WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY - A very creative profession

What is Wedding Photography?

Provide a photography package to the clients’ ready to get married. You can assign two or more photographers in either hourly package or a fixed price package meeting the desires of the client.
Advantages: This is a creative yet a very challenging job to start working from home. You can start as a part time photographer to learn the techniques and in due course of time you can build your supply of equipment.
Challenges: Everything has its share of challenges. Photographic conditions like light, weather or a huge variety of subjects or event going on a wedding can change at any point of time. You need to be very strong with your technical knowledge in order to make split seconds decision to work smoothly in any unfriendly situations.

The Market

Clients, who are couples actually, seeks various photographic documentations. From photo-journalistic to edited, they seek all sorts of photography.

What You'll Need to Get Started:
You will need a camera obviously. Preferably a DSLR. You will need vast knowledge to edit those photos. A computer to use those editing software. Other than these, you will also need Business cards, a very creative website and contacts which is very necessary.
To get attention:

·         You can give ads in your local yellow pages, wedding section of any preferred newspaper or magazines to attract business.

·         Blog websites such as- Wedding Bee, Style me Pretty, The Knot are few places where you can maintain and participate.

·         You can visit your local places related to wedding such as-florists, bridal shops, videographers, caterers, community halls and country club, decorators and build a healthy business relation with them and leave brochures with all contacts and ask for referrals.

What do we recommend people do first if they're interested in wedding photography? 

The most important thing before getting involved with wedding photography is that you have to be in love with it first. You have to figure out first whether this job is fitting well with your personality and ability or not as this will help you to handle tough times easily. Before jumping in the field on your own, start taking baby steps and work in a reputed studio as an intern.

What kind of market research need to be done when you start your business? 

Market research is not what is utmost necessary. All you need to have is good understanding of market value, and then decide a price quotation matching your skillset.

What is a good time to start up a wedding photography business? 
If you have talent and ambition, anytime is a good time to start any type of business.

Is the market is over-saturated yet?

The market of wedding photography is indeed over-saturated. There are photographers who aren’t good at what they do. There are people who are not so skilled or technically strong Yes, the wedding photography market is incredibly over-saturated, but there are a lot of photographers out there who aren't good at what they do. The digital era of photography has opened the door for a lot of people who aren’t technically strong. The most challenging part of wedding photography is the set or the environment is constantly changing. New problems will come into the picture. So, the photographer need to have strong technical background to get past any problem in hand and to finish the matter in time.

What services can a wedding photographer offer in this do-it-yourself world to remain cutting edge and in business?

Most people want their photographer to take care of every little things of their wedding. Many of those clients don’t have proper photoshop knowledge or editing skills, and for that they depend on the photographers. Many clients want to do some things on their own as they are concerned about the budget while other high-end clients will prefer a photographer with an all-in-one service.

What kind of training and background are necessary?

You need to be an expert as far as the training goes. You must get a degree in photography first. Not just for degree but to get the proper knowledge. Then the best thing that can be done is to get an internship from a recognized studio to gain some experience. All this experience gained while working as an intern, will be extremely helpful.

SOME WORDS OF ADVICE:

Do wedding photography because you love it! If you do this as you need a second job, then don’t do it as it will not give you a desired result out of it. Never try to copy, and be original, ALWAYS! Clients don’t like copycats at all. While interacting with your clients, always sound responsible, consistent, professional and always stay positive with your clients.