Three Inventions That Changed Wedding Photography For Good

Weddings are among life's most important events. For this reason, many people want to keep records of their weddings. They want to be able to show their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren (if they live that long) how 'fabulous' they looked on their wedding day. And the more vivid the 'record' that can be kept, the better.

Now while wedding photography is integral part of modern weddings, with even couples in the remotest parts of the world making an effort to at least get a photographer for their weddings, this has not always been the case. After all, photography is a fairly recent invention; it having been invented in 1826. Worth noting too is the fact that photography, in its early days, was an expensive venture; meaning that much as they would have loved it, many wedding couples could simply not afford the 'luxury' of wedding photography.

There are three inventions, or rather advancements in the technology of photography, that have helped to truly changed wedding photography - for the better.

One of these was miniaturization of the camera. Today, cameras are expected - by definition - to be relatively small and easily portable. But that has not always been the case. Early cameras looked more or less like today's X-ray machines. They were the sorts of machine that filled a room! And they were definitely not the sorts of machines that one could carry around. Their use tended to be limited to studios where they were kept; so that people who needed to be photographed had to go to the studios for the purpose. This meant that they were largely useless, as far as wedding photography. A couple that wanted to be photographed on their wedding day couldn't get snapped during the ceremony itself, but rather had to wait till after the ceremony - to go to the studio and get snapped. This was off-putting - and for couples that were not too sentimental, it is something they couldn't bring themselves to do.

Second was the development of color photography. As well all know, weddings are usually highly colorful events. Yet early photography was in black and white, meaning there was no ways of bringing out the color in them. This, of course was to change in the early 20th century when color photography - though expensive then - came into being. Through this invention, even couples who were financially constrained found themselves being tempted to bear a considerable expense, just to have the wedding photos in color.

Third was the development of digital photography, a relatively recent invention. One thing that digital photography was known to do is to turn everybody into a photographer: a great departure from the situation before, when photography was an art for the 'specialist' photographers only. Thus in modern weddings, you will not only see the official photographer with a camera, but also the friends and relatives of the couple clicking away, some on their phones (as many phones nowadays come embedded with digital cameras). Another thing that digital photography has done is to make photography inexpensive. Thus a couple can take as many photos on their wedding as they want, without the worry of running out of photographic film - a major concern with traditional wedding photography.