Photographing Important Moments

There are certain events in life that people want pictured, recorded, carved into memory. Birth of a child. High school graduation. Prom, maybe. College graduation. Receiving awards in life. All those are important but few are as important as one’s wedding.

Different cultures deal with such ceremonies and events differently. In Korea, for example, as in many other cultures, wedding is not just for the benefit of the bride and the groom. It’s as much about the parents and the extended family.

Korean weddings were traditionally held in the bride’s backyard or garden. After the wedding ceremony, the groom would ride on a horse to the bride’s house to take his wife and take her to his parents’ house to live together. The groom’s family would travel to the bride’s with a handful of gifts.

In the past, the bride’s dress included a sort jacket with long sleeves while the groom’s attire included a jacket with loose sleeves, trousers and an overcoat on top of all.

All these moments were documented through Korea wedding photography.But wedding photography in Korea has changed with times. While some of the old customs are still upheld, others or not.

For sure, going to a traditional Korean wedding photo studio is still very much on the cards for most couples. That is because some want to maintain the traditions while others might want to record some private moments before parties.

And parties are what have become more commonplace in Korea, as elsewhere. Korea is one of the most affluent nations in Asia, has one of the highest per capita income in the world and its economic growth in the past few decades has been the envy of nations, East and West.

That has promoted many luxury hotels and famous wedding halls to put together Korean wedding packages that can cost up to hundred thousand dollars. Those packages include anything from Korea pre wedding photoshoot to the food catering, the actual ceremony, and the afterward party.

Korea is not alone in the evolution of the wedding industry. Cultures change. Economic realities of countries and citizens change. It is to the photographers’ credit to keep up with such changes.