Walk into the bedroom of almost any young, well-to-do couple in China and you will see, looming large on one wall, a giant life-size wedding portrait of the bride and groom; the bride resplendent in perfect dress and make-up, the groom suitably posed in adoration. The process of taking those photos most likely took an entire day of the couple standing smiling on a hillside or beachfront or indoor studio, with attendant hair and make-up artists hovering nearby.
The whole production can cost from $450 to more than $15,000, a huge expense in a country where the average per capita income is roughly $3,000 (about $10,000 in Beijing). But it's increasingly seen as a must-have for China's image-conscious middle class, now some 430-million strong.
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