I was in my buddy Pete‘s wedding this weekend. While standing around waiting to be photographed while wearing a tux in the sun, I got to thinking: in the age of the Internet, why can’t we share some of these photos immediately?
So, I pulled out my phone, shot a quick photo of the bride and groom, and posted it to my blog.
Voila. I got the scoop. I was the first to publish a photo of the newly married couple.
That was easy.
Then I really got to thinking:
- There’s got to be interested folks from out of town who couldn’t make it
- We could have livestreamed the ceremony and reception
- We could set up a Flickr group for folks to share their photos
- We could capture video clips and quick interviews with guests and share them online
- We could treat this wedding as a major media event!
Could these new online capabilities spawn an entirely new industry — a “wedding web content” industry?
All this helps prove my idea that content is all around us and all we have to do is capture and share it.