In 2020, wedding photographer Allie Siarto's business saw a steep decline as COVID spread, weddings were downsized or canceled, and demand for her services dried up.
In the midst of the downturn and pandemic, she decided to expand into an unexpected new niche: divorce photography.
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A wedding photographer is facing over 150 criminal charges for allegedly secretly recording young girls at venues.
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petapixel.com »2024-10-31 16:19
A wedding photographer has explained why she posted a now-viral video of a bride telling guests to put their phones away as she walked down the aisle. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-06-25 15:21
They say rain on your wedding day is good luck, but what about a full-blown thunderstorm? That's what photographer Ashley Patton was faced with but she used the bad weather to make an incredible set of photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-06-11 19:23
A wedding photographer filmed himself eating dinner in a cupboard alone to show that his job isn't always glamorous.
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petapixel.com »2024-05-28 15:45
A wedding photographer has apologized for not delivering images to 36 couples while suffering from a crippling drug and alcohol addiction. He is now completing the jobs that he never completed for newlyweds. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-04-11 18:11
A wedding photographer specially created this "super contrast" image so that a blind groom could see pictures of his big day. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-04-10 13:31
A wedding photographer has gone viral after posting photos of the moment a bride almost passed out and continued shooting her. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-03-26 19:19
A wedding photographer is to be sentenced after pleading guilty to felony theft after scamming dozens of couples.
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petapixel.com »2024-03-14 14:46
A wedding photographer has been praised on TikTok for stopping a guest from taking photos on their phone during the ceremony. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-03-13 17:43
A wedding photographer at the center of a TikTok storm over her prices says she has faced death threats after revealing she charges $8,500 for her pictures which many have dismissed as "blurry". [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-03-08 14:11
A wedding photographer allegedly scammed several couples -- turning up late on the big day, leaving the job early, and sometimes ignoring them forever. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-02-22 19:57
A wedding photographer has gone viral with her "unpopular opinion" that she would rather be sat at a table with other vendors for dinner -- and not other guests. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-02-20 20:15
A wedding photographer must pay $30,000 in civil penalties for advertising her services using images taken by other photographers and failing to disclose that the pictures were not her own. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-02-12 17:32
A wedding photographer in Japan has died after he fell from the roof of a restaurant while photographing a couple as they prepared for their wedding. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-12-15 15:09
A wedding photographer not only took pictures but also saved a guest's life when he started choking at a reception this weekend. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-13 16:10
A Christian wedding photographer has won a settlement in a lawsuit against the state of Virginia after he refused to shoot same-sex marriages. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-07 23:15
A wedding photographer may be fined $80,000 and temporarily barred from doing business for allegedly scamming clients.
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petapixel.com »2023-11-06 20:21
A wedding photographer has been praised for her direct, clear, and amusing speech to guests before taking group portraits.
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petapixel.com »2023-11-01 19:57
A wedding photographer has been subject to an investigation looking into claims that she constantly cancels on the bride and groom at the last minute. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-10-19 19:49
A wedding photographer from Sydney, Australia has disappeared with his clients' money, despite previously running a seemingly successful photo business. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-09-28 21:53
A wedding photographer has gone viral with her hack for ensuring a bride's necklace stays in place on the big day and does not ruin the photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-09-28 17:51
A wedding photographer has gone viral after she accidentally wore the same dress as the bride to shoot the rehearsal dinner. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-08-25 16:16
As reported by WFLA, longtime Florida wedding photographer Michael Zoumberos spent nearly a year in jail for civil contempt because he refused to cooperate with federal investigators concerning a major DEA scandal that included Zoumberos' brother, former DEA agent George Zoumberos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-08-18 23:50
A photographer has filed a personal injury lawsuit after being seriously injured in a devastating helicopter crash to a wedding day photoshoot -- which effectively ended her career. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-06-13 00:19
A wedding photographer's quick thinking prevented a disaster after a bride's huge diamond ring went missing.
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petapixel.com »2023-05-17 21:17
A wedding photographer from Kansas stands accused of "scamming" couples and robbing them of memories of their big day by faking a family emergency. She has, allegedly, done this multiple times. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-01 22:31
Wedding photographer Megan Claire recently shared a video where she says she was forced to eat with her bare hands on the floor because a venue failed to provide her an eating location or utensils, sparking debate into whether or not this is even a problem. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-04-06 23:03
A wedding photographer, who is accused of withholding payments to other photographers and not delivering images to couples, has been charged with theft. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-03-27 17:30
A wedding photographer has divided the internet with his "safety shot" which involves removing family members' partners from a group shot in case they break up in the future. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-03-06 19:59
A couple says they were scammed by a wedding photographer who used stock images as his portfolio and delivered blurry photos of their big day. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-02-01 16:29
A wedding photographer is being sued by a dad who accuses the shooter of making unreasonable demands just before his daughter's ceremony. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-01-30 21:19
Photographers are tasked with making their subjects feel relaxed for great-looking shots, and one wedding photographer has a novel approach for breaking the ice: asking her clients to "teeth kiss." [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-12-21 19:12
A wedding photographer was violently attacked at gunpoint by two assailants trying to steal his equipment near the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The theft attempt took place in broad daylight around numerous witnesses. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-11-13 20:07
A wedding photographer took to social media to describe how the "worst thing that can happen to a photographer" on a job happened to him. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-11-09 19:20
A wedding photographer has shared how her clients are increasingly requesting blurry photos of their big day.
