With Digital Wedding Pictures the Film Never Gets Ruined
Too many times you hear horror stories that a wedding photographer ruined the pictures of someone’s wedding in the lab. With digital wedding pictures that excuse is not acceptable. There may be plenty of other reasons the pictures are no good, but ruined film isn’t one of them.
Most high quality digital cameras on the market today, those with 5 mega-pixels or higher, have made digital wedding pictures basically the norm. The photographer can view the pictures immediately to ensure it’s what he can use and get rid of any that aren’t up to standard before they get printed to save time and money. And he can offer faster turnaround time in getting the finished pictures back to the family. What used to take several weeks can now be done in several days.
Another benefit is the ease in which the pictures can be transferred to a digital format. Music can be added to a compact disk to make a great gift to relatives using digital wedding pictures, where in the past each photo had to be scanned separately and then transferred to a disk. Many photographers supply a CD with the finished set of prints.
Find Out Who Owns the Copyright
Be wary though in using the digital wedding pictures on a CD as most photographers today, through their contract, maintain ownership of the pictures and taking the disk down to the corner store, or even using your own computer to reprint photos, can be a violation of copyright law. If you believe you will want to make copies of your digital wedding pictures consult with your photographer before the wedding as to who will own the copyright and get it in writing.
Another big plus is the ability for the photographer to be quieter while taking digital wedding pictures during special moments of the ceremony. There won’t be the distinctive click of the shutter or the humming of the automatic film advance. These not only disrupt the ceremony but also show up as background noise on videos.
If you own the copyright and need additional prints, you can order them from home if you don’t want to spend the time at the kiosk in your favorite store. Just select the prints you want from your digital wedding pictures, make any adjustments you feel you need to make and then upload them to one of several companies on the internet that will either mail them to you or arrange to have them delivered to one of their stores in your neighborhood for pickup.