot about my style which is really a combination of creative styles that I refer to as lifestyle wedding photography. It is a creative a blend of wedging photography styles.
So take a quick peek on this page and then head-on over to Chris Lang Weddings to see an in-depth view of what I do. I even have a resource of wedding photography at some of the most popular wedding venues in the are.
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