I believe that every single moment, thought, emotion that you experience on your wedding day is something to be marked and remembered. When I am shooting a wedding, my team and I work hard to get every part of the day.
I do feel that there is one area of wedding photography that is the most important though. Pictures of the bride and groom.
While all of your pictures will be looked at occasionally, portraits of the couple will hang in your home for the rest of your life. And some day, when your great-grand-daughter gets married, she will want a framed wedding picture from your wedding day to place in a special spot.
Working with the bride and groom alone is the part of the wedding day that I anticipate and get excited about. I like to have at least 30 minutes with just the bride and groom together. I try to shoo away the wedding party and Aunt Erma who likely could put together an album of just me, for all of the pictures she has taken so far. My time with the couple is easily transformed into a time for the two of them to slow down, to chat a bit, to savor the newness of their family.
My last post covered Anna and Chris’ gorgeous Seattle wedding. I left out pictures of just the bride and groom, knowing that I wanted to really show the extent of what their couple session included. We were tight on time at their wedding. I only had 1 hour after the ceremony before they needed to be at the reception. We did separate portraits before hand and just had to do families and wedding party before I could work with just the couple.
And here they are… Gorgeous Anna and handsome Chris.
We did a first moment with this couple. Chris did not see Anna until she walked down the aisle, but they did spend a few minutes together before the ceremony.
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