Korean wedding photography is a respected and growing profession, now worth many millions of dollars a year.
As in other countries, wedding photographers in Korea have garnered the attention they deserve, following the footsteps of similar photographers around the world.
One such wedding photography company is Wish & Co., which has become so successful that clients from 20 different countries near and afar have signed it up for wedding photography services.
One of the reasons for the company’s success is that it understands the country, worldwide trends in photography, in general, and wedding photography, in particular, and has managed to mix the lessons together to make a lucrative and highly professional business.
Koreans generally marry young. According to official figures, average age for males to marry is 32 years and 29 for females. The country also has become an economic giant in Asia, reporting one of the highest median and per capita income rates.
That means many more Koreans travel outside, bring back customs and ideas, including how they want their wedding pictures to look like.
wedding photography in korea is no longer limited to going to a Korea wedding photo studio for a Korean pre-wedding photo shoot. It also means couple roaming around town to take multiple pictures at romantic and scenic spots and then mix-and-matching.
Needless to say that such changing trends and habits has made wedding photography more expensive because photographers have had to purchase different types of equipment that would be suitable for outdoor and moving photography.
But because Korea has become such a rich and open society, rising wedding costs do not seem to have hampered habits. So much so that, large wedding halls and luxury hotels, in which most weddings nowadays take place, have taken the unusual step of hiring international wedding consultants to put together Korean wedding packages.