The high resolution of paper-based photographs, combined with their reasonable prices and the various photography packages offered by the Photo Studio, immediately sparked the people's enthusiasm. Quite a few placed their orders on the spot.
The most popular was naturally the Family Photo, which the Shopkeeper had strongly recommended. With New Year's Day approaching, many people had reserved Family Photos. The next most popular option was the Husband and Wife Photo.
The Han Tribe had a strictly hierarchical nobility system. Commoners without titles were forbidden from wearing silk, with the sole exception of weddings, funerals, and other such occasions. In other words, commoner women could wear the Phoenix Coronet and Rosy Cloud Cape when they got married, garments otherwise reserved for royalty.
In the past, they could only wear them for a single day. But now, they could not only wear them—they could also capture the most beautiful moment of their lives! It was easy to imagine how great the appeal of Husband and Wife Photos was.
Individual portraits accounted for the smallest proportion, because they offered poor value for money. For the same price, they could only photograph one person. Even so, many young people still chose to have individual photos taken.
The customers for individual photos were mainly boys and girls around thirteen or fourteen years old. If adulthood was considered a milestone, they were more than willing to have a photo taken when they came of age, burning the mark of their youth onto photographic paper.
Most parents supported this as well. Why?
Because they could take the photos to arrange marriages for their sons and daughters! What an important function that was!
In the past, when families arranged marriages between their children, neither side knew what the other's child looked like.
The girl did not know