Discussion Topic: Wedding photography: is it considered an artform?

Growing up as a child and even as a teen I remember attending weddings and my memories of the photographers would be older, pushy men that would direct very cheesy poses that would make me very uncomfortable to watch.  I used to say to myself these can’t possibly look good.  After evolving as a photographer, a photo editor of a local newspaper that I used to work for insisted that I take her pictures of her wedding.  I had no desire at first but then I ran into a photographer named Joe Buissink.  After seeing and studying Buissink’s work, I realized that I wanted to capture the type of timeless, fine images that he would capture.  I wanted to do this for my dear friend.  Bussinks style is very pictorial and at the same time journalistic and candid.  He shoots film and digital, and you can actually buy wedding photographs of strangers  on his website.  Check out www.joebuissink.com . I hope you like them.