HOW TO LOOK BETTER FOR YOUR WEDDING PHOTOS
Relax it's your day!
I know it’s a very stressful day and you want everything to be perfect, But I always remind my couples of one thing. It’s your day and your day only, it’s your only wedding day. So relax, drop your shoulders, and enjoy your day. That’s why we have the best man and maid of honor. They can handle your stress and make sure everything goes as planned, but not you. Relax, love, laugh, smile, and have a good time. Don’t worry so much about the pictures. The best pictures are the pictures that show your personality; So be you and have fun.
Don't forget your accessories
The hardest part about taking pictures for most people is what to do with their hands. “Should I put them in my pocket, should I cross my arms, should I do this or that. I feel awkward” what you need to do is to bring some accessories. For brides, you can pose by fixing your earrings, applying some lipstick, holding your bouquet up in the air, wearing your husband’s jacket, or adjusting your vale. You see, over 5 poses in just a few seconds, And for the groom, it’s the same thing. The groom can also do stuff with your hands like putting a watch on, Tying your shoes, adjusting your bow tie, fixing your pocket square, looking at your watch, Holding your vest under your jacket, Holding the jacket behind your back, Or smoking a cigar like a boss. Just Bring accessories and thank me later.
Don't stop moving
This one goes along with the last one. So let’s say you are lucky and I’m your photographer. If I said let’s pose like you are fixing your earring and all you do is hold your earring I would probably get pissed because that means you didn’t read this (Just joking). But the goal is to look natural, and what you need to do is to actually move and keep playing with your earrings as if they really do need to be fixed. Let’s say I told the groom to button his jacket. What he needs to do is to keep unbuttoning and buttoning his jackets until I tell him to stop. Don’t just hold your jacket, act like you are buttoning it. 9 out of 10 times it will look fake and posed.
Create shapes with your body
This one is for my beautiful brides. If you wanna look gorgeous in your wedding pictures make sure you are creating shapes with your body. Instead of standing flat-footed and stiff try putting one foot in front of the other with a slight bend in your knees and watch the difference. Instead of putting your hands just next to you, hold your waist with both arms so we can create a triangle shape. make sure you put your weight on the back leg and not the other. also, please do not lock your joints. Joints are made to be bent so please let’s all embrace our inner ballerinas.
Do not miss your engagement session
engagement sessions are crucial for your wedding day. It gives you the chance to get to know your photographer and how he works. It gives you a trial run to how your wedding day pictures will be, And it’s a crash course on how to pose and what not to do in the picture-taking process. It’s an extra investment but you will be grateful you did it on the wedding day.
choose the right photographer
choosing the right photographer is definitely crucial. Make sure your photographer has done so many weddings and has enough experience to be in charge of your big day. take your time picking your photographer because every photographer has their own style of shooting weddings. get on a call with your photographer at least if you can’t do a personal meeting. A good way to know if a photographer is good is to look and see how nice their website is. Some people will disagree but if your photographer has a nice website that means they invested time, money, and effort designing it and that they are good at what they do and they give all that they got. If their website is messy and doesn’t look good it’s a good indicator that they are just doing this as a side hustle and not giving it their full attention.