wedding photography - Page 3

OtterXO · #1 05-11-2009, 04:52 PM

Along the theme of wedding photography, and to avoid a new thread, for those of you that are married (or been involved in a wedding where they did this) I have a question. At your wedding did you go to a location for photos between the ceremony and reception? My fiance would like some photos at the beach (I know, so cliche! haha) but I don't know if it's weird since we are likely doing the ceremony and reception at the same place - which is an old estate about 2 miles from the beach. I think we can do it if we go during the cocktail hour but I don't want to disappear for over an hour. Any thoughts or advice?

KSUViolet06 · #2 05-11-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by OtterXO

At your wedding did you go to a location for photos between the ceremony and reception? My fiance would like some photos at the beach (I know, so cliche! haha) but I don't know if it's weird since we are likely doing the ceremony and reception at the same place - which is an old estate about 2 miles from the beach. I think we can do it if we go during the cocktail hour but I don't want to disappear for over an hour. Any thoughts or advice?

It's pretty common to go to other places in between for photos (at least here it is). I've been in quite a few weddings where we've done this. Some people leave time between ceremony and reception for this purpose. I think beach photos 2 miles away is no big deal.

I personally wouldn't go anywhere too far. I was once in a wedding where the bride left 2.5 hrs between for us to go to a park that was an hour away for pics.

KSigkid · #3 05-13-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by OtterXO

Along the theme of wedding photography, and to avoid a new thread, for those of you that are married (or been involved in a wedding where they did this) I have a question. At your wedding did you go to a location for photos between the ceremony and reception? My fiance would like some photos at the beach (I know, so cliche! haha) but I don't know if it's weird since we are likely doing the ceremony and reception at the same place - which is an old estate about 2 miles from the beach. I think we can do it if we go during the cocktail hour but I don't want to disappear for over an hour. Any thoughts or advice?

We did photos at the Boston Commons between the ceremony and the reception. We got married right down the road (Trinity Church in Copley Square), so it was a quick limo ride. This was during the cocktail hour, and it worked out well timing-wise; we did the photos, got back into the cars, and arrived at the reception just as cocktail hour was ending and people were taking their seats.

To be honest, I think most people expect the bride and groom (as well as the parents and wedding party) to "disappear" during the cocktail hour, because that's when most people do their pictures. At least, that's been my experience with my own wedding and the weddings I've attended (and I've attended a bunch of the past few years for college friends and family).

RaggedyAnn · #4 05-12-2009, 06:36 AM

A long gap between the ceremony and the reception also makes for less people usually at the ceremony. That's what happened this weekend. There were 3 times as many people at the reception because there was a three hour gap until the cocktail hour started.

APhi Sailorgirl · #5 05-13-2009, 04:10 PM

We didn't do photos beforehand (and honestly wouldn't have had time) and I'm not a big fan of the catholic gap. Unless you have specific photos you're dying to get, I don't see the point in going "on location" for photos.

We did the bride and peeps and then groom and peeps before the ceremony. Then afterward we did the family formals and some bride groom shots. Then we went around cocktail hour and mingled. Then met back up with our photog and did more bride groom shots. Honestly, we have over 1400 photos and we did few "formal" photos. It may depend on all the photographer, but honestly the ones we love the best are the totally off guard ones.

And, guests said more than once after the wedding, it was refreshing to see a relaxed bride and groom who made the rounds both at cocktail hour and after dinner during the reception. But that JMHO.

FHwku · #6 05-14-2009, 01:04 AM

Brandon Short
- Chicago -
backgrounds aren't fake
no HDR
not models.

joliebelle · #7 05-14-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by FHwku

Brandon Short
- Chicago -
backgrounds aren't fake
no HDR
not models.

gorgeous.

Munchkin03 · #8 05-24-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by martine4161

Here this is the place where you can put your wedding images and can grow your excitement again like the first day of wedding. So basically wedding is the best event or the relation to live life. And the photographs are the best memory of that.

What the eff?

I bet you're the same person who hacked into my bank account last month.

KSUViolet06 · #9 11-07-2010, 04:49 PM

Some family friends just showed me their wedding pics. I loved their work and thought I'd share (if anyone is planning a Vegas wedding):

Mike L Photo

Munchkin03 · #10 11-29-2010, 02:11 PM

I just went to friends' wedding in Texas and the photographer was great. I think she got good photos of every single person there. So, I'm ordering a bunch of pictures of me and my friends (not just the ones who got married).

KSUViolet06 · #11 12-04-2010, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I just went to friends' wedding in Texas and the photographer was great. I think she got good photos of every single person there. So, I'm ordering a bunch of pictures of me and my friends (not just the ones who got married).

I love it when this happens (a photog gets tons of good photos of me/my friends!)

DrPhil · #12 11-29-2010, 04:24 PM

My friend just got married and her photographer just posted her photos. They are really good.

Kappamd · #13 01-24-2011, 09:28 PM

I was talking with one of my friends who is in the midst of booking her photographer and we got on the subject of videography.

Essential or waste of money? I personally am leaning towards the latter (because who really watches their wedding video more than once?)

AOEforme · #14 01-24-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kappamd

I was talking with one of my friends who is in the midst of booking her photographer and we got on the subject of videography.

Essential or waste of money? I personally am leaning towards the latter (because who really watches their wedding video more than once?)

I don't know. My mother is of the opinion that if you had a nice video, you would watch it more often, but she also adores home videos.

We're probably going to nix it just because it is, as you said, something we are going to watch once. I'd rather have my uncle who is in love with video-taping everything do it and spend that money on something else for the wedding.

AGDee · #15 01-24-2011, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kappamd

I was talking with one of my friends who is in the midst of booking her photographer and we got on the subject of videography.

Essential or waste of money? I personally am leaning towards the latter (because who really watches their wedding video more than once?)

I think it is something that a family member or friend with a good camera could do. I also think it could be nice to have them do the ceremony only. My family tends to have huge amounts of the reception on video also and that is just ridiculously boring.. watching everybody dancing for hours? Ugh. If you want to have someone get video of the key points of the reception.. the toasts, throwing of bouquet/garter, cake cutting, first dance, father/daughter dance, that could be nice as well. It could really all be kept to under an hour instead of the 7-8 hour monstrosities that my cousins all have of their weddings. I opted out of the whole video idea with both of my weddings.