Would You Photograph a Funeral?

Sept 21, 2019

Wedding picture taking is obviously big business for lots of professional person photographers, just over on Reddit, Shian Bang (u/shian243) negotiation near something a little different: his front experiences as a funeral photographer.

While it's fairly common for press photographers to cover newsworthy funerals, I'd never heard of a photographer organism employed to bourgeon a head-to-head event. My granny was kidnaped in the 1980s soh her death deuce years ago was covered in the Irish national media, and we went so far as to pay off mortal to stand guard outside the church service in case a photographer showed up. The idea of actually hiring someone to capture seems entirely strange to Maine.

Straight Knock was a little seized aback, simply he took the Job anyway for the right reasons. Even though it wasn't something he'd through earlier, Hump "ma it was important to provide for the family kinda than rejecting [them] and having to put over them through the unhinge of looking for another photographer."

The unharmed post on r/photography is worth reading. Bang talks about how he recovered the whole experience, what he conditioned, and tips for anyone else who finds themselves in a similar position.

Just what just about you? If you got a ring call from a potential node (or even a family member) request you to photograph a funeral, would you take it on? Or are funeral photo shoots a big part of your lin? Net ball us know your thoughts in the comments.

Mental image used with permission of Shian Boot.

Harry Sir Alec Guinness is a writer and photographer from Dublin, Ireland—though you'll rarely find him there. His work has been published in the New York Multiplication, Touristy Science, and dozens of other places.