Photo journalistic reportage for weddings have become very popular over the last few years. It is when your photographer covers the real events of your wedding rather than staging anything. If done well, you should get a real feeling of what your wedding day was really like, relieve the emotions, hear the laughter and even discover a few hidden tears. Contrary to popular belief, photo journalistic style photography is actually one of the hardest styles to master! There are very few photographers who take excellent reportage style photographs telling a complete story in sequence, without 'interruptions' and many who offer some great emotional shots, but when you look at the 'entire story' you quickly find that there are often 'gaps' in their reportage.
Good reportage photography should be about emotion, expression, excellent composition and of course story telling. Most couples tend to go for a mixture of styles, they have their actual wedding day in a photo journalistic style but still have some traditional 'stills', usually family shots, that can be framed. Only you can decide what works best for you, it is a personal choice and there is no right or wrong.
