With the invention of the photography, people got a new way of documenting events. Photography is a visual document of an event, people, time, and place. Today, photography presents memories of our past and events, including weddings. In the wedding photography is very important a style of photography. In creative wedding photography, the approach must be different than in classical photography. Photographs must reflect the personality of the couple and their wedding story. The wedding photographer must present the essence of the wedding and wedding story. A good photo has to tell a story, it has to tell us something, it has to inspire you and provoke emotions.
The objective of this thesis is to examine the area of wedding photography and to present significance of a photography. When photographing weddings, it is necessary to be informed about the laws and elements of almost all types of photography. A wedding photographer encounters portrait photography, reportage photography, landscape photography, fashion photography, architectural photography, macro photography, children photography and some other type. Everything has to be connected into a story that happened on that day. The theoretical part presents photography from the technical and artistic point of view, the importance of photography, common types of photography, the composition and the operation of the camera. In the experimental part, fifteen wedding photographs are presented. The end of the diploma work contains the results of the experimental part of the study, which is composed of fifteen wedding photographs and their visual analyzes and technical characteristics of the camera used for making the photographs. All author's photos, published in the thesis were taken by a reflex camera Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EOS 5D and Canon EOS 6D. When analyzing the photographs, it was found out how important is composition, right angle and settings on the camera. It was discovered how the photographs are affected by the three main parameters on the camera; time, aperture in ISO speed. Good wedding photography can't only be made with good equipment, but with knowledge of requirements of all types of photography, visual elements, technical laws and the functioning of the camera.
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