Wedding Guide
THE GETTING READY SPACE
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Make sure to be intentional about your getting ready location. It defines the whole mood and feel of your photos.
. For example, if you decide to get ready in a hotel bathroom with bad lighting and no windows, you might feel stressed and claustrophobic.
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Instead…consider getting ready in an open, clean room with soft natural light coming through the windows, a place that will make you feel more at peace and in touch with your emotions.
Try and get ready near a window with natural light coming in, it is much prettier for details and your skin will look more radiant…rather than yellow-ish overhead lighting.
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I would also suggest having what I call a "Crap Corner". This is where any bags/boxes/extra stuff can go to be out of the way.
THE CEREMONY
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The best time to start your ceremony is 2 hours before sunset! You can search what time is sunset on your wedding day on google.
The reason, why you want to start your ceremony 2 hours before sunset, is because this gives us time to capture all formal photos. Which include the family photos, bridesmaids photos, groomsmen photos, and bride and groom photos right in time for sunset!!
THE FAMILY PHOTOS
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Please provide a detailed family photo list 2 months before the wedding:
List the groupings of family photos you would like taken after the ceremony.
Ex: Bride & Groom with Groom's Parents (actual names).
***This can be provided in a word document or email or whatever is easiest for you! Having this helps make the family photos go much smoother and in a timely manner :)
Having a list will save so much time & make the process so simple! The reason I ask for names of family members is because it saves from any family dynamic awkwardness! So instead of saying "bride with dad & step-mom," I can just say, "Sarah with Tom & Sally." It’s much more professional & family are more likely to respond to hearing their actual name called. I always get so many compliments at the end of family photos for how easy, organized, & seamless it was!
DINNER
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Since no one wants photos of mouths full, I’ll be eating at the same time as you.
Cause you better believe I’ll be starving by the time dinner rolls around! Also, make sure to coordinate this with your caterer, They sometimes will put me in a back room, which is not ideal, since I won’t be able to see any important events happening.
THE GRAND ENTRANCE
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This is when I’ll be shooting candid photos of you and your honey walking in the reception!!
I’ll also be shooting reception details.
Please communicate with your wedding planner or DJ to turn off any colorful lighting, strobe lighting, and any other distracting lighting. And to ONLY leave on the ambient lighting for the entrance, first dance, any special parent dances, and during cake cutting.
Also if you're uplighting is blue, than anything that is white (hence your wedding dress) will have a blue hue on it.
SPRAY TANS
DRESS CODE
We strongly suggest no spray tans, but if you decide to get a spray tan, please make sure to do this through a professional who does it by hand. You definitely do not want to use a self-tanner or booth. This will leave hands and fingers looking discolored and not ideal when your hands are photographed frequently during the day.
If you decide to have a dress code where guests all wear certain colors only, please relay this to us so we can also be in dress code, so we do not stick out.
EMERGENCY KIT
It is always a good idea to have an emergency kit on hand. Things you could put in there would be safety pins, fashion tape, Aleve, sewing kit, band aids, tissues, makeup touch up products, and nail glue.
