get perfect wedding photos
Your wedding is one event you want to make sure you’ve covered from all photo angles. Follow our seven tips to ensure you get great pictures.
“Everything happened so fast, I hardly even remember my own wedding!” It’s one of the most frequent complaints made by newlyweds and it’s the reason your wedding photographs are so important. The key to capturing all the moments you consider essential is to consult with your photographer before the big day to discuss the types of shots you want and the people who should appear in them.
Here are seven points to consider to get the best wedding day photos:
1. Give your photographer a list of must-do shots. A professional wedding photographer will likely cover all the traditional wedding-portrait situations, but he or she will need to know your special requirements. If you want a specific shot of you with your long-lost best friend who’s just flown in from Tunisia, or a series of family portraits featuring your mother with her second husband and your father-in-law with his new wife, be sure your photographer knows.
2. Even if you love the look of candid photographs, a must-have list is still very important. Countless couples have chosen a photojournalistic style of photography, only to discover they really would have liked one or two posed shots with certain people.
3. Consider these wedding photography styles when making up your must-do list:
- A portrait of all your guests together (often assembled on the front steps of a church or temple)
- A portrait of the bride with each of her maids, and the groom with each of his groomsmen, so you can later present the photos to your attendants as special thank-you gifts.
- A "generations" shot, which might include the bride, her great-grandmother, her grandmother, her mother, her older sister and her niece, for instance.
- A series of candid shots covering a tradition that reflects your family’s heritage.
4. Agree with your photographer on scheduled times for posed wedding photos. Make sure everyone to be photographed knows when and where to meet for these shots. Often, the longest part of the process is rounding up the relatives. Assign a bridesmaid or groomsman to assist your photographer. He or she can help identify guests needed for particular shots.
5. Consider alternative photo techniques to add special interest to your wedding album. For example, black and white wedding photos are very popular these days. Ask your photographer about including a portrait shot at a site chosen especially to bring out the evocative nature of black and white photography. Remember, even the simplest elements can look absolutely striking in black and white. We’ve seen gorgeous pictures using steam locomotives, a stark clapboard country church, the many-columned portico of a cathedral and a funky storefront as backdrops. Other great props: antique cars and horse-drawn carriages, a weathered wooden fence and an open window.
6. Don’t discover after the fact that you’ve got plenty of shots of family and friends, but no keepsake of your wedding site. If you’ve put a lot of effort into your wedding and reception decorations, make sure the results are captured on film. Ask your photographer to take a few shots of these areas, without people if possible, including close-ups of special items such as a ceremony floral arrangement, a table centrepiece, a table setting or the entrance area.
7. Request a groom portrait. Many women opt to have their bridal portrait taken by their wedding photographer days or even weeks prior to the wedding day to ensure an unhurried and beautifully composed photograph. Now, more and more couples want a keepsake of the groom in his wedding finery as well. Book a separate sitting for him and let him enjoy the attention and pampering usually reserved for the bride.
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