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Wedding ring photo etiquette

KaoruyogiKaoruyogi member
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Hey, this is the first question I couldn't find an answer to... You guys are so thorough!! We're doing the bulk of our wedding photos before the ceremony on the beach, and I don't know if we're supposed to wear our wedding bands during that shoot! I mean they are supposed to be our wedding pictures and people aren't necessarily supposed to know the order in which we took them...So... I personally want to wear them, but my fiance thinks since we haven't exchanged them officially yet that we're not supposed to.

So what do I do??

Sincerely,
And deeply confused (hahaha)
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  • StephBeanWed61502StephBeanWed61502 member
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    Short answer - whatever you want.  Seriously, in most of the pics, the photog is going to be too zoomed out to even be able to tell who is or isn't wearing rings.  Traditionally, the bride and groom shouldn't wear their rings before the actual ceremony, but it's not like anything bad will happen to you if you do (one caveat to this - if you are getting married within a particular religion, make sure that religion allows for this).  I have definitely heard of/seen brides and groom who take pictures pre-ceremony wearing their rings.

    However, if your FI is really set on not wearing his before the ceremony, a compromise you could make would be to take the pics pre-ceremony with no rings, get all of the bridal party/family/etc. type pictures out of the way then, and then take a few of just the two of you with your rings on after the ceremony.  
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  • vexievexie member
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    We also did the bulk of our photos before the ceremony and we fully intended to wear our rings during the shoot.... but completely forgot!!   It was really no big deal as the majority of photos didn't even show our hands.  I was wearing my engagement ring on my left hand so you could see that in a few.  There is only one picture where you can see his hand that I wish he was wearing his ring... we're going to see if our photographer can photoshop a ring onto that one :)

    Maybe just ask the photographer to get a closeup of the hands after the ceremony?
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  • fallbride1109fallbride1109 member
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    edited March 2012

    Our wedding album was in the order of the day, so to me it wasn't weird that we weren't wearing our rings since it was clear we did a first look before the ceremony.  I never gave it a second thought.  I did wear my engagement ring though.

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  • jmichlikjmichlik member
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    We took our pictures before the ceremony and did not wear wedding rings - we felt weird about putting them on early. I think there is only one picture that is close enough that you can tell, and no one has ever commented on it so I don't think anyone noticed or cared. Do whatever is comfortable for you.
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  • KaoruyogiKaoruyogi member
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    Thank you all! My MOH and my FH and I talked about it and since the bulk of our photos will be before we're gonna wear the rings. It just feels better and we won't have to deal with everything chronologically when we do our photo book. I very much appreciate all of your input!
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