Professional Wedding Photography

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The steady, ongoing work produced from wedding
photography generates the majority of new clients
for most photography studios and freelance
photographers. A wedding photographer will need
to comfortable with the following activities
skills Candid shots (photojournalistic) and
posed shots Making slides, prints, and
slideshows (digital or otherwise) Traditional
albums Taking shots in the outdoors at a
party, beach, or rustic locale Snapping shots
indoors at a temple or church
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In the late 1860's in America, couples started
hiring photographers and posing at the wedding.
The art form of photography for the wedding was
created by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826.
However, the idea of live action shots and of
capturing the event itself came up after the
Second World War. Often, the photographers would
just show up inconspicuously at a wedding, snap
the photos, and venture to sell them later on to
the family. This forced studios to start covering
the events, lest they be booted out by freelance
photographers. After the wedding is over, a
small time lapse is incurred, and, thereafter the
photographer shows "proofs" to the couple. The
proofs can be in the form of prints, thumbnail
galleries, or all of the images on CD-ROM. They
may also make separate galleries or slideshows,
and they're sometimes themed.
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Photographers may sell additional prints to the
couple through a web site with thumbnail
galleries and an e-commerce back-end, often in
conjunction with a vendor or broker website that
charges a commission for each print
purchase. The common types of wedding
photography include the photojournalistic realism
and spontaneous photographer behavior of some,
the classic or traditional posed method, and a
hybrid of the two called fashion-based wedding
photography.
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In big cities, there are often studios devoted to
wedding photography because photography for the
wedding is such a mammoth market in metropolitan
areas. People are always moving in and out and
getting married. Take a look at a portfolio of
the photographer's former work for
assurance. The Wedding and Portrait
Photographers International (WPPI), the
Professional Photographers of America (PPA), and,
especially, the Wedding Photojournalists
Association (WPA) offer training, professional
support, and tips to member photographers.