| Wedding photography is one area in the bigger art of | | | | photographer could be a freelance professional, |
| photography that offers the artistically-inclined person | | | | operating from a home office, or he could be a |
| with a real passion for photography a number of | | | | professional affiliated to one or another wedding |
| rewarding career opportunities. The term 'wedding | | | | photography company. |
| photography' itself refers to the taking of | | | | Another possible career in photography is that of the |
| photographs on the wedding day: something that is | | | | marriage photojournalist's assistant. This is the person |
| done a great deal in the lead-up to the wedding | | | | who helps the wedding photojournalist with the |
| event, during the marriage event (when the couple is | | | | carrying of equipment, arrangement of the people to |
| declared man and wife), and after the wedding | | | | be photographed and other such handy tasks. The |
| event, when a reception/party is normally held. | | | | main photographer is very much a part of the |
| From a time when wedding-photography was the | | | | marriage, and must not get bogged down carrying |
| preserve of well-heeled couples, looking to add | | | | equipment and getting involved in other 'petty' tasks. |
| 'sentimentality' to their marriage ceremonies, it has | | | | Hence the need for an assistant. |
| evolved to be pretty much part of the standard | | | | In many photography companies, the marriage |
| wedding ceremony. As such, it is something that | | | | photography assistant is in fact a wedding |
| virtually any couple that is looking to get wedded | | | | photojournalist apprentice. He is usually being exposed |
| goes to great lengths to 'get right.' | | | | to real life marriage situations, before being sent on |
| With the turning of photography into a standard part | | | | assignments on his own. He is typically also a back-up |
| of the modern wedding ceremony came the rise of | | | | photographer: so that should something befall his |
| companies fully into that line of business. These are | | | | 'boss' the main photographer, he would take over |
| companies that specialize in wedding photography, so | | | | and continue clicking through the rest of the |
| that day in day out, their business is that of | | | | ceremony. This is an important role, where the |
| approaching prospective brides and grooms, and | | | | back-up idea is brought into focus, for the trust that |
| asking to take photographs of them. | | | | couple entrust on the wedding photography company |
| As such, one of the careers in marriage photography | | | | is too huge to be abused, by just sending only one |
| is that of wedding photographer (also referred to as | | | | person to the wedding. |
| the marriage photojournalist). This is the professional | | | | Where marriage photography companies are in |
| who is involved in the actual clicking during the | | | | question, a marketer will tend to come into the |
| marriage ceremony. He or she is essentially a | | | | picture. This is a person who goes about scouting for |
| cameraman. This is one person who can't afford to | | | | couples that are about to get wedded, and offering |
| get things wrong, for doing this would mean messing | | | | to have his company 'cover' the event |
| the wedding couple in a big way. The marriage | | | | photography-wise. |