Married Ladies - Photography Poll

kristinrotondo · February 2011

Hi all,

I'm moving on to details here, as the bigger things are getting wrapped up. (I feel so close to the wedding day - B2B, when I started coming on here, you were at about five months out and I was soooo envious of you - now you're a month away and I'M at five months. Crazy!) Anyway....

What's one of your FAVORITE wedding shots? One that you're SO SO glad you got and why do you love it so much? (PIP if possible.)

What's one shot you really wish you'd gotten but didn't?

Thanks!

LaRositaMonita · February 2011

I wish I had left just a little mre time for shots of the whole bridal party. Although I thought I had left plenty of time, we did wind up just a little rushed...

My fave was obviously the jumping on the bed. This was totally my photographer's idea.

Remember, though, that while a lot of photographers will appreciate you giving them one or two creative "Must-dos," by nature they will come armed with not only a thorough list of types of shots they will for sure take (details of everything about the day, portaits of you and DH from all kinds of crazy angles/poses), but will appreciate the freedom to grab the creative shots they see/notice throughout the day. Many of my favorite shots from my own wedding are not shots that were in any way planned, but shots my photographer saw an opportunity to take and leapt on. These included a shot of an iPhone self-portrait DH and I took, shots of some cool shadows that were making neat patterns on my dress and the walls at Normandy Farm, and a shot of my flower girl picking the flowers at our ceremony. I wouldn't necessarily have thought to ask for any of these shots, and clearly my photographer could never have planned them.

I also know that had I provided a long lost of "must-takes" beyond every iteration of family portrtais I knew my parents wanted, I would have at worst forced my photographer to focus on my "must-takes" rather than capturing candid fun moments happning throughout the day, and at best would have made him annoyed, because what better way is there to show I don't trust his talent/experitse than to demand a whole bunch of creative shots other photographers have already done?

Just my two cents...if there is something you see that you REALLY want, voice that opinion...but a list of 15-20 shots that other people have already done that you want too will only reduce the quality you get out of your photographer on your wedding day. Instead, let your photographer do their thing and get your own legendary and truly unique wedding shots

ooodsie · February 2011

Agreed - I actually had some "must takes" and my photog asked that I trust his judgement enough to capture his own pics and not go by a list. The only list he wanted were family pics, so they'd know who we needed in each photo.. but not a creative list. and that was fine - I am very happy with all of my pictures and don't feel I missed anything.

I do however wish I would have asked them to go around and take photos of each table, as I am missing a lot of 'guest' photos.. but I realize that by doing so, we probably would have missed key other photos that we got instead.

LaRositaMonita · February 2011

ooods, agreed on the typical photos of every table. In retrospect, these would have been boring, but I would have had a shot of every guest. To be fair, Doug actually asked me this VERY question during my wedding - were there shots of any other grups I wanted but didn't get - and I told him no because I wanted to get back to partying/dancing pretty badly. Lookin back on it now, I don't have a shot of all Colin's work buddies with him, or a shot of all our Vermont vacation buddies together, because neither group were really out on the dance floor. Ultimately, though, there are only so many hours on your reception...you need to prioritze how you use them

Amerbutt81 · February 2011

My favorite was of us on the roof with the silos:

there is actually a better picture of it, but I won't have access to it for another 5-6 weeks. ::rolls eyes::

I wish I had gotten more shots of Justin and I that were not so... posed. LIke my photographer took pictures of me practically sticking my hand down his pants, and if anyone knows us, that is not like us at all. I really wish they had let us be a little more natural around each other.

Bride_to_be_2011 · February 2011

haha I know right. I am SO excited and can't effing wait.

I can't wait to see all of my pics to see what my 'favorite shot' is.

luvdelilah · February 2011

We gave our photog a list of family pictures we wanted to take, as well as a few "must take" group shots. These were probably my least favorites of all our photos. The ones I love most were suggestions by our photographer on the big day. I think there is a link to his blog about our wedding in my siggy - my two favs were the far away group shot of us on the bridge and the funny group shot in front of the LOVE statue. Neither were planned in advance and I love that there's a bit of goofiness involved. Remember to go with the flow - you'll know what pictures you want to take that day.

Definitely ask them to take pictures of details during the day. There were so many things I didn't get to see (or don't remember as well) - the sushi table, the place card set-up, the centerpieces, the bouquets.. and its great to have a picture of those!

One pic I wish I had but didn't take was with my grandmother. I should have made myself a list of people I wanted a non-posed formal picture with!

miguelhilary2010 · February 2011

One of my favorite pics that I asked the photog to take is us in our reception room alone. I wanted to be alone with H, see the room (because I'm a control freak), and get a pic with all the details untouched. We got some pics of us dancing in there alone too.

LadyJ10 · February 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_married-ladies-photography-poll?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:105Discussion:fc6828fe-44d7-4227-b016-3547aeae8481Post:e8ccbdb5-6daf-4f6a-8169-20914befbd98">Re: Married Ladies - Photography Poll</a>:
[QUOTE]Agreed - I actually had some "must takes" and my photog asked that I trust his judgement enough to capture his own pics and not go by a list. The only list he wanted were family pics, so they'd know who we needed in each photo.. but not a creative list. and that was fine - I am very happy with all of my pictures and don't feel I missed anything. <strong>I do however wish I would have asked them to go around and take photos of each table, as I am missing a lot of 'guest' photos..</strong> but I realize that by doing so, we probably would have missed key other photos that we got instead.
Posted by ooodsie[/QUOTE]

Everything Ooodsie said, especially the part in bold. I really wish we had pictures of each table, and maybe even of the two of us with each table. Granted during dinner there wasn't much time to eat anyway, but it would have been nice.

kristinrotondo · February 2011

Thanks, all!

I am actually committed to only a handful of posed shots of the wedding party and some formal family shots, but otherwise, I'm hoping to let the photographer do her thing. It looks like a lot of people like the each-table shots, so I'll ask her what she thinks. We'll probably only have about ten tables (and that's stretching it), so that shouldn't be tough. Lots to think about.

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