Reportage Photography

Reportage photography is all about capturing images and pictures of people without their knowledge.  This is something that you would find at weddings, carnivals, street photography, firework displays and other events.  The photographer will move round, quite freely, taking images of people, food and other things present and worthwhile.

Capturing natural images of people without their knowledge can prove quite difficult.  If the person knows that he/she is being photographed, they may try and pose, change their facial expression or even walk away fro the camera and then the whole natural image is lost.

Sometimes reportage photography can help gather some very memorable and precious moments, and it is these moments and pictures that are worth a laugh or a tear in the future.  A reportage photographer could also bring out the real person in the image as when the image is taken naturally, then the person is caught unawares.  They could be sharing a moment of laughter, something funny from the past, or even a joke.

Reportage photography can also record an event, i.e. maybe a wedding, and this would be wonderful to look at not only after the event but in years to come.  The bride as she's building up for her big day, sharing a moment with her mother or bridesmaids or even the bride and her fathers expression as they walk down the aisle.  These are images that are worth capturing.  Too much can be forgotten and natural images taken by a photographer can bring it all back to mind.

This is why I have chosen Disney as my theme.  It is going to be one of those once in a lifetime moments, and I want to capture lots of images for not only my course work but for my family, especially my 5 year old daughter and my mum and dad.