A wedding is a grandiose and exciting event. Capturing bright episodes, moments of the solemn creation of a new family, sparks of endless love, the dynamics of events - this is an integral part of the holiday. After all, you will watch these images more than once on cozy family evenings, remember events with your parents and friends, and show them to your children. This is part of your family's history. Therefore, wedding photography of the newlyweds is one of the key moments in the overall organization of the wedding event, as important as the painting, banquet and entertainment program.
Wedding photography of newlyweds
It’s better not to skimp on a photo shoot and invite a talented photographer who is guaranteed to create high-quality professional photographs, suggest subjects and style, and take into account your own ideas for wedding photo sessions.
A few tips for choosing a wedding photographer will help you:
- Chat with at least two candidates and choose the one who shows sincere interest, asks questions about the time of the wedding, place of celebration, theme, and listens carefully to your wishes.
- Check out the portfolio first - it will be clear what artistic style the photographer works in, what his professional level is, and how he knows how to model the best poses for a wedding photo shoot.
- Pay attention to the technical equipment.
Wedding selfie is one of the most popular photosets nowadays. You can play it creatively and coolly. But such photos, most likely, will only be included in the collection of your smart gallery, since taking high-quality photographs that can be used for a wedding photo album is not an easy thing. This requires not only high technical capabilities of the gadget, but also skills.
Wedding photoalbum
If the wedding is celebrated in a certain style - nautical, gangster, fairy-tale, thematic wedding photo sessions are held, including relevant episodes, for example, young people in a boat, in a mysterious forest against the backdrop of a hut, with multi-colored smoke bombs.
Be sure to prepare accessories for your wedding photo shoot. Photo props can include small items, for example, mustaches, glasses, crowns, hats attached to skewers, which guests put on their faces during a photo shoot, as well as wardrobe items: knight's cloaks, fairy caps, boas, helium balloons, signs with inscriptions and etc.
Wedding signs with inscriptions
Large, flat cars cut out of PVC, houses with cut-out windows, boats, thrones, and items that match the theme of the wedding will definitely create an ambiance and allow guests to relax and improvise. A specially organized “free” photo zone or photo booth for a wedding with a set of backgrounds and photo accessories will allow you to take stunning and memorable photographs of guests at the wedding, and will also provide guests with an interesting pastime while the newlyweds are busy with a personal photo shoot with a photographer.
As a place for a photo zone, you can choose a football field, an ice skating rink, a forest, the shore of a reservoir, or an amusement park. Chic summer wedding photography can take place in a botanical garden or during an evening cruise on a yacht.
Photos from a summer wedding
Decor of outfits
The style in question would not be so popular if all its variety were limited only to open and closed tops.
Nowadays, dresses have begun to be decorated with various elements, which can also be combined with each other. Every year, fashion designers offer new ideas to make everyone look like a real princess and at the same time maintain her individuality.
Lace
Lace is considered the most exquisite addition to the decoration of a wedding dress - incredibly delicate and romantic. This luxurious openwork material usually adorns the top, such as the sleeves, bodice or back, but sometimes also the skirt itself.
With a train at the back
Another chic detail in long ball gowns is the train; it looks very stylish in curvy models. The graceful hem can be embroidered with all kinds of stones or interesting embroidery; with it you will definitely make a real splash.
Applications
This is a decor that is sewn onto an outfit, in the form of an image consisting of one or more elements:
- sequins;
- openwork embroidery;
- patterns;
- ribbons
The applique is original and fashionable, with it you will definitely not go unnoticed on your wedding day.
With rocks
Such options are decorated with various beautiful stones, both expensive and cheap:
- precious (diamonds, rough diamonds, emeralds, pearls) and semi-precious (topaz, peridot, rock crystal, aquamarine);
- Swarovski crystals;
- beads;
- rhinestones.
Pebbles and sparkles shimmer beautifully in the sun and play with different colors, it looks very bright and magical. In addition, this is a new trend in wedding fashion.
Shuttlecocks
A flounced skirt is a relatively new trend. It looks very interesting and is perfect for a summer bride’s look, where flowing multi-layered dresses and airy flowing fabrics are so popular.
Flounces are made from thick silk combined with transparent nylon or light organza. The hem is often decorated with embroidery, sequins, or sewn in a different color than the bodice.