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petapixel.com »2022-10-24 17:50
A wedding photographer who posted a video of himself eating his dinner alone while he was on the job has sparked a lively debate on social media. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-09-29 19:22
Photographers are tasked with making their subjects feel relaxed for great-looking shots, and one Canadian photographer has a novel approach to her work: asking her clients to pretend to be drunk. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-05-20 21:49
Wedding photography is already a physically and emotionally demanding job, but one woman is speaking out about an aspect of her work that is infrequently discussed: various levels of on-site mistreatment and sexual harassment. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-01-26 21:11
A luxury wedding photographer recently made quite a splash at a grand Indian wedding celebration, but not quite the type of splash one hopes to make when heading out to capture someone’s big day. petapixel.com »
2021-08-10 19:01
A recent report of out South Texas reveals the harsh reality of being a wedding photographer in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. In an article titled ‘Texas Wedding Photographers Have Seen Some $#!+’ shared by Texas Monthly, reporter Emily McCullar tells the story of a wedding photographer who was diagnosed with COVID-19 after it was revealed the groom of the party had tested positive for COVID-19 and didn’t inform the wedding photographer. dpreview.com »
2020-12-17 18:51
These are my thoughts on the Nikon D780 after shooting a 9-hour wedding with one in London in February of 2020. I had it for 3 days, so this isn’t an exhaustive technical review; I’m not going to dissect it or pixel peep, just report on my impressions as a full-time wedding photographer who normally […] petapixel.com »
2020-05-28 20:10
A wedding photographer is being roundly praised on social media after digitally dying the dress worn by the bride’s new mother-in-law. Apparently the groom’s mother wore a white gown, and the bride was having none of it. petapixel.com »
2020-05-13 21:56
A Chicago couple is being flamed online after their email to a wedding photographer went viral on Reddit. The email asks the photographer to shoot a 10-hour wedding in exchange for promotion to “300 total wedding guests,” 117 of whom are unmarried and between the ages of 24 and 35. Wedding photographers being asked for […] petapixel.com »
2020-01-30 22:48
There’s something unique about being a wedding photographer. It’s a job that filled with joyful moments and happiness. A wedding photographer plays a significant part in the best day of someone’s life. petapixel.com »
2019-03-13 19:37
If you’re a wedding photographer, how do you serve a client who has absolutely no eyesight? A photographer and videographer over in Australia recently teamed up to create a special tactile wedding photo album for their blind bride. petapixel.com »
2019-01-10 23:46
You may have heard some nightmare wedding photography stories in the past, but probably nothing like this: a wedding photographer was arrested in Texas this past weekend after allegedly having sex with a guest, peeing on a tree, and making violent threats toward police officers. petapixel.com »
2018-11-27 20:15
Wedding photographers often complain of ‘Uncle Bobs,’ or relatives who get in the way of professional photographers while trying to snap their own photos. When photographer Ashley Easterling encountered this during a wedding ceremony recently, she refused to allow the relative to ruin the bride and groom’s first kiss photo. The 46-second video shows Josh […] petapixel.com »
2018-10-03 20:49
Wedding photographer Megan Allen was shooting a reception in Dayton, Ohio, this past Saturday when she and the bride noticed that a large fire had broken out at an abandoned building nearby. “[O]ne of the abandoned buildings […] went up in massive flames, shooting huge, black plumes of smoke into the sky, and leaving us […] petapixel.com »
2018-07-02 18:42
If you haven't yet mastered the inner workings of a camera, simple photography tricks can help you a great deal. Recently, wedding photographer Mathias Fast has shared a zero-budget hack how to improve your portraits by adding reflections, and it will take every beginner's shots to a whole new level. boredpanda.com »
2018-06-08 16:45
A wedding photographer filmed the moment she was forced to become the "bad guy" and tell guests to put their phones away during the ceremony. [Read More]
The wedding ceremony is arguably the most important part of a wedding day. Seeing as it’s the part of the day you don’t get a do-over on, for a photographer it can be stressful to nail great shots of the key moments.
There you are, going along shooting all the pretty wedding day details and events. Sunset is epic and romantic and you capture some incredible portraits between your two lovebirds and then you start to panic, wondering what to do when it gets dark.
As a husband and wife team specializing in capturing adventurous couples in the beautiful places they choose to get married, we love to travel. Destination weddings are a blast and definitely something we do.
Whether or not a wedding day goes smoothly can come down to a lot of different factors. Is it raining, is everyone stressed, or did someone drop the cake? The key is to control the controllable by setting expectations with your couples so that the wedding photography goes as smoothly as possible. [Read More]
Today we’re going to talk about wedding planning. Not wedding planning from the perspective of the happy couple, but wedding planning from the perspective of the wedding photographer.
Versatility is always desirable when it comes to optics. Having a lens that can cover a wide range of focal lengths while collecting a decent amount of light is a supremely useful tool, but it is a challenging game for lens designers to play. [Read More]