Knowing what style, price point and personality you are looking for will really narrow down your search to be more accurate for your needs, making the search for the perfect wedding photography in Maryland much less stressful and more productive. 

“Light and Airy Photography”: Light and airy photography is most often cool and pastel with low contrast, bright highlights and sometimes a sort of matte look. This style of wedding photography in Maryland is soft, romantic and ethereal with a clean bright feel. Generally those that go for light and airy wedding photography in Maryland are using subdued, muted or pastel color schemes for their weddings, although I have seen some beautiful light and airy photographs of weddings with bolder color schemes. Cons to light and airy photography is they can end up looking blown out if your wedding photographer is not very skilled in the art of making their photographs light and bright while keeping their lows and lights balanced.

The middle ground as far as editing styles go for wedding photography in Maryland is going to be what most wedding photographers refer to as “True To Life” editing style, or “True Tone” editing style. This is pretty self explanatory, as the goal is to make the edit enhancements to the photos nearly undetectable in the way they perk up the photos without changing the images so much that the tones, shadows and highlights don’t match what we see in real life. The biggest con to the true to life editing style for wedding photography in Maryland is that our social media trained eyes are used to seeing heavy filters, which makes true tone editing look like it has barely been edited at all. Contrary to what non-photographers usually assume, the hardest of all three of these styles to achieve is, in fact, the true to life style. It is easy to make a picture warm and contrasted or bright and muted in post processing, but to get accurate and beautiful true to life edits, you have to get your settings accurate when taking the photo which isn’t always easy depending on the lighting, location and surfaces creating reflections and color casts. The photographer has to pay attention to the surroundings and make the best choices for locations when taking the photos, which isn’t always easy to do on on a wedding day with a packed schedule at a wedding venue with limited options for traveling elsewhere. In my opinion, the most timeless and classic style to go with is true to life or similar, as colors in photography representing what our eyes see in real life is something that will never become outdated, look unnatural or become unattractive to the viewer.

Wedding photography in Maryland is amazing but sometimes challenging as Maryland has such diverse outdoor eco systems and landscapes which all need to be handled differently when taking photographs of people. Within a few hours drive from my home in Harford County, Maryland, I can reach waterfall and mountains, rivers, oceans and beaches, fields of farm land, the bustling city of Washington D.C. or Baltimore, small cul-de-sac neighborhoods and historic land that holds buildings from centuries ago. Maryland is such a diverse area which forces wedding photographers to be versed in wedding photography in Maryland to adequately serve their wedding clients and do it well. Take your wedding location into account when choosing who will be doing your wedding photography in Maryland, as some wedding photographers specialize in certain areas and landscapes. While some wedding photographers love working in cities with large buildings, little greenery and all the quirks and hidden treasures that can be found if you know where to look, they may struggle with wedding photography in Maryland where everything is green, throwing color casts on the skin of every person they photograph. Conversely, you may find a wedding photographer who thrives when photographing brides and grooms in nature but struggles to produce the same quality of wedding photography in Maryland cities. Many photographers have a niche that they become known for, leaning into romantic country weddings or being the one everyone calls when they want a their wedding to be in a dimly lit castle. Look for wedding photography in Maryland that show cases galleries that take place in similar venues and seasons to your own wedding to ensure you will love the final result of your wedding photography in Maryland. 

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