Romantic wedding photos
The most beautiful wedding photos are taken in natural light a couple of hours before sunset. By choosing the right angle, a professional photographer can create a stunning and enchanting effect. One of the touching and exciting photo sets that conveys the romantic relationship of lovers is staged wedding photos at sunset. For beautiful and effective photographs, you will need the help of a professional who will build the picture in the ideal combination of the pose of the young people and the play of light and shadows.
A wedding walk can also turn into a series of various photo frames, the beauty of which is that ideas will simply come on the fly.
As a rule, these are unusual objects, beautiful places, relaxing natural surroundings that will become the impetus for creating unique exclusive moments.
To give your photos a special touch, look in advance for beautiful places for a wedding photo shoot, stock up on equipment, for example, hanging swings, skateboards, fake oars; in winter, you can use snowboards, sleighs, and bright fur capes. Even in gray and slushy weather, bright accents, such as huge contrasting umbrellas , balls, and garlands, will help to enliven your shots.
Balloons at a wedding
Registration
No matter where the registration takes place, it is important to capture this moment. Advice from professional photographers: look into each other's eyes, be yourself, enjoy the moment. Then the photos will turn out alive and sensual. At the exit registration, be sure to pay attention to the bride before going to the altar. To demonstrate her figure, it is worth taking a full-length profile photo. Important: the bride’s posture must be impeccable. Hold hands during your wedding photo shoot. After you become husband and wife, have a photographer take a close-up shot of your rings. And, of course, kissing at the altar is the best pose for a wedding photo shoot during registration.
Funny wedding photos
A wedding is about fun, so the most valuable photos are those taken spontaneously posing with humor and creativity. Even ordinary interior items can be used in a non-standard way. For example, effects with mirrors look very fun - by shooting reflections from different angles, if you have some imagination, you can get exclusive photos with a fun twist. Cool wedding photos of the bride and groom will be taken on the playground, for example, when the newlyweds look out from different houses , or slide down the slide. Why not? After all, a wedding is the entry into a new adult and responsible life, so why can’t you remember your childhood?
Photos with shadows look unusual. These could be scenes where young people are photographed behind curtains or a large umbrella, lit from the back. Photos of the newlyweds wearing masks, for example in the style of Shrek, against the backdrop of the guests acting out their amazement, look positive and cool It is interesting and unusual to use wedding frames of different sizes and shapes, large glasses. By the way, reflection in glasses is another creative and fun photo idea.
Cool photos from the wedding - photo zone
If a photo zone for a wedding has been prepared in advance, you can order and print a huge banner with the image of a raptor or transforming robots chasing on the heels. To do this, you need space so that the bride and groom, and maybe the guests, can pretend that they are running away from monsters.
An interesting solution may be where the young are represented as giants against the backdrop of witnesses and friends. To do this, you need to build a pyramid on which the newlyweds would climb, and the clothes should reach the floor. The guests stand nearby and look up at the bride and groom.
Interesting episodes when the groom holds the bride in his arms, and next to it is the same photo, but with the groom in the arms of the bride, especially if the girl is very fragile and the groom is large
To do this, it is not at all necessary to lift it, the fulcrum can be a table or the hands of comrades, which in the photo can be covered with correctly positioned mirrors. The option when a large bride holds her more graceful groom in her arms is no less funny. The funny thing is that everything can be natural here, without tricks - the lady simply lifts her betrothed for a moment to get a shot.
A cup of coffee
And the joint gathering of the bride and groom for the wedding can also be played out very expressively by coming up with key moments. For example, a frantic search for the groom's socks (and why not prepare for the realities of living together), the bride in a wedding dress, and the husband still in his dressing gown with a cup of coffee, or vice versa.
As you can see, there are as many options for creating fun moments as your imagination allows. Just remember that cool and funny photos are not the same as vulgar ones. Sometimes you get shots in which the bride and groom look not just funny, but very unsightly. Be careful not to provoke such photo episodes with your behavior, otherwise you can end up not only in the top of the funniest and most unsuccessful wedding photos, but also become openly the subject of ridicule from ill-wishers.
What are there
Open top models
Most popular among brides. There are a huge number of them in wedding salons and they are very good for warm summer weddings, and as everyone knows, this is the most popular season.
These are suitable only for thin newlyweds with clear skin - without acne, bruises and scars.
Corset with neckline and open shoulders
Most often, the top of the dress consists of a heart-shaped corset or a V-neck. Models where the bodice is decorated with translucent fabric look less revealing.
