Wedding shoes

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

These are the kind of photos I'm talking about. No posed shots during the reception. A good photographer doesn't need the couple to pose to get good shots. My photographer kicks ass, btw (have to brag about her a little). She's a master at photographing the "little things" about people. Check out the latest on her blog here: http://libbylewisphotography.com/blog/

And you are a great PR person for her.

I hate photos anyway and I'm thrilled when photographers are done taking photos of the wedding party. The key to me is for everyone to enjoy the wedding day and for me that means minimum formality after the ceremony is over.

[honeychile]

At the last wedding I went to that had over 100 people, the photography was really outstanding. The photographer did 99% of the posed photography prior to the reception, then took a photo of each table of guests with the bride and groom.

After that, he set up a mini-studio on a balcony, and the bride & groom asked all of the guests to go up for a picture or two. They included the pictures in with the thank you notes. One of the groom's friends is a very nice but somewhat slow man, and he asked me to pose with him. I did, and we got silly (plucking his suspenders, etc) and the photographer now uses that picture as one of his samples.

ETA: I haven't seen the garter part in years - maybe the last 10-15 years. But the bouquet has still been tossed at most (not the above wedding).