Picture question/poll

TLJ1210 · August 2009

Hi! I am trying to decide whether or not to have all of our pictures taken before the ceremony. Did you and your DH see each other? Why/why not did you choose this? Are you happy with your decision? Thanks! (if you aren't married yet and have decided what you are going to do please let me know)

sucrets4 · August 2009

Yep, we took pics before. Even though our ceremony was at 11:30 and it required me getting up super early, it was totally worth it. We went down to the beach and got some great shots, including my fave series of the whole day. We still got some more pics during the CH, but there was much less stress to get it all done.

julezlee · August 2009

We are taking pics before the ceremony. We're having our "first look" at this really cool elevated park right below the hotel where I'm getting ready.

brookelynpaisley · August 2009

No,we will not be doing them before the ceremony. We agreed we want the "moment" to be on the aisle.

MissSarah786 · August 2009

We took pictures before. I LOVE our "reveal" photos - PIB (bride + groom, the first few photos)

katiewhompus · August 2009

We did not see each other. It was a really big deal to DH not to see me before the ceremony. It was extra special because we never really get to see each other dressed up at all, and then it was BAM wedding dress/dress blues.I'm very happy with my decision. Although we could have done a lot more pictures had we seen each before, dh's response to seeing me was more than I had ever anticipated

ggmae · August 2009

Yes, we saw each other beforehand and took pictures. We wanted more time to take pictures and thought that seeing each other beforehand would calm our nerves (it did.) We are both very happy with the decision and walking down the aisle and seeing each other then was just as special.

sapphirebaby926 · August 2009

We are going to do our pictures after the ceremony - we both decided that we really want the first time we see eachother that day is when I'm walking down the aisle

grace_anthony · August 2009

our photographer wanted us to since the wedding was in the evening but we both wanted the wow factor when the doors opened to the church.the look on his face when i walked in to marry him was priceless. i cant imagine it any other way. im happy i waited for that moment.

atlcatlover · August 2009

We took our pics before and I'm so glad we did. It was the only time we had to ourselves the entire day, and it was very special. It went a long way towards calming our nerves, and didn't make seeing each other during the ceremony any less special.

TLJ1210 · August 2009

Thanks! FI said he doesn't care either way and I should decide. I keep thinking about the first time he would see me in the church but I also like the idea of not having a long time between for our guests. The one thing I want is for the reception to start on time and for there not to be a 2 hour wait.

sucrets4 · August 2009

If you do them before, you get to be silly! We had a serious moment and then were all "how are we supposed to react?" and it resulted in this:[img]<a href="http://i27.tinypic.com/n1qyyd.jpg" rel='nofollow'>http://i27.tinypic.com/n1qyyd.jpg</a>[/img]

DRemA3 · August 2009

Yes, we did. We did our individual BP pictures and then we saw each other privately and took pictures and then we took pictures w/ family and BP before the ceremony. I am sooo glad in our decision to see each other and take pictures. Some of my favorite shots are of DH and I from when we saw each other for the first time and were able to embrace, kiss, cry, talk, etc... It did not change my excitement to see him when I walked down the aisle. Our guests also loved it b/c we were there the whole time. We all went right into the cocktail hour and started having a good time. The only time we disappeared to take pictures was right after the appetizer was served we took some private beach pictures of just the two of us. we were back w/in 20 minutes and the guests were served the salads. We didn't miss anything that happened that night and I'm so glad b/c our cocktail hour and reception were a blast!

TLJ1210 · August 2009

Sarah, did you two wear your wedding bands for the pictures before the ceremony?

TLJ1210 · August 2009

How did your families react to your decision? I have had people (MOH, FMIL, and others) say that we cannot see eachother because it will ruin it. sucrets, I love that picture.

sucrets4 · August 2009

Our families were fine with it, then again we've been living together for awhile and did other untraditional stuff like, he saw my dress and everything.Here's my reaction:[img]http://i25.tinypic.com/j7x99w.jpg[/img]We're silly people.

agk0125 · August 2009

I very badly want to see each other before the ceremony but FI isn't going to budge on this one point. I'm going to continue to try and break him of this probably until the day of considering we're doing a mini DW and will all be at the resort the entire day.Ugh FI..

ggmae · August 2009

Our families were cool with it. They watched from the top of the hill.

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