Backless
Another bold option for those who like to show off their figure in all its glory. In this case, the bodice should be solid, but the back neckline should be absolutely any: small, up to the waist, or visible through transparent wedding fabric.
The large bow, lace and pearls on the back look very solemn.
On straps
You can cover your shoulders a little with the help of straps, which are:
- large;
- average;
- and very thin.
Please note that thin ones are the most fashionable.
Closed options
For girls who want to add a little modesty and restraint to their image, there are also models that will have a closed top. They come with a low neckline without a neckline or with a collar.
An excellent solution for winter weddings and weddings.
With sleeves
This, at first glance, ordinary detail can change a dress beyond recognition, giving it mystery and zest.
Sleeves in lush dresses vary in length and shape, but most often you can find tight-fitting ones made of transparent material or lace in combination with dropped shoulders, a deep collar, an open back or neckline.
Wedding Photography Styles
The art of photography has reached such heights when it is possible to achieve stunning effects using various lighting techniques and subsequent processing of frames using special programs.
Modern design of wedding photographs is a complex of shooting methods and stylistics, which, when combined, produce exclusive and unique photographs. Our grandmothers never dreamed of such diversity, because in past times only classic photographs were taken in a photo studio. Now newlyweds have the opportunity to show all their imagination and take not only beautiful wedding photos in the registry office, but also creative, liberated shots, and not amateur, but professional ones.
A stylish wedding photo on canvas will look gorgeous - it can be the newlyweds in a classic posing, with their parents.
Press wall for a wedding
Staged and reportage photo sets are the main classification of styles in which photographers work. Often, artist-photographers combine these styles. Along with ceremonial staged photos after painting, against the backdrop of a wedding press wall, nature, or using an equipped photo zone, creative specialists offer photographs in a natural setting without posing. This is where the artist’s talent and ability to catch a successful shot in terms of plot and art are captured.
The Love story style offers a photo shoot set in certain conditions - newlyweds on the river bank, for example. They just look at the waves , communicate, fool around, and the photographer takes good shots.
Fashion style is popular - a series of stories captured in photographs, where the frames look shot randomly, but a prolonged plot can be traced.
Wedding on the river bank
First dance
It is unlikely that you will be able to specifically pose for the photographer during the first dance. But you can tell the photographer in advance what style your dance will be in and at what moments you will get the most successful shots. For example, when you perform a complex lift or other beautiful dance move. The main rule for a photo shoot during a dance: the couple should look dynamic, smile at the guests and the photographer. Here are the poses that usually look best:
- The bride and groom are dancing a waltz, their hands are directed towards the photographer.
- Shot of a dancing couple from above (from a balcony or stage).
- A shot of the bride's dress fluttering as she dances.
- The groom spins the bride.
- A photo of a couple being showered with rose petals, confetti or balloons.
- The groom bends the bride over.
- Unusual supports.
- Curtsy of the bride and bow of the groom.
Using Techniques
But original and creative wedding photographs are obtained by using techniques that involve not only the shooting method itself, but also subsequent processing in graphic photo programs with the application of special filters. This allows you to achieve memorable effects. For example, take just black and white wedding photographs. Boring and last century - you say? Nothing like it! This style is in the design trend and is also played up with special effects.
Black and white wedding photos
If earlier it was possible to add one accent color , which already enhanced the perception of the frame, now it is possible to leave key objects completely in full color, and do everything else in classic shades of white and gray. Retouching, watercolors, mosaics, overexposed and hyper-surreal shots - everything is at the mercy of staging, special effects and skill.
In addition to joint photographs, individual photo sets are becoming popular, which convey the mood and charisma of the personality of one of the spouses
These can be episodes from everyday life, relationships with parents, communication with friends, shots conveying reflections, thoughts, contemplation, secret desires and dreams.
Let's think together about how we can beautifully and vividly convey the moods of the main characters of a wedding extravaganza by stopping and recording moments from their lives.
Space for creativity
When creating a moodboard, you don’t need to think that on your wedding day you will strictly adhere to these references. This is your wedding, not a commercial shoot with a clear technical specification. Give yourself and the photographer space for spontaneity and creativity.
Ideas for beautiful wedding photos of the bride
One of the touching and impressive photo sessions is the morning of the bride before the wedding. What is important here is naturalness, the ability to create a lively and beautiful image of the bride. Captured situations, moments, episodes should not smack of posing, as they will look insincere. What can you think of:
- Shots of the bride standing in anticipation of a new and happy life, admiring the beauty from the window, thinking and indulging in dreams. There may be a white rose or even a banal cup of coffee in your hands. The look is full of hope, love and anticipation of meeting your loved one.
