I'm often asked about my particular style of wedding photography. To put it succinctly, I'm a photojournalist. That means a few different things on a few different levels, so let me explain a bit ...

Educationally speaking, I have a Bachelor of Arts in journalism -- with a concentration in photojournalism -- from Baylor University. I've worked on staff for several different newspapers, and I've done extensive freelance work for various publications and entities since my graduation in 1999.

Practically, being a photojournalist means I cover events and occasions as they naturally unfold. I don't attempt to control or manipulate the shooting environment in any way. I'm there to simply document what happens with high quality, story-telling photographs.

With wedding photography in particular, the old style of photography focused primarily on formal, posed photographs. While formal photos are desirous for any complete wedding album, wedding photojournalism focuses on shooting documentary style photographs that capture the nuances of the event while telling a compelling visual story of the wedding day. Of course, formal photos are taken, but they are not the heart of the wedding photography coverage.

In the end, it's all about capturing lasting images. And capturing lasting, narrative images is what being a wedding photojournalist is all about.

Here are a few photos from an assignment I covered this past weekend: Focus 2007. Focus is an annual conference geared toward Christian college students and it's sponsored by the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Musician Charlie Hall led worship



Truett Theological Seminary professor, Mike Stroope, delivered the messages



College students mailed Bibles to prisoners overseas