Wedding Photos

Family took all the photos at our wedding and I love them all. I like seeing things through their eyes, what they thought was important enough to photograph, and the candid shots they got of me and my husband.

If I had to do it again the only thing I would change is probably give each person a camera so I could have even more pictures!

I hated my wedding pics. I told the photographer I liked candids, he took that to mean I wanted pics of all the guests as they arrived. Blah!

Scout out your venue. Find places you'd like photos taken. Have a list of traditional poses you'd like and go over them. Look through his portfolio and see if there are wild and wacky photos you like. If he doesn't have any really great "candids" I would say he's probably not the photographer for you.

Also, keep in mind the temperature and position of the sun at the time of photos. If you have a great location in mind, but the sun will be shining in your eyes and you'll be sweating bullets, your photos will not turn out quite so grand.

Have options. Give your photographer enough guidance to know how to make you happy, but enough leeway to be creative. The creative shots are usually where the magic is, but you want those traditional shots, too.

Good luck.

My brother is a talented photographer, though not professionally, and he has a good camera. We asked him to take our photos as his gift to us. It worked out awesome! He got great candid shots. We did a few posed photos after the ceremony of the families and bridal party. While the wedding itself wasn't casual, the picture-taking was. And I loved that, because no one was standing around for hours while every single pose in the world was taken. We only took the pictures that we knew we would want (pictures of us together with my family and us together with his family - I didn't need random poses of me with my mom and sister or him with his dad). I wanted pictures that captured what actually happened that day vs. very staged formal portraits.

And most importantly, I wanted to be able to enjoy my wedding without missing half of it to take pictures.

I have a friend who's hobby is photography. As soon as she knew we were getting married she wanted to do the pictures. My god they were amazing. At my first wedding we had a professional. There are X, Y and Z that must be taken cause everyone wants those pictures. Well he was so focused on what must be taken he didn't concern himself with what could be taken.

Sue on the other hand was taking pictures for her friend. Some of my favorite pictures were her oh that is so cute or you will love this. Like one where we were in the room waiting for the wedding to start and my younger daughter needed her hair fixed. So I had my flowers on my lap and I am fixing her hair, it was soooo cute. There is also the one that is my profile picture here where Troy is jumping and I am laughing at him. I couldn't jump because of my knee surgery.

Anyway I will find my post where I posted the link to all my pictures if you would like to look at them. She was not a professional, she was better. :)

http://www.mamapedia.com/questions/1136351168121929729

At my wedding I had the photographer take pictures of each table while folks were eating. Yes, their meal was interrupted as they had to get up and pose for the picture, but you got a photo of everyone who attended. Might be a slight inconvenience for your guests, but great for you to have. My sister did not do this, as she didn't want to bother her guests while they ate, but I feel her book is incomplete, personally.

Also, my brother-in-law and his wife (from San Francisco) had their photographer come in the morning of their wedding day and they took pictures all day around SF until their wedding later in the day. They didn't mind seeing each other before the "big moment" in the church, and did a really cool thing on an outside staircase where he saw her in her dress for the first time. They then took a rented bus all over the city to their favorite places (beach with bridge in back was the best plus lots of other really cool places). Their pictures turned out phenominal. If you can afford it, I'd go for this.

Bruer Photography in Washington IL is amazing. They spend time with you before to find out what you need and want and make sure they get those pics on the day. They also spend time with you for engagement photos so they learn your personality before hand.

They are a family business that shoot as couples so you don't just get one perspective from one person, you get a husband and wife shooting your special day which will capture it perfectly. So take that in to consideration when you get pricing (is it for 1 photographer or 2?).

Congrats! and check them out! They will travel to you if needed too!

I like my photos, However I wish we would have been more prepared. By the time we were done, most of the people had left the reception. And I didn't get one picture with just me and my bridesmaid. I would have all of the photos of the two different parties done before the wedding and then with guys and girls quickly done after words. Also, I wish I would have looked at other wedding pictures so I could have known of more poses I would have liked to have had.

I know a photographer and she is wonderful! stephmphoto.com :)

I got married 5 years ago and I loved my photographs and my photographer. His name is Bryan Swisher. If you google it, it will come up. I can't find a card anymore. He was resonabbly priced and listened to us. He took a lot of candid shots but also did the traditional photos too. The turn around was very quick as well and everyone could order online. I have recommended him to friends and they loved him too.

I LOOOOVED our photographer Her Name is Rebecca McDonald, B Fresh Photography, she was creative, patient and cared about what we wanted, she got candid shots and posed, I couldn't have asked for a better photographer.

I hated my wedding photos. It was a sign of bad things to come lol. He wouldn't "allow" me to wear make up and was so controlling. I looked like hell in our photos and the hair stylist didn't do my hair the way I wanted to so my hair was poofy and frizzy. Ugh, they look horrible. The quality of them is awesome, my uncle Kim took them (he's a photographer) and the quality was beautiful but I looked so yuck that I just couldn't stand them, really my own fault for putting up with him. If I get married again I will have my uncle do the photography again and have my make-up and hair done before hand as a test run so I don't get stuck looking horrid on my wedding day :) and obviously will never marry a controlling jerk again.

I wished I wouldn't have spent as much on the wedding and the photo's. We've been through alot of hardship in our 16 years together and looking back, I wish we would have put the majority of the money in savings. Have a wonderful life....!