WEDDING SEQUENCE:
Here’s a good way to work out the wedding sequence as I see it.
1. First I go out an hour before her wedding starts and take photos of the bride getting ready with her mom, friends, etc. These photos are mostly candid, but I’ll make it look like art in a natural and “real” way.
2. I will then go to the guys side of the venue and take all of their formal and candid photos so that I have all the guys photos finished before the wedding starts which saves time later.
3. Then I cover the ceremony from all angles. Once the ceremony is over, after the bride and groom walk back around the island, I would ask the bride and groom to return to the altar where they will meet their family and anyone they want in their formal photos.
[I would ask you to tell your “main players”, meaning the first two rows of seating in the front of the venue or church or who ever you want in your family photos to simply stay seated when they clear out the church or venue area where the ceremony took place, this way we can just have the bride and groom come back to the alter and we can then start the traditional family photos without having to track down the family] Then once your families come up the aisle… I can say… “the bride’s side of the family comes up for pictures”… then ask them to step aside… and I’ll tell them… “the couple’s side appears”….then I’ll do some shots of both families as a big family [If you want me to only]…..then any individual photos you want I’ll ask you to simply point to the other people you’d like to have in each photo. Or you can tell me their names and I’ll call them out… or you can designate someone in your wedding party who knows everyone to catch people and round them up if they go astray so that everything goes smoothly…[if there is more then one family unit for either side, please let me know about step moms, dads…etc. and we can call them up by last names and do different family groupings too.]
Then, once the family photos are ready, we’ll let the family make their way to the reception area.
4. Then we will photograph the bride’s maids and groomsmen together and you can also suggest what you want to do; being fun shots or just formal. Since we already took all the group photos of the best man before the wedding, we can send all the best men to the reception after these few photos of all the bridesmaids and the best man together.
5. Then I’ll shoot all the girls together and once we’re done with that, we’ll send the girls to reception as well.
6. At that time, it will be time for just the bride and groom to take their photos by themselves and once we are done creating some beautiful artistic images. THEN WE CELEBRATE!
For the rest of the time, I’ll float around your reception and capture all the other events without you having to worry about a thing, since I always capture everything. Of course, you can ask me at any time for a special photo of someone you like. Please let me know if you have any changes to this sequence as I am here to create this entire process as custom as I can for your needs. Thank you!