How to get
the BEST "getting ready" photos
by
Jennifer
Cram Brisbane Marriage Celebrant (23/07/2016)
Categories: | Wedding Planning |
Ensuring
that your 'getting ready' photos are fantastic requires
more than a photographer with skills and a good eye. It
requires some preparation on the part of the bridal
party. This is a perfect responsibility for the chief
bridesmaid or best man, depending on which half of the
bridal party we're talking about. And it only takes two
things....
1. The run-sheet for your wedding should specify
deadline for being ready is the photographer
arrival time, not the time your transport is due
to arrive.
Not being ready when the photographer arrives can have a
flow-on effect for the whole day (late leaving, late
arriving for the ceremony, late leaving the ceremony
eating into the post-ceremony photo session with the
family and the combined bridal party, or the cocktail
hour). And the rush and stress of knowing you're running
late can compromise the preparation photos. Instead of a
relaxed and radiant couple, stress will show in the
photos and could come across as less than joyful
anticipation.
2. Tidy up before the photographer arrives.
Dead drink cans, half-eaten sandwiches, discarded
clothing, damp towels, and the rest of the detritus of
hair, make-up, accessory packaging, open and
half-unpacked luggage, or what everyone was wearing
before getting changed do not make an elegant background
for the photos.
Ensure that well before the photographer arrives all
garbage is removed (and not into a visible and
overflowing waste-paper basket), everything is tidied
away (large closets in hotel suites are great for this)
so that the photographer is ready to start shooting
immediately on arrival. Otherwise you are paying for the
photographer to tidy up, or to wait around while you do
it.
A good tip is to pack a couple of garbage bags if you're
getting ready away from home. They can be discreetly put
in the bathroom or under the bed for the duration.
Thanks for reading!