Do Jose Villa, KT Merry and Elizabeth Messina only use natural light for their wedding photography?

Wedding videographer with photography background.
To me, it seems that they only show the photographs best suit their style.
Not all wedding will have the best light available.

 

Exactly, maybe they just showed what they want to show in their portfolio.

For the fine art photographers that didn't really add on artificial lights, their last resort is to change the photo to black and white to "hide" the imperfection of the lighting flaws.

And looking into their "full" wedding photos below, I feel like, their work is technically achievable. The different factor is their branding, networks, experiences and circle of wedding planners.

Elizabeth Messina
https://weddingstylemagazine.com/in...dth=90%&height=90%&inline=true#block-block-21

KT Merry
https://weddingstylemagazine.com/in...-acqualina-resort-and-spa-sunny-isles-florida

Jose Villa
https://www.stylemepretty.com/vault/gallery/122271

What do you think?

 

It does look achievable. I like Jose Villa's the most, I can see some photoshop work being done to remove unwanted objects and fix imperfections.
You could definitely do it, maybe start with a couple of editorials and show the type of wedding you'd like to shoot

 

To me, they all have that over-exposed Fuji look and if you have the right presets and can decently expose your pictures, then you're set.

The harder thing is finding the right clients and keeping them booked consistently. This requires constant marketing and promotion.

I've taught a few photographers how to shoot events, weddings included, and my rule is...."if everything else fails, just add grain and do it in black and white."

 

I can't see any pro event photographer not having the ability to add light since not really a do-over, but yeah they have learned the lesson so many shoot and give cd in the park panhandlers haven't which is that no one needs to see every shot

 

Thanks all for the input. Appreciate that.