New Tools for Wedding Photographers

Smartphone cameras have turned wedding guests into an army of photographers at the edge of pews, falling into the aisle — often in the way of the professionals — to get what the Manhattan-based wedding photographer Brian Dorsey calls “the killer shot.”

So Mr. Dorsey always makes sure to get a shot of the shooters. “It’s a reflection of the times, and part of the story these days,” he said.

To accommodate smartphone photos, many couples post Twitter and Instagram hashtags at the reception at the entry table.

Even the bride and groom can be behind the camera. For her April 2013 wedding in Austin, Tex., Stephanie Wonderlin tucked a GoPro camera into her bouquet. She secured it in florist’s foam with wire. “It was unique, and gave the bride’s view — my view — of walking down the aisle,” she said.


At another GoPro wedding, the groom wore the device in his breast pocket. (A joke after the footage was shown was that it was the “cleavage cam.”)


Drones provide another creative point of view, said Aaron Oberdick at B &H Photo in Manhattan.

“They have become very popular within the past few months,” he said, noting the increased sales in the cameras, which require Federal Aviation Administration permission for use by professional photographers.

Les Dorr, an F.A.A. spokesman, said the agency had received 159 petitions since June to allow unmanned aircraft and has granted 9. He said that by the end of the year, the agency may allow expansion of its rule for use in only “tightly controlled, low-risk situations.”

Even professionals, like the California-based wedding photographer Josh Newton, will skip the high-tech camera equipment and use an iPhone in a burst of creativity.

Mr. Newton, who had already packed up his gear, grabbed his iPhone and snapped one last picture at the June wedding of April Hartley and Michael Wolber. The photo showed an Oregon wildfire erupting a few miles away in the background.

The next day he posted it on Instagram, and after going viral, it was the shot seen round the world.

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