The evolution of wedding photography manchester

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The Evolution of Wedding Photography Manchester What is wedding photography? It is an activity relevant to a wedding in which a seasoned wedding photographer covers the entire event on a camera by capturing the most important moments. Wedding Photography also includes prewedding activities such as announcements, thank you cards, portrait displays and engagements photo shoots. It exclusively involves the wedding couple and goes on to cover related events such as the reception. Chelsea Shoesmith, a Wedding Photographer Manchester, provides the most comprehensive wedding photography service in the UK. Wedding photography is a significant commercial activity providing employment opportunities for amateur to professional photographers. Wedding photography has evolved to greater levels in keeping with the evolving photographic technology itself. Earlier people hardly posed for formal wedding photos when the actual event was taking place, and many people didn't hire wedding photographers because they did not have the budget to hire one. Couples posing for wedding photography began to be popular around 1860 and more and more couples started hiring wedding photographers to record events at their wedding venue from then on. In the late 19th-century wedding photography was largely a studio event owing to the bulkiness of the equipment and lights needed. Although technology has improved hugely, couples still chose to pose for a single wedding photo most of the time. Only in the 1880s did wedding albums become standard and then photographs of the wedding party also started appearing. Colour photography was available at the start of the 20th century but was seen to be expensive and unreliable, so black and white photography dominated most of the wedding photography of this time. Capturing the wedding event as a whole was a concept that came into being after the Second World War when film roll technology helped accomplish the task.

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Further improvements in lighting techniques and the development of compact flash bulbs encouraged the photographers to appear at wedding events and capture the wedding moments which they would attempt to sell to the wedding parties later. The results tended to be poor, to begin with, but photographers still did their best to work at the wedding locations. In the beginning, professionals brought in bulky equipment which limited their efficiency in being able to record the whole event. They even shot staged 'candid' photos after the ceremony was over. In the 1970s, however, “documentary photography� or the recording of the entire event became the norm. However invention of computers have completely changed the concept of wedding photography and wedding couples have the privilege of recording their wedding moments in a Hollywood style now, thanks to the special effects offered by computers. Chelsea Shoesmith Wedding photography Manchester has the knowledge of all of this and so is the most advanced and most economical option for you if you are trying to find a wedding photographer for your wedding.

Contact Us Email: chelsea@chelseashoesmith.co.uk Phone: 07891877395 Website: www.chelseashoesmith.co.uk


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