Saturday, July 6, 2013

The History of Wedding Photography


Every one who is having a wedding wants to have photo shoots during the wedding ceremony so as to capture those memorable moments. It is this very reason that wedding photography has actually been a major boost for many independent and small scale photographers. This spells out the fact that a modern photographer has therefore got to keep up with the technological advancements as far as photography materials and equipment are concerned.

Whether the wedding event will happens indoors or outdoors, is is very crucial that the photographs meet the required standard otherwise the photographer stands a chance to lose customers. He should be able to provide digital prints, slide shows as well as albums in which the printed pictures will be well stored.

Wedding photography has a history that is closely related too the invention of the modern camera and dates back to 1826 and is associated with Joseph Nicephore Niepce who had a hard time coming up with his first photo because it had to take him eight hours of exposure before he could come up with the print.

It is interesting to note that the first wedding picture that was taken was that of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. This paved way for the wedding photography that is the in-thing today in most wedding ceremonies. Note the progress in this photography, in that, in days gone, the photo shooting was not done during the ceremony but long after it was over and done with and after people had changed into 'more appropriate' attire for the photo shooting. Today there is an overhaul in the whole scenario in that there is a combination of traditional classical photos and capitalization on all the important moments throughout the day, not forgetting the fetish that people have acquired for family albums.

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