“Where Words Fail, Our Imagery Speaks”
Lin and Jirsa is critically acclaimed for developing a unique style of wedding photography, deeply rooted in wedding photojournalism and influenced by fine-art and fashion photography. We pride ourselves on not just being photographers, but rather artists creating unique and expressive imagery.
As leaders and educators in the industry, we constantly experiment with new tools and techniques and blend various photography styles to challenge our creativity and tell compelling stories. What exactly does all of this mean? Well, let’s get into the specifics of what makes our style unique.
The 4 Pillars of our Style
The 4 pillars of the LJP style are 1) celebrating love, 2) storytelling, 3) creativity, and 4) capturing beauty. In our experience, each of these are critical for a complete wedding photography experience.
Celebrating Love (and Emotion)
Celebrating love and emotion is the most important aspect of our job. Our goal is to create timeless photographs that allow you to relive the same emotions you felt in that moment, every time you look at them. We strive to capture not only the big moments but also the small, intimate ones that make your love unique. We not only celebrate the love between the wedding couple, but also the love between the couple and their families, wedding parties, and loved ones.
Storytelling (and Photojournalism)
Storytelling is at the heart of what we do. Wedding Photojournalism takes awareness of surroundings, knowledge of human tendencies, and patience. Each image captures an emotion, tells a story, or portrays a mood or feeling. That’s why you won’t see us taking random pictures, for example, you stuffing your face with food or staring off into space.
We’re always paying close attention to the environment, listening in on conversations and anticipating that smile, laugh, tear, or hug. We have our crop in mind, our lighting set up perfectly, and we’re waiting for that expression.
Creativity (and Uniqueness)
Our creative style means that we seek unique perspectives, angles, and approaches to a scene. Always in search of reflections, silhouettes, foregrounds, perfect symmetry, and juxtapositions, you’ll see our photographers sneaking behind objects, shooting off mirrors, and finding different perspectives. Whatever it takes to get the shot! The idea is to turn ordinary into extraordinary through finding the interest of the composition in a scene that the average eye may not notice.
Capturing Beauty
Capturing the beauty of your special day is also one of our top priorities. We believe that every moment and detail of your wedding deserves to be captured in the most stunning way possible. This translates into refined posing for natural and flattering results, finding attractive, complementary backdrops, and taking the time to perfect the shots.
Our Editing Style
We’ve developed a unique and refined style of photo editing that is versatile and flexible to adjust for your unique preferences and your venue choice. To read more about these options, see our Photo Editing Styles.
Signature (Modern)
Light & Airy
Dark and Moody
LJP Priorities & Areas of Focus
Besides the 4 pillars mentioned above, we prioritize the following aspects of the wedding day.
Focus on Family
We understand that weddings are more than just unions between two individuals, they are unions of two families. To celebrate family, we ensure that we devote proper time and attention to the family members.
This manifests itself with beautiful emotional moments like the ones below:
Focus on Natural Posing
Whether you’re stiff as a board or used to being in front of the camera, we’ll make sure we give you as much direction as you need to create natural, comfortable poses.
We’re always paying attention to things like overly puckered lips, unflattering angles, and other awkward expressions. At the same time, we’re creating an environment where you’re comfortable and your personalities and affection are the focal points of the image. We’ll also be sure to come up with poses that focus on your positive physical aspects.
Focus on Having Fun
We love setting up scenes where you and your family/friends can be silly, fun, and playful. In some scenes, the idea sometimes is to get you out of your comfort zone by getting you to do something silly, ridiculous, or even inappropriate. During those moments, and especially in between, we’re snapping away to get those smiles and natural emotions.
Focus on the Details
You’ve spent thousands of dollars on the details of your wedding like the rings, floral arrangements, centerpieces, venues, candy bars, etc. We’re not going to let it slip past us!
We capture the details of your wedding with the same attention and with many of the same techniques as we’ve described above. Your day moves quickly and while you may not have the time to sit back and fully appreciate your cake, we’ll be sure to have gorgeous pictures of it.