Fun Wedding Photo Ideas

Pictures are an integral part of any wedding. Newlyweds are usually thrilled to get their pictures back from the photographer so they can relive their special day. But there are many special activities you can build into a wedding that involve photos.

One fun idea that many brides employ is to take photos of everyone as they arrive at the wedding, almost like you do at a high school prom or company Christmas party. You can provide a backdrop and couples can pose either for a paid photographer or for whoever happens to pick up the camera. These pictures can be taken with a Polaroid camera for instant fun or with a disposable camera. If you want slightly higher quality photos, go for a digital camera.

This can be an excellent way to keep guests busy and happy until the “official” reception begins with the arrival of the bride and groom.

As an extension of that idea, you can take instant photos and create scrapbook pages or memory book pages with the photos. There can be supplies on hand so guests can create pages on site, or pages can be pre-made and photos simply placed into the prepared spaces. If guests don’t want to create pages on site, or the bride doesn’t want this particular activity going on, the photos can be saved for later. As a gift for the bride and groom, someone can create memory books with these photos.

If Polaroid cameras are used, another option is to have the people in the photo sign the Polaroid photo and place that in a basket somewhere. The bride and groom will enjoy looking at the photos later.

While it’s not a particularly unique idea, many brides like to provide disposable cameras on each table at the reception so guests can capture candid shots of the reception and the table guests. These photos can be added to the newlyweds’ wedding album or they can be placed into a separate album showing the wedding from the guests’ perspective.

Another fun activity sure to be entertaining is to create a “silent photo guess” area. Here’s how this works: before the wedding, someone close to the bride and groom collects pictures of the bride and groom at various stages in life. The photos should depict the bride and groom doing things, not at Christmas or with their first birthday cake. In other words, the photos should include some action, but it shouldn’t be obvious in the picture what has taken place or where the person is.

Much like a silent auction, people will come along and look at the photos, then take a silent guess as to what the photos show. They can write their guess on a piece of paper and put it in a numbered basket that corresponds with the number on the photo. Reading these guesses during the reception is entertaining and sure to be amusing. The bride or groom can provide the real answers. This is a particularly fun activity at a relatively small, family wedding where the participants know the bride and groom very well.

If you want to provide an area for guests to have their photos taken but aren’t thrilled with the “prom night” idea, how about having a photo corner set up somewhere in the reception hall or facility. Here, the wedding photographer will take candid shots of wedding guests. They might be couples, but could also be entire families, friends having a good time, or the groom being carried on the shoulders of the best man. Whatever the pictures end up being, they provide a fun, “let it all hang out” area for the wedding guests and a surprise for the bride and groom. Since they will likely be busy with all the reception details and having the time of THEIR lives, they might appreciate knowing their guests had a pretty good time too, as evidenced in the photos.

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Capture Your Extraordinary Day with A Professional Wedding Photograhper

Your wedding day is the culmination of months of planning and a lifetime of dreams. You’ve selected everything from your wedding gown to your reception menu, and have attended to every last detail. When you stand before your betrothed with your friends and loved ones looking on, you want everything to be perfect. The memories you create on this extraordinary day will last a lifetime, and choosing a photographer who will capture your memory-making moments is one of the most important decisions you will make. Here is what you should expect when you hire a wedding photographer.

Finding the Right Photographer

Although feeling comfortable with the photographer you choose is important, you’ll get the best results from someone who has training in both photography and fine arts. When a photographer has studied fine arts, his experience as an artist and a painter will bring depth and richness to your color photographs.

Today’s photographers shouldn’t only rely on film processing and printing photos. Choose a photographer who is skilled in Photoshop, a computer program that allows a photographer to manipulate digital images. In doing so, you will be assured that your wedding photos will be color corrected, properly cropped, and will be touched up to ensure that everyone looks his or her best.

The best wedding photography studios will provide you with a complimentary online gallery so family members and friends can view or order photos. More importantly, such studios will send two photographers to shoot your wedding, each with a different perspective. A fine arts photographer and a wedding photojournalist will provide you with a mix of creative minds and talents that are sure to capture each important moment of your big day.

Engagement Portrait Sessions

The right wedding photographer will walk you through the necessary steps so you can have stunning engagement portraits that you can send to newspapers, print as postage stamps, and so forth. For example, he might tell you to bring several changes of clothes to achieve distinct photographic moods, or that you should be sure to get a manicure so that you won’t be self-conscious while he’s photographing your engagement ring.

Wedding Portrait Sessions

A great wedding photographer will give you valuable advice to ensure that your wedding portraits are beautiful and ready to display at your wedding reception. For example, he will probably advise you to have your haircut and colored a week before the portrait, to have a facial at least a week beforehand (to avoid breakouts), and to wear makeup to the session. He will remind you to bring flowers, shoes, jewelry, and everything else you might need at your portrait session. Further, he will work with you on scheduling both the time and location of your portrait session. A good wedding photographer will know the perfect locations for outdoor shoots, as well as the time of day to schedule the session in order to achieve the best results.

Trusting Your Photographer

A great wedding photographer has vast experience in working with brides and brides-to-be. Although you should clearly communicate your preferences, you should also try to be as flexible as possible. A photographer may use poses and settings that he knows from experience will work well. There is no harm in having him shoot the poses and settings that you have in mind, as well as those that he thinks will work. In the end, you will have countless choices that will capture your special day and provide you with memories for years to come.

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