- An episode of admiring a wedding dress, “preening” in the mirror, looking at your parents’ wedding album, your children’s photos, or shots with the groom – undoubtedly evokes only the most touching and positive notes.
- Pictures with children's toys that witnessed her happiness and mascots of a new happy stage in life.
- It’s good form to take wedding photos with your parents. They are appropriate not only at the time of marriage and celebration, but in a cozy home environment immediately before painting. The photographer will certainly give the bride the opportunity to communicate with her mom and dad alone, without giving away her presence and taking the most unique shots of live human communication between generations, parting words, blessings and gratitude.
- Delicate wedding photographs in summer can be taken against the backdrop of nature, among dense rose bushes, in a field surrounded by daisies, cornflowers and buttercups. You can photograph the bride running across the field towards the sun and happiness. Spring shots look very romantic among lilac flowers or under blooming fruit trees.
- Shots with bridesmaids who actively and efficiently help the bride to get ready - some with advice, and some with action, for example, lace up a corset, put on a veil, touch up makeup. At the same time, it is important to capture not only everyday life. For example, “a beauty on parade” - the bridesmaids unanimously take hold of the bride’s veil, spreading it to the sides. This shot is very effective when viewed from above.
- Bridesmaids who formed a circle with flowers around the main hero of the occasion. You can give each girl a large white petal, and the bride a yellow circle, symbolizing a lucky “daisy”, a photo of which can be taken from below.
- Cool wedding photos from the back look very impressive if the girl’s dress has a deep neckline with an almost open back. The photo can be taken in front of a mirror.
In general, non-standard angles that depart from the stereotypes of profile and full-face shots are highly valued in modern photography. Interesting ideas for a photo for the bride’s wedding can be played out in the form of a combined photo, which shows a childhood photograph of the newlywed with her parents, and next to it is a photo from the present time, where the plot and poses are completely repeated. Such photos can be taken in advance and used to design a wedding collage with your own hands.
Historical reference
Full-skirted dresses came into fashion thanks to Queen Victoria, who wore one to her wedding in January 1840. Fashionistas of that time liked the style so much that they began to repeat it personally.
It was from those times that lush wedding dresses with lace, stones or minimalist ones came into fashion.
Experts say that from the distant 1840 to the present day, various styles have reached the peak of popularity, however, fluffy dresses are in great demand from year to year.
How to take beautiful wedding photos of the groom?
Men are much less sentimental than girls, so a photo shoot dedicated to the personality of the groom should not be too romantic. So, the groom’s morning before the wedding can be played out in a somewhat exciting and distracted style and always with humor. Photography should not be “sharpened” on posing - naturalness, first of all. You can get unique and fun wedding photos with the groom's friends, which will relax him when he gets ready for the celebration. For example, a great shot can come out when the groom is shaving, and at the same time his comrades are trying to put cufflinks on his shirt or tie a tie - comically, but trying honestly and with concentration.
Tie
The groom, not yet expecting “his support group,” stands at the mirror, having opened a box with rings and anticipating future happiness, “gone into his dreams” and does not see how quietly and carefully his friends are creeping up, who have come to support their friend - shot from the back and in mirror reflection. The best wedding photographs of the groom may not be taken in full “parade”, but precisely at the moment of preparation, when he has not yet put on a tailcoat , instead of shoes - house slippers, in which he is ready to run to the wedding ceremony. Let’s not forget about the moments of communication between the groom and his parents – shots with his father and mother.
Perhaps, of all the others, they are most touching at the time of preparation for the ceremony
Individual preparation shots of each spouse taken on the eve of the ceremony, as well as supplemented with childhood and youth photos and captured moments of meetings and courtship, can make a delightful presentation for the wedding.
Any photograph taken with soul and perceived holistically is a masterpiece, so people often pay attention to the charisma and positive energy exuded. If, looking at a photo, you are filled with emotions and use your imagination, the shot is brilliant.
The right attitude
The last but not least important rule is to forget about all the previous points, relax and enjoy your wedding day. You have already done everything right at the preparation stage, now you just have to enjoy this happy day with your loved ones.
Even more useful information about preparing for a wedding and wedding trends can be found in our guides.
