Event photography is the professional art of snapping high-quality images during a wide variety of important occasions, from personal events like weddings or birthday parties to large public gatherings like corporate events, galas, award ceremonies and music festivals. Wedding photography is often thought of as its own separate genre, but a wedding photographer’s skills can be applied to other types of event photography. Typically, the goal for any event shoot is to compile a variety of posed and candid photographs of both people and scenery.