No "getting ready" photos

Re: No "getting ready" photos

• LisaMat2011 member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I will absolutely do getting ready shots, for myself, and for my FH

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• fallbride1109 member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  If you're not comfortable with them, don't do them.  None of mine blew me away but I'm glad I did them.  They are a good opportunity to get shots of that pre-wedding excitement you experience--I have seen some that have brought tears to my eyes.  But I don't think not having them is the end of the world.

  Planning the Meal
  With All the Trimmings
  

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• atomicphoto member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  From a photographers perspective: The getting ready photos are less about you "getting ready" and more about the excitement prior to the ceremony and the emotion exchanged between the bride and her mother/grandmother/bridesmaids/etc.. 

  
  

  Even if you just do a half hour of getting ready photos, and you can always put your dress on and have your photographer start shooting as someone closes up the dress. No need for photos of you in your naughties

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• trich101

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I only had my friends take them, and honestly I think they are my favorite pictures of all. Its mostly just us laughing doing silly things, throwing fits because I couldnt get my bracelet to snap and I refused help. Lots of tounges sticking out and lots of laughs. I think it make getting ready less stressful but I still have the pictures.

  

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• RailWayWife member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I suggest you have a friend take them. Whats the harm in it? Then at least you have the pictures

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• mr&mrsoverton

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I agree, at least have a friend take some, and if you don't want them, no big deal, but at least you have them.  My photographer did not take any of me getting ready,  and I wanted them and it's one of the things that I'll miss seeing in my album.

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• Tanq&Tonic

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I am glad I had them taken.  I look terrible in most, but it was so much fun for DH and I to sit and look at each others' getting ready photos so that we had a view of what the other person went through before our first look.  They don't need to be pro photos, but it's nice to have something captured.

  

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• vexie member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I had them... only because they were included in my package.  They turned out nice and all but I'll never frame them and hang them up so I wouldn't have paid extra for them if I had the choice.

  84 73 11 Wedding date: June 11, 2011

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• hthrlarson9

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  i would take them...we had the photographer come in at certain points...he/she doesnt have to come in while ur butttt naked..lol....have the photographer come in towards the end...or just some makeup/hair/shoe shots

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• calibrican member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  Thanks everyone!

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• aaschoeffler member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I have been having the same thoughts! I know that I would never frame the getting-ready shots, but the more I think about it, I might enjoy looking at them 25 years from now and remembering those moments. So basically I could go either way . Maybe I'll do what some have suggested and just have my friends take photos. I would say, if it saves you money/hassle and you don't care about the photos that much, just have your friends shoot them. 

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• mrsmendi

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I wasn't going to do getting ready pics either, but then I decided to just have the photographer meet us at the last minute to take pictures of my BM's corsetting, putting my garter on, etc.  And, he was able to get a picture of my veil, shoes, close up before they were on.  These pictures are some of my favorites and capture alot of great emotion.  If you look at wedding blogs, these pictures are always some of the best.  I really recommend it.

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• laurenes

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I took getting ready shots, but they weren't from the very beginning I was getting ready. As my photographers put it - the first brush of make-up shot never makes it in the wedding album. They didn't come until closer to the end, to get a few shots of my makeup when it was almost done and a few photos of my mom lacing my dress. A lot of the getting ready shots weren't even of us half in makeup, but pictures of the shoes, the dress hanging up by the window, etc. It's a great time for them to take all of those little detail shots - you don't want them taking photos of your rings and programs when you've already started the ceremony. Our female photographer shot w/ me and my girls, and our male photographer shot the guys.
  
  Frankly though, my modesty had completely flown the coop after various wedding dress fittings, etc, so I wasn't too concerned on that front. I really liked having a few very nicely done shots of us getting ready beforehand, but do what makes you comfortable (physically and financially - having photographers there earlier can cost money if you have to add more camera time to your photo contract).

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• monique026

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I have a DSLR camera myself, so I had my bridesmaids take pictures of us at the salon and me getting into my dress at home (since the photographer was late and missed that part -_-   ) and I was happy with those, I loved having them in my book to "tel lthe story" of the day

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