In Bliss Weddings Blog features Greener Visuals Photography

In Bliss Weddings Blog features Greener Visuals Photography in online article discussing the use of social media during your wedding day.

I was doing a little spring cleaning of my email this morning and rediscovered this bit of news I wanted to share.

A photo I made from Erin & Ryan’s wedding day in Denver, Colorado back in 2011 was featured on In Bliss Weddings blog in an interesting take on using social media on your wedding day.

Smart phones at weddings

As a professional photographer, I embrace anything that gets others to express their creativity. Smart phones have replaced the traditional point-and-shoot cameras and have given access to photography for the masses. Some say that the influx of people on their phones, distracts from being present at the wedding day. You can form your own opinion about that. In my opinion, if one feels inspired to snap a picture of a moment that inspires them, they should go for it.

These days, it’s a common sight for me to see guests in attendance or brides maids bust out their phones. Most commonly, I’ll have a mob of relatives behind me as I coordinate a large family photo. I’m not worried about them nor do I feel threatened.

Have they ever created the same photograph that I deliver to my wedding clients? Nope.

It’s not the camera that makes a good photograph, but the photographer behind the camera lens. I bring my own vision to the table.

For the wedding couple, the beauty of hiring a talented wedding photographer is so they can simplify their wedding day to focusing on being with their loved ones.

I find that social media use at weddings depends on the crowd at the wedding. Sure, you see sometimes see people tuned out and checking their phones throughout the wedding day. It has become common place in our culture and the digital world around use. I don’t think this wave of social media is interfering at weddings. It is just changing from the traditional ways we’ve experienced the union of two individuals.

In the end, I think most wedding guests and loved ones remain present for what really matters….the marriage of two people in love. The more ways we as a society can document, amplify, share and spread the message of love, I say all the better. Share away! -M