Bridal Portraits Poll

kikibaby

I briefly thought about doing these, but I'm thinking now that they're kinda lame.  What's your opinion?

MissLeahM

Isn't that what 'before' pictures are for?

laurenclaire1386

I voted lame.  But I might be wrong on what a bridal portrait session is. In my mind, it's when you get all dressed up in your wedding gear at some point before the wedding and have your picture made. Is that right? If I have that right, then my vote is still really lame.

Brie2010

Lame.

I don't get it for the same reason I don't get TTD shoots.  I want pictures of me on my WEDDING DAY.  I don't want re-enactments.  It's weird.

kikibaby

lauren- that's exactly what they are.

ETA: I love that you said 'have your picture made'- I totally giggled.  It sounds so old timey.

opalsky007

The only point of doing them in the past was to be able to display/hand out photos of the bride at the reception. Which to me is really weird and AW-ish. Never been a fan.

kikibaby

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[QUOTE]The only point of doing them in the past was to be able to display/hand out photos of the bride at the reception. Which to me is really weird and AW-ish. Never been a fan.
Posted by opalsky007[/QUOTE]

WHHHHAAAA?  People do/did this?  Do they autograph them first, like a head shot?  Fascinating/frightening.

opalsky007

It used to be a tradition in parts of the South, kiki. One that's thankfully dying out, I think.

But one of the last weddings I went to did have a giant picture of the bride at the entrance to the reception hall. And not a flattering one either, IMO.

sarahmk5

It's just weird to me.  It you want some beauty shots, get them on the day off.  And I wouldn't want to get a picture of the bride at the reception - creeepy.

JessAndTrav

I did them, but...

#1. They were free.
#2. DH wanted me to have them done.

I voted indifferent. I didn't really care.

vallyhoo

Über lame. I am not doing them or a TTD session.

kikibaby

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[QUOTE]It used to be a tradition in parts of the South, kiki. One that's thankfully dying out, I think. But one of the last weddings I went to did have a giant picture of the bride at the entrance to the reception hall. And not a flattering one either, IMO.
Posted by opalsky007[/QUOTE]

This would make me feel like I was going to a funeral.

I have to admit, I kinda like TTD's, but I definitely won't do it.  I've seen some great pic's though.

[Deleted User]

Lame. 

I kinda want my wedding pictures to have both H and I in them not just 1000 pictures of me.  Besides, that's exactly what wedding pictures are.

laurenclaire1386

Hah, Kiki, I didn't even think about it. But that's exactly what my grandparents and parents say.

Also, I'm against e-pics for the same reason. I don't care for reenactment photos. When FI proposed, we were with a bunch of friends and someone was thoughtful enough to take pictures as FI was proposing and right after. I consider those my e-pics because they were taken when I got engaged.

opalsky007

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bridal Portraits Poll : This would make me feel like I was going to a funeral. I have to admit, I kinda like TTD's, but I definitely won't do it.  I've seen some great pic's though.
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

Ha, I didn't even think about that. But yeah, it was definitely weird.

SarahPLiz

I voted Lame. I want all the time I can to get small enough to fit in my dress. There may even be a sauna session the day before  THe idea of paying for hair and makeup and risking messing up my dress.. and then having to stay the same size for weeks afterwards until my wedding is just not appealing.

I know lots of people who did them (in the south of course), and some of them were flat out awesome.. but if you are just standing in a gazebo in your dress.. I don't get it.

georgia_bride09

I HAD bridal portraits, and I still vote lame. They were part of my package, and we got rained out twice and ended up doing them a month after the wedding. I hated having to go get my hair done again (my stylist did it for free, thankfully), and my dress was already on the tight side, and my husband had to be there to get me in it, bless his heart. My mom made me a silk bouquet so I didn't have to drop $100 on that. My current FB profile pic is a bridal shot. That's one of the few I like.

ac_in_dc

Meh. I voted indifferent.

They're kind of old-fashioned. And they're a regional tradition in most parts of the south.

I think it's kind of oddwhen I walk in to someone's house and they're 30 years old and they have a bridal portrait hanging in the living room.

On the other hand, though, I have the old ones that belong to my mom and grandma and I *love* having them. So maybe it's something you do for posterity.

kikibaby

Good point, AC.  It probably is something the grandkids would appreciate someday.

kate51485

Lame and kind of weird.

danieliza1127

I think it's weird, but I do understand that they're a southern tradition.  I just find the tradition of doing bridal portraits and then displaying a big one at the reception or in your home really weird.  You'll have pictures of you by yourself on your actual wedding day, so I don't really see the point of doing it before.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I never saw the point of them. If you display them at your reception, that's really lame. But then I remembered that I LOVED looking through the Sunday paper at the wedding section when I was younger and I especially loved seeing the announcements with pictures. And that's what a bridal portrait is technically for, I guess.

Then again, you can do the same with engagement pictures, and I didn't even get those.

ZRex

I think it depends on your culture.  I know a lot of Pakistanis that have TONS of pictures done of the bride, but usually they are still done the day of the wedding.  The more I think about it, the more I think that a couple of nice ones from the actual wedding would do the job.

crfische

They are effing ridiculous.

georgia_bride09

I would like to add that if I ever have a bridal portrait on display in my home, it'll be an 8x10 in the bedroom or something, not a 20x30 canvas over the living room fireplace. In all reality, I'll be doing good to print out 5x7's for an album.

shellydiane820

I'm indifferent.

I probably wouldn't be doing them except a couple of my vendors asked me to do a session for promo stuff.

doolittlebride

Personally, I love the idea.  I want a "test" run of my hair and make up, why not get into the dress, too?  I have friends that a) had a rainy wedding day and wanted to do photos to make up for not being able to go outside and b) had crappy locations for the wedding day due to budget and chose to have bridals done at a pretty park or cool location.

I think the term TTD will go away and Day After Session will become more accepted.  I'm thining about it just in case of bad weather.