Three Inventions That Changed Wedding Photography For Good

Weddings are among life's most important events.				that wanted to be photographed on their wedding
For this reason, many people want to keep records				day couldn't get snapped during the ceremony itself,
of their weddings. They want to be able to show				but rather had to wait till after the ceremony - to go
their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren (if				to the studio and get snapped. This was off-putting -
they live that long) how 'fabulous' they looked on				and for couples that were not too sentimental, it is
their wedding day. And the more vivid the 'record'				something they couldn't bring themselves to do.
that can be kept, the better.				Second was the development of color photography.
Now while wedding photography is integral part of				As well all know, weddings are usually highly colorful
modern weddings, with even couples in the remotest				events. Yet early photography was in black and
parts of the world making an effort to at least get a				white, meaning there was no ways of bringing out
photographer for their weddings, this has not always				the color in them. This, of course was to change in
been the case. After all, photography is a fairly				the early 20th century when color photography -
recent invention; it having been invented in 1826.				though expensive then - came into being. Through
Worth noting too is the fact that photography, in its				this invention, even couples who were financially
early days, was an expensive venture; meaning that				constrained found themselves being tempted to bear
much as they would have loved it, many wedding				a considerable expense, just to have the wedding
couples could simply not afford the 'luxury' of				photos in color.
wedding photography.				Third was the development of digital photography, a
There are three inventions, or rather advancements				relatively recent invention. One thing that digital
in the technology of photography, that have helped				photography was known to do is to turn everybody
to truly changed wedding photography - for the				into a photographer: a great departure from the
better.				situation before, when photography was an art for
One of these was miniaturization of the camera.				the 'specialist' photographers only. Thus in modern
Today, cameras are expected - by definition - to be				weddings, you will not only see the official
relatively small and easily portable. But that has not				photographer with a camera, but also the friends and
always been the case. Early cameras looked more or				relatives of the couple clicking away, some on their
less like today's X-ray machines. They were the sorts				phones (as many phones nowadays come embedded
of machine that filled a room! And they were				with digital cameras). Another thing that digital
definitely not the sorts of machines that one could				photography has done is to make photography
carry around. Their use tended to be limited to				inexpensive. Thus a couple can take as many photos
studios where they were kept; so that people who				on their wedding as they want, without the worry of
needed to be photographed had to go to the studios				running out of photographic film - a major concern
for the purpose. This meant that they were largely				with traditional wedding photography.
useless, as far as wedding photography. A couple