Wedding picture poses

footballwife77 · October 2012

I swear I was watching a thread about this but i'm not

. My photographer is my cousin and she does photography as a hobby. She just contacted me and asked about what kind of pics i'll want. this is all i got HELP ME!

FIRST LOOK
GETTING READY
PICS OF BRIDAL PARTY
ME WITH BM'S
ME WITH GM
ME AND FIANCE
GM ONLY
BM ONLY

** MARRIED WOMEN- if you would be ever so kind and send me link to your pics so i can get some inspiration - it would be APPRECIATED!!!!!**

rowenac82 · October 2012

Definitely work on this and communicate all your thoughts to your photographer. I think I trusted my photographer a bit too much but to be honest if you hire the right person for you, you should be able to trust them. Something I forgot which might not be important to you is to take your invitation to the wedding to get a shot of it with your flowers. Shot of rings in flowers, all the details..things that you put work into that no one else will notice.

Also be sure to communicate with her which family members you would like pics with i.e. close relatives for family pictures.

If you could go to the venue or place you plan on taking pics beforehand and scope it out that would be good. Try to find pictures that have been taken at your venue.

CreoleBride30 · October 2012

Hey ma'am! This is sooo important! Definitely make a list of the pics that are not considered your normal photo opps. Do you want a group pic? Do you want pics with your BM doing something special. Do you want a silly pic, funny pic, and/or serious model pose pics? Do you want photos of the items you DIY'd? What about groom with girls and you with groomsmen?

Parents? Other relatives?

Be very specific. I wasn't specific about what I wanted pics of. For instance, I just told them pics of decor in reception. I didn't tell them to get the one thing I wanted the most...the brooches on the bride & groom chair. I trusted them too much and thought they would think I was neurotic telling them how to do their job! LOL!! But I should have :-)

I like Ro's idea! Defintiely do that! You can search Pinterest or google unique wedding photo pose images to see if there are any that you like.

Cha

CaseynMike · October 2012

Stole from my dad! this is the guideline he uses and will add on if the bride chooses too..

Photos During the Ceremony

• Interior of the church (or other wedding site) with guests
• Lighting of church candles
• Parents and other honored guests being escorted to seats
• Entrance of minister (or other officiant), groom, and groomsmen
• Minister, groom, and groomsmen waiting at altar
• Entrance of bridesmaids (escorted or unescorted)
• Entrance of flower girl and ring bearer
• Entrance of bride and father (or other escort)
• Father giving away bride
• Various shots during the ceremony (usually without flash and from the back of the church, from balcony, or best available vantage point)
• Telephoto close-ups of bride, groom, and officiant at altar
• Wide-angle shots of entire wedding party at altar
• Special moments (such as bride and groom facing one another, lighting of unity candle, vows, ring exchange, kiss, presentation of bride and groom to the guests as new husband and wife)
• The recessional (bride and groom walking back down aisle, groomsmen escorting bridesmaids down the aisle)

Formal Photos after the ceremony (see note below)
Various combinations and numbers of the following photographs are typical.

• Bride (several shots)
• Groom (several shots)
• Bride and groom (several shots)
• Bride, groom and minister (or other officiant)
• Bride with maid of honor
• Bride with bridesmaids
• Bride with flower girl
• Groom with best man
• Groom with groomsmen
• Groom with ring bearer
• Bride and groom with bridesmaids
• Bride and groom with groomsmen
• Bride and groom with maid of honor and best man
• Bride and groom with flower girl/ring bearer
• Bride and groom with entire wedding party (bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girl, ring bearer, ushers)
• Bride and groom with bride’s parents
• Bride and groom with groom’s parents
• Bride and groom with both sets of parents
• Bride and groom with bride’s extended family (grandparents, sisters and brothers, other special family members – various combinations are usually desired)
• Bride and groom with groom’s extended family (grandparents, sisters and brothers, other special family members – various combinations are usually desired)
• Bride and groom with any special friends/guests in attendance

Photos at the Reception

• Entrance of bride and groom
• Bride and groom being served or in food line
• Bride and groom at wedding party table
• Bride and groom during toasts (and those giving toasts)
• Bride and groom cutting the wedding cake
• Bride and groom feeding each other wedding cake
• Bride and groom first dance
• Other special dance moments (father/daughter, mother/son, etc.)
• Bouquet toss
• Garter removal/toss
• Bride and groom’s hands/rings (ring shot)
• Bride’s bouquet
• Parents and special guests at parent’s table (and other “table” shots, as appropriate, and as desired by the bride and groom)
• The gift table and guest book sign-in table
• The wedding cake
• Special decorative arrangements (florals, ice sculptures, etc.)
• Musicians and/or singers
• Candids of bride, groom, and family members/friends
• Candids of various guests, (as appropriate and as desired by the bride and groom)

MsAmeera25 · October 2012

My pics aren't up online anymore so I can't send a link. I have a facebook album but I can't access FB from work. If you need it I can post it later.

I made a list for my photographer with specific ppl that way no one is left out.

Bride with mom alone
Bride with sister or brother if you have one
Bride with dad alone
Bride with all of immediate family
Bride with each bridesmaid alone
Bride with all bridesmaid
Bride and Flower girl
All details (shoes, rings, hair piece, dress alone, hanger if you have one garter, gifts, programs, centerpieces, candy bar card box, sand ceremony DIY projects etc)

Bride putting on dress
Mom putting on bride's veil
Bride looking at herself in mirror
Bride putting on her shoes, and garter etc

I repeated the list for the groom.

Then I also had a list of any special family members..
Bride and god mom
Bride and favorite aunt
bride and cousins
**basically ppl who the photog may not know is important to you

I did Bride and groom with both moms
Bride with just moms
Groom with dads
Groom and his sisters
grooms family pics
Grooms VIP ppl his aunts, god parents maybe special friends etc

Grooms face as he sees bride for first time
Parents faces looking at the couple
Groomsmen and bridesmaids looking at the couple
Jumping the broom if you are doing this

First dance
special dances
Cake cutting
Cake alone
Table scape alone
Room empty
Menus
Monogram
Aisle Runner
Food served on plate or buffet set up
Picture of ppl dancing
Picture of the room with everyone in it.
I really loved details so any special detail you obsessed over have her take a pic of it. That's all I can think of off hand.

HTH