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Bride and groom seeing each other before the ceremony? |
What are your thoughts on the bride and groom seeing each other before the wedding? The reason I'm considering doing this is because I want to get a lot of pictures taken of the two of us and don't want the photography time to be too long between the ceremony and reception, therefore the time before the ceremony could get a lot of the pictures out of the way... Is there a story behind this "tradition" of waiting to see each other at the ceremony? Yep, it comes from the times of arranged marriages. They were afraid that if the groom saw the bride before the wedding, he might back out at the last minute. If you're not worried about that, go ahead and do the pictures before. If you want to be a little more tradition, do your side of the family and his side of the family before the wedding. Do the combined family and couple shots before the reception. Best wishes! i have seen it done many times and the couples were really happy with the pictures. personally, i would not give up seeing the look on my husband's face as i walked down the aisle, it was so wonderful. it is hard to manage time to take pictures after the ceremony and before the reception. you do not want to leave them waiting for TOO long. so if it's not an important tradition to be apart until the wedding ceremony, i say take as many pictures as you want. your day is all about making memories, the more pics the better in my book. i guess i see it both ways, keeping that moment special, but also having lots of great pictures. do what feels right for you. Tons of people do that nowadays. My fiance and I are getting married in two weeks, and we find ourselves wondering if we want to wait to see each other or do the pictures ahead of time. That's really what it comes down to. We are leaning towards doing the pictures after just so that the moment when I walk down the aisle will be the first time he sees me. For us, there is a certain magic in this. But honestly, if it wasn't for this, I'd be all about doing my photos ahead of time. It gets them out of the way while you both look fresh and new, and then you get to spend more time during the cocktail hour with your guests. There's no wrong way to do it though. Enjoy and good luck! I agree with Christina V. The sight of your future husband seeing you for the first time as a bride is something you don't want to miss. We saw each other before the ceremony for the exact reason you mentioned. Our ceremony was at 3, would end around 3:45, would take 30 min to get to the reception, which started at 5. I did not want to miss any part of my reception. I wanted to spend as much time as possible with my guests. so we took most of our posed pictures right before the ceremony, at a really nice park-like area. I think it was also nice to be able to see each other for the first time in a semi-private moment instead of in front of our 130 guests. plus, it's stressful/exciting enough walking down the aisle, you don't need that extra "seeing each other for the first time" to make it special. we kind of re-created that moment when we saw each other beforehand. I was upstairs, and he was on the deck in our backyard. To get there, I walked down the stairs, through our dining room and out the back door - our parents and bridal party were waiting in the dining room to watch, so it was like I was walking down the aisle. and it was a great photo op, and a very nice, quiet moment to share - it was nice to reflect a bit without a priest standing in front of us! AND we were were able to get to our reception right as it started - believe me you will need all the time you can to mingle with your guests. plus, if you are having appetizers, you want to get there to enjoy them :) I have seen weddings where they they took the pictures before and after the ceremony. Have the photographer take all the pictures that the groom and bride are separated in before the ceremony. Like the pictures of the bride/bridemaids and the groom/groomsmen, bridemaids/groomsmen. Him and his family, you and your family.See what Im saying? After the ceremony take the 'together' pictures. That way you can cut down on the time it takes after the ceremony and still have your 'first glance down the aisle' moment. Plus the smiles on your faces will be happier after the walk down the aisle. And have a complete checklist of every single picture you want before the photographer starts so you can just go down the list and don't have to do the 'have we taken this group picture yet' thing. We are seeing eachother before the ceremony as well, for the same reasons. You will still see that look on your hubby's face when he sees you for the first time, and nothing - even seeing you before hand - will take away the feeling you both will have walking toward eachother. We are doing it so we could cut out the cocktail hour and go straight to dinner (our ceremony is already at 5:30 pm) and we are taking a boat across the lake to get to the reception site, so it just works out better. Good luck, and congratulations! |
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